Russell Fry (footballer)

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Russell Fry
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Fry playing for North Ferriby United in 2011
Personal information
Full name Russell Harry Fry [1]
Date of birth (1985-12-04) 4 December 1985 (age 37) [2]
Place of birth Hull, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
North Ferriby United
Youth career
000?–2002 Hull City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2007 Hull City 2 (0)
2006Halifax Town (loan) 4 (0)
2006–2007Hinckley United (loan) 8 (1)
2007 Halifax Town 0 (0)
2007 Boston United 0 (0)
2007–2008 York City 4 (0)
2007–2008North Ferriby United (loan) 10 (3)
2008–2018 North Ferriby United 337 (36)
International career
Wales U16 ? (?)
2005 England U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:35, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:56, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Russell Harry Fry (born 4 December 1985) is an retiredEnglish footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career with North Ferriby United.

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Club career

Born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Fry came through Hull City's youth system. [2] He made his first team debut as an 81st minute substitute for Scott Kerr in a 3–1 defeat at Port Vale in the Football League Trophy first round Northern section on 22 October 2002. [3] He signed his first professional contract with Hull on 16 December. [2] His league debut against Brentford in the final game of the 2004–05 season lasted only 32 minutes until he had to leave the pitch with an injury. He signed a new two-year contract with Hull in August 2005. [4] Fry joined Conference National side Halifax Town on a one-month loan on 24 August 2006. [5] This loan ended on 25 September Halifax allowed him to return to Hull, [6] having made four appearances for the club. [7] He joined Conference North side Hinckley United on loan in October 2006 and he finished the loan with nine appearances and one goal. [8] [9]

Fry was released by Hull in May 2007 and after trialling with newly-relegated League One club Leeds United during the summer he signed non-contract terms with Halifax on 9 August. [10] [11] [12] He was an unused substitute in their first two games of the season before signing for Conference North club Boston United on non-contract terms later in August. [13]

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Fry playing for North Ferriby United in 2009

After being an unused substitute for Boston he opted to a move to Conference Premier team York City on non-contract terms, in pursuit of a permanent deal, on 15 September. [14] [15] He eventually signed a permanent contract at the club on 27 September. [16] He joined Northern Premier League Premier Division team North Ferriby United on loan in November 2007. [17] He made a scoring debut after netting the winning goal in the 45th minute of a 1–0 victory over Eastwood Town on 24 November. [18] He returned to York after the loan concluded in January 2008, [19] having made 11 appearances and scored 3 goals for Ferriby. [18] His first start for York came playing as a wingback in a 2–0 victory at Farsley Celtic in the FA Trophy third round on 3 February. [20] This was followed by a second successive start in a 3–3 draw after extra time with Northwich Victoria in the Conference League Cup fifth round Northern section on 6 February, which York lost 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out, although he was substituted in the 52nd minute. [21]

Fry was released by York with immediate effect on 15 February 2008 allowing him to join North Ferriby permanently. [22] He was nominated as a candidate for the Player of the Round award for the 2010–11 FA Cup third qualifying round for his performance against Vauxhall Motors, [23] but eventually missed out to Justin Marsden of Nuneaton Town. [24] North Ferriby were promoted to The Conference North League at the end of the 2012–13 season and narrowly missed out on a second successive promotion at the end of 2013–14 season. [25] Fry received a special achievement award with North Ferriby after reaching 300 appearances during the 2013–14 season. [26] Fry was part of the 2015 squad that took North Ferriby Utd to Wembley for the FA Trophy Final against Wrexham, in which North Ferriby won 5–4 on penalties to lift the Trophy in front of nearly 15,000 spectators. [27]

International career

Fry was named in the Wales national under-15 team for a game against Northern Ireland in November 2000. [28] He later played for the under-16s before representing England at under-20 level, [29] making his debut as a half-time substitute in a 4–0 defeat to Russia in a friendly on 16 August 2005. [30] [31]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 April 2012
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hull City 2002–03 [32] Third Division 0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2003–04 [33] Third Division0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2004–05 [34] League One 1010000020
2005–06 [35] Championship 1000000010
2006–07 [36] Championship0000000000
Total2010002050
Halifax Town (loan) 2006–07 [7] Conference National 40000040
Hinckley United (loan) 2006–07 [9] Conference North 81001 [lower-alpha 2] 091
Halifax Town 2007–08 [37] Conference Premier 00000000
Boston United 2007–08 [38] Conference North00000000
York City 2007–08 [21] Conference Premier40002 [lower-alpha 3] 060
North Ferriby United (loan) 2007–08 [18] NPL Premier Division 103001 [lower-alpha 4] 0113
North Ferriby United 112002 [lower-alpha 5] 0132
2008–09 [39] 3812318 [lower-alpha 6] 24915
2009–10 [40] 334209 [lower-alpha 7] 2446
2010–11 [41] 427416 [lower-alpha 8] 1529
2011–12 [42] 4142010 [lower-alpha 9] 5539
2012–13
2013–14 [43] Conference North 421104 [lower-alpha 2] 0471
2014–15 [43] 3711080461
2015–16 [43] National League North 4202000440
2016–17 [43] National League 00000000
2017–18 [43] National League North 1100000110
Total30734152481037046
Career total3253516200531039447

Honours

North Ferriby United

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