John Ritson | |
Fullname: | John Ritson |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1949 |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
Position: | Full Back |
Years1: | 1967?–1978? |
Years2: | 1978?–1980? |
Years3: | 1980?–1981? |
Clubs1: | Bolton Wanderers |
Clubs2: | Bury |
Clubs3: | Southport |
Caps1: | 324 |
Caps2: | 41 |
Caps3: | 10 |
Goals1: | 9 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Totalcaps: | 375 |
Totalgoals: | 12 |
John Ritson (born 6 September 1949) is an English-born former footballer, who played as a defender in the Football League in the 1960s and 1970s, most notably for Bolton Wanderers.[1] He joined the club as an apprentice and made his league debut in the 1967-68 season. He went on to play 324 league matches for the club, and was a member of the promotion-winning team of 1977-78.
However, following a contractual dispute[2] he moved to Bury in the late 1970s and made over 40 league appearances for them, before moving into non-league football with Southport.[3] Ritson made 12 appearances for Southport in 1980/81.[4]
Following the end of his playing career, he ran a newsagents, and as of 2004 he was running his own builder's firm.[2]