Richie Gendall

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Richie Gendall
Personal information
Full name Richard Martin Gendall
Date of birth (1960-09-25) 25 September 1960 (age 61)
Place of birth Wrexham, Wales
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1977–1979 Chester
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1981 Chester 5 (0)
1981–? Bangor City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Richard "Richie" Gendall (born 25 September 1960, Wrexham) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played in the English Football League for Chester.

A Midfielder, Gendall was a contemporary of Ian Rush in the Chester youth squad in the late 1970s. [1] Along with other homegrown youngsters such as Terry Cooke, Paul Needham and Peter Zelem, Gendall graduated to the first–team squad at Sealand Road in the early 1980s and was handed his professional debut as substitute for Cooke in a 0–0 draw against Burnley shortly before his 20th birthday on 25 September 1980. [2]

He went on to start four league games during the season but did not feature again and moved on to non–league side Bangor City. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "From the youth to the first team". chester-city.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
  2. ↑ Chas Sumner (1997). On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997. Yore Publications. pp. stats section. ISBN   1-874427-52-6.
  3. ↑ Chas Sumner (1997). On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997. Yore Publications. p. 138. ISBN   1-874427-52-6.
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