Richard Graham (footballer, born 1979)

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Richard Graham
Personal information
Full name Richard Stephen Graham [1]
Date of birth (1979-08-05) 5 August 1979 (age 44) [1]
Place of birth Newry, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wingate & Finchley (Assistant manager)
Youth career
000?–1996 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2001 Queens Park Rangers 2 (0)
2001–2002 Chesham United 27 (9)
2002–2003 Billericay Town 31 (3)
2003–2004 Kettering Town 34 (2)
2004–2007 Barnet 87 (7)
2007–2009 Dagenham & Redbridge 12 (0)
2009 → Kettering Town (loan) 12 (0)
2009–2010 Grays Athletic 36 (1)
2010–2011 Eastleigh 42 (6)
2011–2012 Dartford 31 (0)
2012–2014 St Albans City 75 (5)
2014 Chesham United
2014–2015 Wingate & Finchley 8 (0)
2015–2016 VCD Athletic 23 (1)
Total420(34)
International career
1998–2001 Northern Ireland U21 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Stephen Graham (born 5 August 1979) is a retired Northern Irish footballer who is assistant manager for Wingate & Finchley. He played as a left-midfielder.

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Career

Born in Newry, County Down, Graham began his career in the Queens Park Rangers youth system, making two first team appearances in the Football League, [1] [3] but he was released in 2001. He moved into non-League football, joining Barnet in 2004 and helped them return to the Football League. [4] He was released by the club in April 2007, [5] subsequently joining Dagenham & Redbridge in June. [6]

On 1 January 2009, Graham joined former club Kettering Town on loan for the remainder of the 2008–09 Conference National season. [7] He made his debut two days later in a 2–1 victory over Eastwood Town in the FA Cup, with his performance being described as the "most impressive". [8] He signed for Grays Athletic on 24 July, along with Charlie Taylor and Shayne Mangodza. [9] He was released at the end of the 2009–10 season. In June 2011, Graham signed for Dartford. [10] On 20 July 2012, Graham joined St Albans City. [11] On 27 March 2014, Graham joined Chesham United a week after being released by St Albans City after 75 appearances and five goals. [12]

During the 2014-15 season, Graham made eight league appearances for Wingate & Finchley in the Isthmian Premier Division [13] , before moving to league rivals VCD Athletic, where he was an ever-present throughout the first half of the 2015-16 season. He departed VCD Athletic in January 2016. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 244. ISBN   1-85291-665-6.
  2. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN   978-1-84596-324-8.
  3. ↑ QUEENS PARK RANGERS : 1946/47 – 2007/08 Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine , Newcastle Fans.
  4. ↑ "Bees set to sign duo". BBC Sport. 6 July 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Barnet to release trio of players". BBC Sport. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Daggers complete double signing". BBC Sport. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  7. ↑ "Kettering snap up Daggers winger". BBC Sport. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  8. ↑ Henderson, Jon (7 January 2009). "Ambitious Kettering look forward to Fulham fixture on way into Football League". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  9. ↑ "Grays draft in three more players". BBC Sport. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  10. ↑ "Northern Ireland - R. Graham - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  11. ↑ "St Albans City sign Richard Graham ahead of Barnet friendly". Herts Advertiser. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Home".
  13. ↑ "Wingate & Finchley | Appearances | Richard Graham | 2014-2015 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "VCD Athletic | Appearances | Richie Graham | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
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