Ron Peplow
{{Short description|English footballer (1935–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ron Peplow
| fullname = Ronald Rupert Peplow
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|5|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Willesden, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|3|15|1935|5|4}}{{Cite web |title=Ron Peplow RIP |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2019/march/ron-peplow-rip/ |access-date=17 March 2019 |website=www.brentfordfc.com |language=en-gb}}
| death_place =
| position = Wing half, inside forward
| years1 = 1954–1955
| clubs1 = Southall
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1955–1961
| clubs2 = Brentford
| caps2 = 61
| goals2 = 5
| years3 =
| clubs3 = Folkestone Town
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 1961–1962
| clubs4 = Ashford Town
| caps4 = 31
| goals4 = 6
}}
Ronald Rupert Peplow (4 May 1935 – 15 March 2019) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a wing half. He also played non-League football for Southall, Folkestone Town and Ashford Town. Peplow was a penalty specialist and scored 28 goals from 30 attempts during his career.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |date=2006 |publisher=Yore Publications |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |page=123}}
Club career
= Brentford =
Peplow began his career as an inside forward at Athenian League club Southall and caught the attention of Third Division South neighbours Brentford during the 1954–55 season. He signed for the Bees in August 1955 and made his professional debut almost a year later in a 1–0 win over Swindon Town on 21 April 1956.{{Hugman|id=15608|accessdate=17 March 2019}} Utilised mainly as a wing half, Peplow made something of a breakthrough into the first team during the 1956–57 season and made 17 appearances.{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=383–386}} He was transfer-listed as his own request in September 1958,{{Cite news |date=26 September 1958 |title=Ron Peplow Goes On Transfer List |work=The Brentford & Chiswick Times}} but a move did not materialise and his appearance rate reduced season-by-season until 1960–61, when he made 18 appearances and scored three goals. He was released in June 1961, having made 66 appearances and scored five goals in six years at Griffin Park.
= Non-League football =
After his release from Brentford, Peplow dropped back into non-League football and had spells with Southern League clubs Folkestone Town and Ashford Town.
Representative career
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
|---|
| rowspan="7" |Brentford
| rowspan="3" |Third Division South |3 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |3 |1 |
| 1956–57
|14 |1 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |17 |1 |
| 1957–58
|12 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |13 |0 |
| 1958–59
| rowspan="3" |Third Division |7 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |7 |0 |
| 1959–60
|8 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |8 |0 |
| 1960–61
|17 |3 |0 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |18 |3 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!61 !5 !4 !0 !1 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !66 !5 |
| Ashford Town
|1961–62{{Cite web |title=Ron Peplow Player Profile |url=http://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/player-Profile.php?ID=562 |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Nuts and Bolts Archive}} |Southern League First Division |31 |6 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |104 appearances in Southern League Cup, 3 appearances in Kent Senior Cup, 3 appearances in Kent Floodlight Cup |0 |43 |6 |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!92 !11 !6 !0 !1 !0 !10 !0 !109 !11 |
Honours
Ashford Town
- Kent Senior Cup: 1962–63 (drawn){{Cite web |title=Match Details Tonbridge (A), 1961/62 |url=https://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/matchDetails.php?ID=4000 |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Nuts and Bolts Archive}}{{Cite web |title=Match Details Tonbridge (A), 1961/62 |url=https://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/matchDetails.php?ID=4004 |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Nuts and Bolts Archive}}
- Kent Floodlight Cup: 1962–63{{Cite web |title=Match Details Dover (A), 1961/62 |url=https://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/matchDetails.php?ID=3999 |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Nuts and Bolts Archive}}{{Cite web |title=Match Details Dover (H), 1961/62 |url=https://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/matchDetails.php?ID=4005 |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Nuts and Bolts Archive}}
References
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Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Brent
Category:People from Willesden
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Southall F.C. players
Category:Folkestone F.C. players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:Ashford United F.C. players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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