The 17-year-old Rathbone made his first-team debut on 31 August 1976 in a League Cup defeat at Blackpool, and his league debut on 20 October, as a substitute replacing Archie Styles in a 1–0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.
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Rathbone is nicknamed 'Basil' or 'Baz', in reference to actor Basil Rathbone.
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Rathbone's autobiography, The Smell of Football, was longlisted for the 2011 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
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