Ryan Price (born 13 March 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Macclesfield Town.[2] 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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 March 1970[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Coven, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1994 | Stafford Rangers | 246 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Macclesfield Town | 159 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Telford United | 58 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| 2004–2005 | Tamworth | 42 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Hinckley United | 15 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editPrice was born in Coven, near Wolverhampton, and began his football career as a trainee with Bolton Wanderers.[1] 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,[3] he joined Second Division club Birmingham City in 1994 for an initial fee of £20,000.[4]
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,[1] 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[7] 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.[3][8]
Released by Tamworth at the end of the 2004–05 season,[9] Price signed for their local rivals Hinckley United, and made 18 appearances in all competitions before being released in September 2006.[10]
Price was capped six times for the England semi-professional representative team.[3]
Honours
editBirmingham City
Sources
editInfobox stats
References
edit- ^ a b c Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ "Ryan Price". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ a b c "Player Profile Ryan Price". NonLeague Daily. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sporting Digest: Football". The Independent. 8 August 1994. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b Stoner, Colin (31 January 2004). "Omens look good for Price as Stafford relive their golden FA Trophy heyday". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 17 February 2010 – via NewsBank.
- ^ a b c "Manager and player profiles: PQ". The Silkmen Archives. Macclesfield Town F.C. and Geoffrey Knights. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Games played by Ryan Price in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ McLean, Dave (11 March 2004). "Ex-keeper says he was forced out". Staffordshire Newsletter. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Price: 'I'm sorry'". The Visitor. Morecambe. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Ryan Price Past Player Profile". Hinckley United F.C. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ Haylett, Trevor (24 April 1995). "Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death". The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams. p. 619. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
- ^ "Games played by Ryan Price in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Hinckley United Player Statistics Season 2005–2006". Hinckley United F.C. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.