Barry Roche

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Barry Roche
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Roche with Nottingham Forest in 2002
Personal information
Full name Barry Christopher Roche [1]
Date of birth (1982-04-06) 6 April 1982 (age 41) [1]
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Morecambe (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
19xx–2000 Leicester Celtic [2]
2000–2001 Leeds United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2005 Nottingham Forest 13 (0)
2005–2008 Chesterfield 126 (0)
2008–2020 Morecambe 436 (1)
Total575(1)
International career
2001 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2019 Morecambe (caretaker)
2022 Morecambe (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Christopher Roche (born 6 April 1982) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and now works as a goalkeeping coach for Morecambe. He is a former Irish Under-21 international. [3]

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Career

Nottingham Forest

Born in the town of Wicklow, Roche played at Leeds United, before following Paul Hart to Nottingham Forest. He made his debut for Forest on 28 August 2000 as a substitute in a 3–2 win at Crystal Palace in the Football League First Division, saving a late twice-taken Julian Gray penalty kick. [4] During his time at the club he was mainly an understudy to Darren Ward and Paul Gerrard and made just 10 first team starts. He was released at the end of the 2004–05 season.

Chesterfield

Roche signed for Chesterfield on 26 July 2005 after an impressive trial at the club. He established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper, although he briefly lost his place due to a dip in form during the 2006–07 season. In May 2007 he signed a new two-year contract with Chesterfield, who had just been relegated from League One. [5]

Morecambe

In June 2008 Chesterfield allowed Roche to move to fellow League Two side Morecambe despite him having another year remaining on his contract. [6] He signed a two-year contract with his new club. Roche kept his first clean sheet for Morecambe in their 1–0 win over Shrewsbury Town on 6 September 2008. He has since made a name for himself with the Morecambe faithful with some inspired performances and has won their Player of the Season twice. In 2010, he was appointed Morecambe FC club captain. On 21 January 2012, Roche signed a new contract that keeps him until June 2014. [7]

On 3 May 2014, Roche signed a new contract at the Shrimps which will keep him until June 2016. [8]

Roche scored his first career goal on 2 February 2016 with a 94th-minute equaliser to secure a 1–1 draw against Portsmouth. [9]

In May 2018 he signed a new one-year contract with Morecambe. [10] He signed a further one-year contract in June 2019. [11]

Following Jim Bentley's departure as manager on 28 October 2019, Roche assumed the role of caretaker player-manager, alongside Kevin Ellison. [12] Roche's only match in charge was the 1-0 home win against Leyton Orient in League Two on 2 November 2019. [13] Derek Adams was appointed Morecambe team manager on 7 November 2019. [14]

Roche was released by Morecambe at the end of the 2019-20 season. [15] He announced his retirement on 22 June, intending to concentrate on coaching, [16] and on 16 July, it was officially announced that Roche would take up a permanent role as goalkeeper coach at the club. [17]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nottingham Forest 2000–01 [18] First Division 2000000020
2001–02 [19] 0000000000
2002–03 [20] 1000000010
2003–04 [21] 8000000080
2004–05 [22] Championship 2000000020
Nottingham Forest130000000130
Chesterfield 2005–06 [23] League One 41020001 [lower-alpha 1] 0440
2006–07 [24] 40010403 [lower-alpha 1] 0480
2007–08 [25] League Two 45010101 [lower-alpha 1] 0480
Chesterfield12604050501400
Morecambe 2008–09 [26] League Two 46020103 [lower-alpha 1] 0520
2009–10 [27] 44020101 [lower-alpha 1] 0480
2010–11 [28] 42010201 [lower-alpha 1] 0460
2011–12 [29] 44010201 [lower-alpha 1] 0480
2012–13 [30] 420302000470
2013–14 [31] 450102000480
2014–15 [32] 14000102 [lower-alpha 1] 0170
2015–16 [33] 42120103 [lower-alpha 1] 0481
2016–17 [34] 410202000450
2017–18 [35] 400200000420
2018–19 [36] 150001010170
Morecambe41511601501204581
Career total55412002001706111

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References

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  2. ↑ "www.leicesterceltic.ie". Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Wilkerson, Ian (2 March 2006). "Roche building on second chance". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. ↑ "Fulham sink Norwich City with late goal". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur. Reuters. 30 August 2000. p. 35. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Roche signs new Chesterfield deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 May 2007.
  6. ↑ "Roche quits Spireites for Shrimps". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 June 2008.
  7. ↑ "Roche signs new Shrimpers deal". Sky Sports. British Sky Broadcasting. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Roche signs new deal". morecambefc.com. Morecambe F.C. 3 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Barry Roche scores for the first time in 492 career appearances". BBC Sport. 2 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Barry Roche: Morecambe goalkeeper signs one-year contract extension". BBC Sport. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Tom Brewitt: Morecambe sign ex-Liverpool & Fylde defender". BBC Sport. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  12. ↑ Roche caretaker Morecambe manager
  13. ↑ Morecambe v Orient
  14. ↑ Adams appointed Morecambe manager
  15. ↑ "Kevin Ellison: Morecambe release the second oldest player in the EFL, at the age of 41". BBC Sport. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  16. ↑ "Veteran keeper Barry Roche retires to concentrate on coaching". Irish Independent. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  17. ↑ "ROCHE CONFIRMED AS GOALKEEPING COACH". www.morecambefc.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Barry Roche in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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