Player Profile

Regularly voted one of Swindon's worst players by fans who remember his spell at the County Ground, Close was very much a squad player who, despite being a centre forward, only scored twice in a Swindon career that spanned four seasons and over fifty appearances - most of which came from the substitutes bench. His first goal for the club came in his second season, in the Rumbelows Cup - when he scored in the Town's 4-0 second leg win over Darlington, having lost the first game 3-0. Close tried to claim another of the goals - but the strike was eventually given as an own goal. Over sixteen months passed before Close's elusive second goal - a screwed effort in a 5-3 defeat at Oxford.

In his final season at Swindon, Close spent the majority of the time on the bench and not coming on. He started twice in that 1992/93 season, the first in the Anglo-Italian Cup win, also at Oxford, and his final start in the 1-0 win at home to Luton Town in the closing stages of the campaign, before he was released at the end of the season.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

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Career details

Club	Details
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham	September 1983 (youth scholarship) August 1984 (signed professional contract); transferred out (March 1988)
Halmstads BK Halmstad	cs 1986 (loan)
AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	January 1988 (loan)
AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	March 1988 (transferred in , £80,000 ); transferred out (September 8th, 1989)
Swindon Town Swindon	September 8th, 1989 (transferred in , £60,000 ); released (1992/3)
Barnet Barnet	August 9th, 1993
Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford	cs 1994