Richard Pacquette

Born in Kilburn, Greater London, to Dominican parents, Pacquette's first club was Queens Park Rangers (QPR) where he played in the same youth team as Peter Crouch. He turned professional on 1 February 2000 and made his first-team debut as a 77th-minute substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Huddersfield Town on 21 April 2001. He made one further appearance in the 2000–01 season, with a start in a 3–0 defeat to Stockport County. The season finished with QPR's relegation to the Second Division, and Pacquette scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 victory over Bury on 12 January 2002. He scored his second, and final goal of the 2001–02 season, to give QPR the lead in a 1–1 draw with Cardiff City in March, but was later handed a red card. After the end of the season, in July, manager Ian Holloway placed him on the transfer list. After having made four appearances and scored one goal for QPR during the 2002–03 season, he joined Football Conference club Stevenage Borough on a three-month loan on 18 October. He made his debut the following day in a 1–0 defeat to Burton Albion and scored in his next appearance, in a 2–1 victory over Swansea City in the Football League Trophy first round. He went on to score for Stevenage in the southern section second round of the Football League Trophy, which finished in a 4–3 defeat to Luton Town. He finished the loan spell having scored four goals in 10 appearances. After returning to QPR, he scored three goals in the league and featured for them in…

Pacquette earned a call-up to the Dominica national team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification CONCACAF first round match against Barbados on 6 February 2008. Barbados went into the match as heavy favourites but fell behind to Pacquette's goal on his international debut, which finished as a 1–1 draw. After making his debut, manager Christopher Ericson said "He is great in front of goal, powerful and full of effort and work. I only hope that we can get him some more support up front in the next game – if we do I am sure we can win it". He also played in the 1–0 defeat in the second leg on 26 March.

After signing for York City in 2009, manager Martin Foyle described him as being "strong and can hold the ball up, which we were poor at doing last season. He could be our link man because we need to retain possession better in the final third."

He attended Cardinal Hinsley Maths and Computing College when he was young. His cousin is fellow Dominica international footballer Jefferson Louis, with whom he was paired as Dominica's strikers in the second leg against Barbados. During his time as a semi-professional Pacquette worked as a school caretaker and a truancy officer. Pacquette and his Havant & Waterlooville teammates would have received £10,000 each if they had beaten Liverpool in the FA Cup. After joining York City in 2009, he moved into a house with teammates Neil Barrett, Alex Lawless, James Meredith and Daniel Parslow. Like his cousin, Pacquette is known to be an Arsenal supporter. Pacquette is now a PE Teacher at Newman Catholic College.