Ryan Price (English footballer)
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ryan Price
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|3|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Coven, Staffordshire, England
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| position = Goalkeeper
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| youthclubs1 = Bolton Wanderers
| years1 = 1988–1994 | clubs1 = Stafford Rangers | caps1 = 246 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1994–1996 | clubs2 = Birmingham City | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1996–1999 | clubs3 = Macclesfield Town | caps3 = 159 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1999–2001 | clubs4 = Telford United | caps4 = 58 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2001–2004 | clubs5 = Stafford Rangers | caps5 = | goals5 =
| years6 = 2004–2005 | clubs6 = Tamworth | caps6 = 42 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2005–2006 | clubs7 = Hinckley United | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 0
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Ryan Price (born 13 March 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Macclesfield Town.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/ryanprice.html |title=Ryan Price |website=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=17 February 2010}} 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,{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/guidetoground.php?mode=playershow&pid=370&team_id=126&league_id=1 |title=Player Profile Ryan Price |website=NonLeague Daily |accessdate=17 February 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929030644/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/guidetoground.php?mode=playershow&pid=370&team_id=126&league_id=1 |archivedate=29 September 2012}} he joined Second Division club Birmingham City in 1994 for an initial fee of £20,000.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-football-5326995.html |newspaper=The Independent |title=Sporting Digest: Football |date=8 August 1994 |accessdate=12 March 2020}}
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,{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |date=1995 |page=118 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}} but he received a winners' medal in that competition as an unused substitute in the final.{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BPOC&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10078BC9634697E2&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Omens look good for Price as Stafford relive their golden FA Trophy heyday |newspaper=Birmingham Post |first=Colin |last=Stoner |date=31 January 2004 |accessdate=17 February 2010 |via=NewsBank}} Desire for regular football prompted a move to Macclesfield Town, where he was first choice for most of his four-year spell.{{cite web |url=http://www.silkmenarchives.org.uk/manager_and_player_profiles/manager_and_player_profiles/pq.html |title=Manager and player profiles: PQ |website=The Silkmen Archives |publisher=Macclesfield Town F.C. and Geoffrey Knights |accessdate=12 March 2020}} Price won the 1995–96 FA Trophy with Macclesfield, 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.
Price joined Conference club Telford United in December 1999, where he spent nearly two years{{soccerbase season|6474|1999|accessdate=12 March 2020}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/staffordshirenewsletter-sport/displayarticle.asp?id=90558 |title=Ex-keeper says he was forced out |first=Dave |last=McLean |newspaper=Staffordshire Newsletter |date=11 March 2004 |accessdate=17 February 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911002040/http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/staffordshirenewsletter-sport/displayarticle.asp?id=90558 |archive-date=11 September 2012}}
Released by Tamworth at the end of the 2004–05 season,{{cite news |url=https://www.thevisitor.co.uk/sport/price-i-m-sorry-1-1198770 |title=Price: 'I'm sorry' |newspaper=The Visitor |location=Morecambe |date=27 April 2005 |accessdate=12 March 2020}} Price signed for their local rivals Hinckley United, and made 18 appearances in all competitions before being released in September 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.hinckleyunitedfc.co.uk/archive/pp_arch/pp/price_ryan.html |title=Ryan Price Past Player Profile |publisher=Hinckley United F.C. |accessdate=17 February 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134917/http://www.hinckleyunitedfc.co.uk/archive/pp_arch/pp/price_ryan.html |archivedate=17 July 2011}}
Price was capped six times for the England semi-professional representative team.
Honours
Birmingham City
- Football League Trophy: 1994–95{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/fry-s-delight-as-carlisle-succumb-to-sudden-death-1616946.html |title=Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death |first=Trevor |last=Haylett |website=The Independent |date=24 April 1995 |access-date=29 April 2024}}
Sources
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- Stafford Rangers (Conference):{{cite book |editor-first=John |editor-last=Harman |title=Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years |publisher=Tony Williams |date=2005 |page=619 |isbn=978-1-869833-52-7}}
- Birmingham City, Telford United:
- Macclesfield Town:
- Tamworth:{{soccerbase season|38019|2003|accessdate=12 March 2020}}
- Hinckley United:{{cite web |url=http://www.hinckleyunitedfc.co.uk/archive/2005-06/statapp.html |title=Hinckley United Player Statistics Season 2005–2006 |publisher=Hinckley United F.C. |accessdate=17 February 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134851/http://www.hinckleyunitedfc.co.uk/archive/2005-06/statapp.html |archivedate=17 July 2011}}
References
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Category:People from South Staffordshire District
Category:English men's footballers
Category:England men's semi-pro international footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Stafford Rangers F.C. players
Category:Birmingham City F.C. players
Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Category:Telford United F.C. players
Category:Tamworth F.C. players
Category:Hinckley United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players