"Where Are They Now?" - Richard Pacquette

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24 year-old, Richard Pacquette, who played in the Cardiff Playoff Final, is now with non-league Havant and Waterlooville in the Blue Squares South. On Saturday, Pacquette scored the only goal against Fisher Athletic (Match Report) Season's Results thus far. At QPR, Pacquette made 13 + 18 appearances, scoring 6 goals. He made his debut in the relegation-confirming loss at Huddersfield in April 2001. See Pacquette/Soccerbase Stats

Havant and Waterlooville Profile of Richard Pacquette
Richard Pacquette
Richard joined the Hawks in March 2006 from Ryman Premier side Worthing, with whom he had spent the season to that point, and despite only being 24 he already has significant experience at all levels of football. He started life as a trainee at Queens Park Rangers in August 1999, making 24 starting and 23 substitute appearances and scoring seven goals over four seasons before being released in September 2004. While at QPR he gained loan experience at Stevenage Borough, Dagenham and Redbridge and Mansfield Town, before going on to MK Dons, Brentford and Farnborough. In January 2005 he returned to Stevenage before moving on to St Albans City for a single appearance against Basingstoke in February 2005.
During 2005/06 in the Ryman Premier at Worthing he scored 17 goals from 30 games, and spent February 2006 on loan with Conference South side Thurrock before joining the Hawks.
Richard’s time with the Hawks has been something of a confidence building exercise, being forced to compete for a starting place last season, however he has scored an impressive 18 goals from 51 appearances so far. Pacquette Profile - Havant and Waterlooville

Besides playing in the playoff Final,Remembering Pacquette at QPR

Pacquette made his debut, coming on as a sub at Huddersfield in April 2001 - Huddersfield 2 QPR 1 [Team that day:
QPR: Harper, Baraclough, Ready, Plummer, Perry, Knight, Bignot, Peacock, Darlington, Crouch, Thomson. Subs: Bull, Wardley, Paquette, Kulcsar, Kiwomya.]

From Five Years Ago:
"Pacquette's late delivery Ron Lewis at Loftus Road Sunday September 1, 2002 The Observer

High expectations can have a nasty habit of coming up and biting you from behind. Queens Park Rangers look a long way from a team about to return to the big time, but they have a fighting spirit many would envy.
The club draws the same size crowd as it did when it was in the top half of the Premiership. But the fact that they field four on-loan players betrays a frailty in their squad that a team such as Plymouth Argyle can easily expose. QPR had nearly all the possession and plenty of flashy touches, but were wasteful in front of goal and a shambles in defence. Plymouth were solid, mean in midfield and ruthless up front.

Ian Holloway, the QPR manager, is in the comfortable position of being more popular than any of his players, and is seen by many as the man who gave the club hope after its darkest hour. But administration is now in the past, now he has to deliver - memories of playing the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea are too recent to be considered forever out of reach.
Yesterday they were saved by the fighting spirit Holloway has installed and a brilliant left-foot volley three minutes into injury time by Richard Pacquette, a striker who was all but shown the door a month ago.

When Pacquette failed to go on a summer loan to the United States because he was considered too unfit, Holloway placed him on the transfer list. It was only a catalogue of injuries and the fact that no other clubs had shown an interest that brought him back into the fold and earned him a place on the bench for this game. His stunning late strike may have rebuilt his future.

QPR certainly deserved their point, but had seemed dead on the hour. They had wasted a feast of chances. David Friio, who had gone close minutes before, took advantage of some poor defending to steer in an opener off the post for Plymouth after 33 minutes.

Both goalkeepers had been kept busy before Lee Hodges fired a second for Plymouth through a crowded penalty area on 59 minutes. Jerome Thomas, on-loan from Arsenal had been QPR's liveliest player throughout and he pulled one back when he ran on to Kevin Gallen's flick to knock the ball home.

Plymouth had stood up well to the barrage until this point and although QPR threw everyone forward late on they seemed to be containing all the danger well, until Pacquette struck right at the death.
QPR
Terrell Forbes, Matthew Rose, Doudou Ebeu Mbombo, Steve Palmer, Marc Bircham, Paul Furlong, Kevin Gallen, Simon Royce, Daniel Shittu, Jerome Tomas, Tom Williams, Karl Connolly, Richard Pacquette, Andy Thomson
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BBC Tuesday, 11 February, 2003, Plymouth 0-1 QPR
Richard Pacquette kept QPR's play-off challenge on track for the second successive game with a narrow victory at Plymouth.
Pacquette scored the winner against Barnsley seven days earlier and struck the crucial goal again after 51 minutes.

His shot from inside the area followed a superb crossfield ball from Marc Bircham.

QPR could have been ahead before then but Brett Angell hit the woodwork.

Plymouth also had chances and QPR goalkeeper Nick Culkin was forced into a superb save from Ian Stonebridge.

Marino Keith almost claimed a last-gasp equaliser but his shot rolled agonisingly wide.

QPR's Lee Cook was sent off near the end for violent conduct but they hung on for three points.

Plymouth: Larrieu, Worrell, Wotton, Coughlan, Hodges, Norris, Friio, Adams, Phillips, Stonebridge, Evans. Subs: McCormick, Keith, Bent, Sturrock, McGlinchey.

QPR: Culkin, Forbes, Carlisle, Shittu, Padula, Cook, Palmer, Bircham, Angell, Pacquette, Gallen. Subs: Day, Murphy, Burgess, Oli, Griffiths. Report