Stuart Arthur Ritchie (born 20 May 1968) is an retired English footballer, and was the manager of Havant & Waterlooville. He played as a centre midfielder. He became manager of H&W in May 2012 after eight years managing AFC Totton.[1]
Career
editRitchie started his footballing career at Aston Villa[2] where he made one substitute appearance for the club against Manchester United at the age of 19.[3] He then signed for Crewe Alexandra making 25 first team appearances before moving onto Waterford United and then into the English Non League system, playing for Bashley, Havant & Waterlooville and AFC Totton. Ritchie joined Totton as a player before being appointed as player-manager and then retiring from playing and becoming the club's full-time manager.
Managerial career
editAFC Totton
editAppointed as AFC Totton manager in 2004,[4] he oversaw the club's rise from Wessex League to Southern League Premier Division (losing play-off finalists in 2011-12) and runners up in the FA Vase in 2007.[citation needed]
Havant & Waterlooville
editOn 8 May 2012, Havant & Waterlooville appointed Ritchie as manager and Sean New as his assistant.[5] Ritchie played 53 games for the Hawks in their first two seasons as a combined club (1998-2000). After just four months in charge, Ritchie was sacked leaving the side third bottom in the table.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Havant and Waterlooville name Stuart Ritchie as new manager". BBC Sport. 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
- ^ "Manchester United v Aston Villa, 09 May 1987".
- ^ "Hawks.net : Stuart Ritchie player profile".
- ^ "Stuart Ritchie announced as new boss at Westleigh Park". havantandwaterlooville.net. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Havant & Waterlooville sack Stuart Ritchie as manager". BBC Sport. 26 September 2012.