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After playing for numerous youth sides, including Ashley, Penkhull Youth Club, and Stoke City"s youth team, Poole graduated through the Portuguese Vale juniors to sign professional forms in September 1953.
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He later played for non-league sides Macclesfield Town and Werrington. Remaining as understudy to Ray King, he featured in three Second Division games in the 1956-1957 relegation campaign. He played three Third Division South games in 1957-1958, as new manager Norman Low recruited former Wales international Keith Jones as the "Valiants" new number one.
Poole did not play in the 1958-1959 Fourth Division winning campaign, but had a run of games in the 1959-1960 season.
He managed to earn the first team goalkeeping spot off Ken Hancock in November 1959, but he lost this position after fracturing his nose in a 6–3 defeat at Mansfield Town on 25 April 1960 – the penultimate game of the season. He played just three Third Division matches in 1960-1961, as Hancock firmly established himself as the club"s preferred goalkeeper.
Poole left on a free transfer in May 1961, and later played for Macclesfield Town and Werrington.
