Marc Richards
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| Marc Richards | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marc Richards | |
| Date of birth | 8 July 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Port Vale | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1998–2000 | Hednesford Town | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2003 2001 2001 2002 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005 2005–2007 2007– |
Blackburn Rovers → Crewe Alexandra (loan) → Oldham Athletic (loan) → Halifax Town (loan) → Swansea City (loan) Northampton Town → Rochdale (loan) Barnsley Port Vale |
0 (0) 4 (0) 5 (0) 5 (0) 17 (7) 53 (10) 5 (2) 69 (18) 59 (15) |
| National team | ||
| 1999-2000 2000-2002 |
England under-18s England under-20s |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Marc Richards (born 8 July, 1982 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands) is an English professional footballer who plays as striker. He currently plays, as captain for Football League Two side Port Vale.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Blackburn Rovers
Richards started his professional career at Blackburn Rovers, but was on the books of Vauxhall Conference side Hednesford Town before moving to Ewood Park. He made his Rovers debut in a Worthington Cup tie against West Ham United in October 2000.
He had a one loan spell with Crewe Alexandra at the start of the 2001-02 season before moving out to Oldham Athletic in October 2001 in another one month spell. He also spent two months on loan at Halifax Town in February 2002.[1]
He went out to Swansea City on loan in November 2002 for the rest of the season. After discovering he was released form his contract at Blackburn in April 2003, Richards aimed to sign with Swansea permanently,[2] but instead signed a two year deal with Northampton Town.[3]
[edit] Northampton Town
It took 29 games before he bagged his first league goal for the club, it finally came on 17 February 2004 in a 2-1 win at Darlington.[4] Struggling with illness,[5] he scored in the play-off semi-finals against Mansfield Town, though Mansfield went through on penalties.
His second season at Sixfields Stadium was one blighted by injury. Picking up a knee injury in September 2004[6] he had recovered by November,[7] but after making his return he ruptured his knee ligament, keeping him out of action for three months.[8]
In March 2005 he was returning to fitness[9][10] and was loaned out Rochdale to aid with his recovery, after two goals in five games he returned to the Cobblers.[11]
After find out he had no future at Northampton, he had a trial with Bristol Rovers[12] before joining Barnsley in August 2005.[13]
[edit] Barnsley
He was described as "a young Neil Shipperley" by the then Barnsley manager Andy Ritchie, as a reason for not re-signing Shipperley from Sheffield United. His initial deal was short-term, so after fitting in well at the club he was offered an extension to his contract in December 2005.[14]
Due to sign with Port Vale in January 2007 in part-exchange for Leon Constantine, he remained at Oakwell after the deal fell through.[15] Barnsley were promoted to the Championship in the in 2005-06 season through the play-offs, though he did not make the final, he played 41 of the Tykes 46 league games during the campaign.
He was released from his contract in May 2007,[16] despite making 37 appearances in the 2006–07 season.
[edit] Port Vale
In 2007 June, Richards joined Port Vale on a two year deal.[17] He became the club captain[18] and is widely considered to be one of the club's best players.[19]
Richards suffered with an ankle injury during the 2007-08 season.[20] He recovered towards the end of the season and began to find his goalscoring form once again,[21] though this was not enough to save the club from relegation from League One. At the end of the season the club were forced to accept a £100,000 bid from Cheltenham Town due a release clause in his contract, though Chairman Bill Bratt rated him as a £300,000 player.[22] Turning down the chance of a move he instead signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at Vale Park until the summer of 2010.[23]
He went though a spell of injuries and suspensions during the 2008-09 season which caused him to miss almost twenty matches for the Valiants.[24] An Achilles injury picked up in late March kept him out of the team for the rest of the season.[25] However his eleven goals that season made him the club's top scorer.
[edit] International career
He has been capped at England under-18 and under-20 levels.
[edit] Statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2000-01 | Blackburn Rovers | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | Crewe Alexandra | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2001-02 | Oldham Athletic | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | Halifax Town | Third Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | Blackburn Rovers | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | Swansea City | Third Division | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
| 2003-04 | Northampton Town | Third Division | 43 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 9 |
| 2004-05 | Northampton Town | League Two | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 2004-05 | Rochdale | League Two | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005-06 | Barnsley | League One | 41 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 12 |
| 2006-07 | Barnsley | Championship | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
| 2007-08 | Port Vale | League One | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| 2008-09 | Port Vale | League Two | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 11 |
| Total | England | 217 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 240 | 56 | |
| Career Total | 217 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 240 | 56 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "Richards joins Halifax". BBC Sport. 12 February, 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/1816026.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards targets Vetch contract". BBC Sport. 27 April, 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/2979055.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards joins Cobblers". BBC Sport. 17 June, 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/2990436.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards reveals relief". BBC Sport. 18 February, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/3498855.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Calderwood eyes recovery". BBC Sport. 16 May, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/3717107.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards blow for Cobblers". BBC Sport. 20 September, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/3672270.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards to make Cobblers return". BBC Sport. 9 November, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/3995997.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards is sidelined by injury". BBC Sport. 25 November, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/4036191.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Low and Richards set for return". BBC Sport. 7 March, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/4327321.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Crow extends stint with Cobblers". BBC Sport. 23 March, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/4375875.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards return boosts Cobblers". BBC Sport. 19 April, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/4461259.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Atkins impressed by trialist duo". BBC Sport. 24 July 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/4712747.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Tykes offer Richards a contract". BBC Sport. 30 August 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/4198242.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards set for new Tykes deal". BBC Sport. 19 December 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/4543502.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Constantine's Tykes move is off". BBC Sport. 18 January 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/6257123.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Barnsley begin summer clear-out". BBC Sport. 10 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/6642011.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards set for Port Vale switch". BBC Sport. 11 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/6646717.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards aims to lead by example". BBC Sport. 9 September 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7604815.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "I'm going nowhere, vows Richards". The Sentinel. 30/01/2009. http://www.thewonderofyou.co.uk/news/Port-vale--I-m-going-nowhere,-vows-richards.aspx. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
- ^ "Returning Richards is goal hungry". BBC Sport. 22 February 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7257317.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards to show Vale his best". BBC Sport. 27 June 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7476941.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Valiants accept bid for Richards". BBC Sport. 30 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7528376.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Richards signs new Vale contract". BBC Sport. 5 August 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7541657.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ Shaw, Steve (April 21, 2009). "Port Vale: I'm no sicknote, says Richards". The Sentinel. http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Richards-m-sicknote/article-918393-detail/article.html. Retrieved on 2009-04-21.
- ^ "Striker Richards out for season". BBC Sport. 23 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8014771.stm. Retrieved on 2009-04-23.
[edit] External links
- Marc Richards career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at the Official Port Vale site
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