Career
Brentford
Along with Kevin Harding, Poole was one of the first players recruited when the Brentford youth team was relaunched in 1972, after joining the club at the age of 12. Poole made his professional debut in a Division Four match versus Lincoln City in February 1974, while still an apprentice. At 16 years, 7 months and 20 days old, Poole"s league debut remains as the fourth-youngest in Brentford history.
Poole still stands as Brentford"s youngest league goalscorer.
Watford
Poole joined fellow Division Four side Watford in 1976, making 9 appearances and scoring one goal during the 1976/77 season, leaving the club at the end of the campaign. Sporting Toulon Var
Poole emigrated to France and joined Ligue 2 Group A side Sporting Toulon Var.
He made 9 appearances and scored two goals during the 1977/78 season, before a knee ligament injury brought his career to an end in April 1978. He was a teammate of future French international Jean Tigana and future Ivory Coast international Jean-Désiré Sikely at the club
