Rae Ingram
{{short description|English footballer (born 1974)}}
{{use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rae Ingram
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Rae Ingram{{Hugman|9883|accessdate=9 March 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|6|df=y}}{{cite web |title=FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2001/02 |url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/d2/portv.htm |website=footballsquads.co.uk |accessdate=24 June 2019}}
| birth_place = Manchester, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| position = Full back
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Manchester City
| years1 = 1993–1998| clubs1 = Manchester City | caps1 = 21| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1998 | clubs2 =→ Macclesfield Town (loan)| caps2 = 5| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1998–2001| clubs3 = Macclesfield Town | caps3 = 98| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2001–2003| clubs4 = Port Vale | caps4 = 28| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2003–2004| clubs5 = Bangor City | caps5 = 14| goals5 = 1
| totalcaps = 168 | totalgoals = 2
}}
Rae Ingram (born 6 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer and sports masseur.
As a player, he was a defender, who played 152 league games in a ten-year career in the English Football League and Premier League. He began his career at Manchester City in July 1993 and made 21 appearances over the next five years. He was loaned out to Macclesfield Town in March 1993 and helped the "Silkmen" to promotion out of the Third Division in 1997–98. He joined the club permanently in July 1998 before moving to Port Vale in June 2001. He left Vale Park in May 2003 and spent one season in the Welsh Premier League with Bangor City before announcing his retirement. After retiring as a player, he became a fireman and a sports masseur at Macclesfield Town.
Career
=Manchester City=
Ingram started his career at Manchester City, signing professional forms at Maine Road in July 1993 under Brian Horton's stewardship. After battles against relegation in 1993–94 and 1994–95, the "Sky Blues" lost their Premier League status in 1995–96 under Alan Ball. Ingram debuted on 30 August 1995 in a 2–0 home defeat to Everton and played four more top-flight games during the campaign.{{cite web|url=http://premiersoccerstats.com/PlayerHome.cfm?PlayerId=INGRAMR|title=Rae Ingram|work=premiersoccerstats.co|accessdate=3 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715112410/http://premiersoccerstats.com/PlayerHome.cfm?PlayerId=INGRAMR|archive-date=15 July 2011|url-status=dead}} A centre-half, he was forced to play out of position at left-back due to a lack of specialist full-backs at the club.{{cite web|title=Where are they now – Rae Ingram|url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/features/20110421/where-are-they-now-rae-ingram_2293307_2343644|work=football-league.co.uk|accessdate=5 April 2012}} He featured 22 times in 1996–97, finding a first-team place from January onwards under new boss Frank Clark (who replaced short-term appointment Steve Coppell). He fell out of the first-team picture though in 1997–98, and finished the season on loan at Macclesfield Town, after recovering from a bout of ME.{{cite web|url=http://www2.mtfc.co.uk/stats/player?a=p&i=291|title=Rae Ingram|work=Silk Online|accessdate=3 June 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010720223137/http://www2.mtfc.co.uk/stats/player?a=p&i=291|archivedate=20 July 2001}} He made five league appearances for Sammy McIlroy's "Silkmen", helping the club to finish as runners-up of the Third Division.
=Macclesfield Town=
He went to Moss Rose permanently in July 1998 on a free transfer. Ingram made 34 appearances but could not prevent the club from finishing at the bottom of the Second Division in 1998–99. He played 39 times in 1999–2000 and 36 times in 2000–01. He scored his first and only senior goal on 14 October 2000 in a 2–1 home win over Cheltenham Town.
=Port Vale=
He signed with Port Vale in June 2001, reuniting him with former boss Brian Horton. He featured 28 times in 2001–02, having lost his first-team place at Vale Park by December 2001. He could only play four games in 2002–03, as he contracted meningitis in January 2003;{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2699343.stm|title=Vale player in meningitis scare|date=27 January 2003|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=3 June 2009}} after doctors confirmed it was the non-lethal strain he was released from hospital.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2710945.stm|title=Footballer released from hospital|date=11 February 2003|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=3 June 2009}}
=Bangor City=
He was released by new manager Martin Foyle in May 2003,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/3014351.stm|title=Carragher exits Vale|date=9 May 2003|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=3 June 2009}} and subsequently signed for Welsh Premier League club Bangor City, who were managed by his former teammate Peter Davenport. He left Bangor at the end of the 2003–04 season,{{cite web|url=http://www.eufo.de/football/wal/2004/bangcity.htm|title=Bangor City|work=eufo.de|accessdate=3 June 2009}} after making 14 league appearances,{{cite web |url=https://welsh-premier.com/index.php/component/playersearch/detail/1885/player/11073?Itemid=1885 |title=Rae Ingram |publisher=welsh-premier.com |accessdate=24 May 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and went into retirement.{{cite web|url=http://mancityinfo.org/stat-centre/players/?page_name=player&extra=118|title=Rae Ingram|work=mancityinfo.org|accessdate=3 June 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
Personal life
After retiring as a player, Ingram worked as a firefighter in Sale, Greater Manchester.{{cite web|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/trafford/news/s/1406585_excity_star_rae_ingram_tackles_new_role|title=Ex-City star Rae Ingram tackles new role|last=Buckley|first=Andy|date=28 January 2011|work=The Advertiser|accessdate=23 October 2011}} He also worked as a masseur at Macclesfield Town from 2013.{{cite web|title=Player Profiles – I|url=http://www.silkmenarchives.org.uk/player_profiles/Players/i.html|website=silkmenarchives.org.uk|accessdate=9 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024104740/http://www.silkmenarchives.org.uk/player_profiles/Players/i.html|archive-date=24 October 2016|url-status=dead}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{ENFA}}{{Soccerbase}} | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Manchester City
|5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1995–96
|18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| rowspan="5"|Macclesfield Town
|5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1998–99
|29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 1999–2000
|Third Division |36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2000–01
|Third Division |33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!103 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 116 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Port Vale
|Second Division |24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2002–03
|Second Division |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bangor City
|14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!168 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 192 | 2 |
Honours
Macclesfield Town
- Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 1997–98
References
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Category:Footballers from Manchester
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Manchester City F.C. players
Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Category:Port Vale F.C. players
Category:Bangor City F.C. players
Category:Premier League players
Category:English Football League players