Ryan Price (English footballer) explained

Ryan Price
Birth Date:13 March 1970
Birth Place:Coven, Staffordshire, England
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:
Youthclubs1:Bolton Wanderers
Years1:1988–1994
Caps1:246
Goals1:0
Years2:1994–1996
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Years3:1996–1999
Caps3:159
Goals3:0
Years4:1999–2001
Caps4:58
Goals4:0
Years5:2001–2004
Years6:2004–2005
Clubs6:Tamworth
Caps6:42
Goals6:0
Years7:2005–2006
Caps7:15
Goals7:0

Ryan Price (born 13 March 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Macclesfield Town.[1] He was on the books of Birmingham City, but without playing in the League, and played non-League football for Stafford Rangers, Macclesfield Town, Telford United, Tamworth and Hinckley United.

Career

Price was born in Coven, near Wolverhampton, and began his football career as a trainee with Bolton Wanderers. He then joined Stafford Rangers, where he made 294 consecutive appearances beginning with his debut game in August 1988. After six seasons and 325 appearances,[2] he joined Second Division club Birmingham City in 1994 for an initial fee of £20,000.[3]

Price's time at Birmingham City was mostly spent as an understudy to first-choice goalkeeper Ian Bennett; his only first-team appearance came in the Associate Members' Cup in September 1994,[4] but he received a winners' medal in that competition as an unused substitute in the final.[5] Desire for regular football prompted a move to Macclesfield Town, where he was first choice for most of his four-year spell.[6] Price won the 1995–96 FA Trophy with Macclesfield,[5] and went on to change division in three consecutive seasons, winning consecutive promotions from the Football Conference and Third Division in 1996–97 and 1997–98 followed by relegation in 1998–99.[6]

Price joined Conference club Telford United in December 1999, where he spent nearly two years before moving back to Stafford Rangers in November 2001 as player and community officer. He left Stafford for the second time in March 2004 to return to Conference football with Tamworth.[2] [7]

Released by Tamworth at the end of the 2004–05 season,[8] Price signed for their local rivals Hinckley United, and made 18 appearances in all competitions before being released in September 2006.[9]

Price was capped six times for the England semi-professional representative team.[2]

Honours

Birmingham City

1994–95[10]

Sources

Infobox stats

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ryan Price . UK A–Z Transfers . Neil Brown . 17 February 2010.
  2. Web site: Player Profile Ryan Price . NonLeague Daily . 17 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120929030644/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/guidetoground.php?mode=playershow&pid=370&team_id=126&league_id=1 . 29 September 2012.
  3. News: Sporting Digest: Football . The Independent . 8 August 1994 . 12 March 2020.
  4. Book: Matthews, Tony . Birmingham City: A Complete Record . Breedon Books . Derby . 1995 . 118 . 978-1-85983-010-9.
  5. News: Omens look good for Price as Stafford relive their golden FA Trophy heyday . Birmingham Post . Colin . Stoner . 31 January 2004 . 17 February 2010 . NewsBank.
  6. Web site: Manager and player profiles: PQ . The Silkmen Archives . Macclesfield Town F.C. and Geoffrey Knights . 12 March 2020.
  7. News: Ex-keeper says he was forced out . Dave . McLean . Staffordshire Newsletter . 11 March 2004 . 17 February 2010 . https://archive.today/20120911002040/http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/staffordshirenewsletter-sport/displayarticle.asp?id=90558 . 11 September 2012.
  8. News: Price: 'I'm sorry' . The Visitor . Morecambe . 27 April 2005 . 12 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Ryan Price Past Player Profile . Hinckley United F.C. . 17 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134917/http://www.hinckleyunitedfc.co.uk/archive/pp_arch/pp/price_ryan.html . 17 July 2011.
  10. News: Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death . Trevor . Haylett . The Independent . 24 April 1995 . 29 April 2024.
  11. Book: John . Harman . Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years . Tony Williams . 2005 . 619 . 978-1-869833-52-7.
  12. Web site: Hinckley United Player Statistics Season 2005–2006 . Hinckley United F.C. . 17 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134851/http://www.hinckleyunitedfc.co.uk/archive/2005-06/statapp.html . 17 July 2011.