Stuart Ritchie (footballer)

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Stuart Arthur Ritchie (born 20 May 1968) is an retired English footballer, and was the manager of Havant & Waterlooville. He played as a centre midfielder. He became manager of H&W in May 2012 after eight years managing AFC Totton. [1]

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Career

Ritchie started his footballing career at Aston Villa [2] where he made one substitute appearance for the club against Manchester United at the age of 19. [3] He then signed for Crewe Alexandra making 25 first team appearances before moving onto Waterford United and then into the English Non League system, playing for Bashley, Havant & Waterlooville and AFC Totton. Ritchie joined Totton as a player before being appointed as player-manager and then retiring from playing and becoming the club's full-time manager.

Managerial career

AFC Totton

Appointed as AFC Totton manager in 2004, [4] he oversaw the club's rise from Wessex League to Southern League Premier Division (losing play-off finalists in 2011-12) and runners up in the FA Vase in 2007.[ citation needed ]

Havant & Waterlooville

On 8 May 2012, Havant & Waterlooville appointed Ritchie as manager and Sean New as his assistant. [5] Ritchie played 53 games for the Hawks in their first two seasons as a combined club (1998-2000). After just four months in charge, Ritchie was sacked leaving the side third bottom in the table. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Havant and Waterlooville name Stuart Ritchie as new manager". BBC Sport. 9 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Aston Villa Player Database".
  3. ↑ "Manchester United v Aston Villa, 09 May 1987".
  4. ↑ "Hawks.net : Stuart Ritchie player profile".
  5. ↑ "Stuart Ritchie announced as new boss at Westleigh Park". havantandwaterlooville.net. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Havant & Waterlooville sack Stuart Ritchie as manager". BBC Sport. 26 September 2012.
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