Keith Ryan

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Keith Ryan

Personal information
Full name	Keith James Ryan [1]
Date of birth	(1970-06-25) 25 June 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Northampton, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Flackwell Heath (first-team coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Berkhamsted Town
1990–2006	Wycombe Wanderers [A]	428	(48)
Managerial career
2004	Wycombe Wanderers (caretaker manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Ryan (born 25 June 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Wycombe Wanderers. ^{[3] [4]} In July 2009 he was appointed reserve team manager at Queens Park Rangers.

Career

Born in Northampton, ^[1] Ryan started his career at Berkhamsted Town. He was one of Martin O'Neill's first singings for Wycombe Wanderers in August 1990. "Rhino", as he is nicknamed, played in over 500 games for the club and scored more than 50 goals. He would go on to be a mainstay of the Wycombe midfield of the 1990s, playing in all three of their Wembley visits, during the decade.

Ryan was awarded a testimonial on 1 August 2000 where Leicester City were the visitors. Leicester would go on to win the game 3–0, later in the season Ryan would be part of the squad that would go on to shock the Foxes 2–1 in the quarter final of the 2001 FA Cup. Before going on to score Wycombe's goal in the semi-final against Liverpool. ^{[5] [6]}

Following the departure of manager Tony Adams in November 2004, Ryan was appointed caretaker manager until the appointment of permanent successor John Gorman. Gorman rewarded Ryan's service to the club by making him an assistant manager, along with fellow Blues legend Steve Brown. Ryan retired from professional football in April 2006. ^{[5] [7]} He was retained as a coach when Paul Lambert took over as manager in June 2006, but left the club a year later when the coaching staff structure was reorganised for financial reasons. ^[8]

He was promptly appointed by John Gregory, his former manager at Wycombe, as a youth team coach at Queens Park Rangers, ^[9] and promoted to reserve team manager in July 2009. ^[10]

As of December 2021, he is first-team coach at Flackwell Heath F.C. ^[11]

Honours

Wycombe Wanderers

• FA Trophy: 1990–91, 1992–93 ^{[12] [13]}

Notes

A. ^ The Wycombe appearance figures are for the Football League only, not for the Conference.

References

1. "Keith Ryan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1997). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1997–98 (28th ed.). London: Headline. p. 535. ISBN   9780747277385. OCLC   1194925023.
3. "Keith Ryan". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
4. "Keith Ryan". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
5. "Blues Legend – Keith Ryan". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
6. "Liverpool end Wycombe's fight". BBC Sport. 8 April 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
7. "First Team – Keith Ryan". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
8. "Keith Ryan sacked (scroll down to quoted date to access)". Wycombe Wanderers Archive. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
9. "QPR add ex-Wycombe pair to staff". BBC Sport. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
10. "Backroom Reshuffle". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
11. "Wycombe Wanderers". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
12. "Wanderers' Magic Moment at Wembley 1991". chairboys.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
13. "Wycombe Wanderers 1992-1993 - retro". chairboys.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

External links

• Keith Ryan at Soccerbase
• Keith Ryan at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database