Tony Ricketts

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Tony Ricketts (born c. 1958) is a former semi-professional footballer.

As a player, at 24 years old, he was offered a two-year contract with Bristol City, which he refused. In 1989, he joined Bath City, where he became first a coach and then manager, spending seven years at the club in all. He played 700 games at conference level in his career. [1]

After leaving Bath, Ricketts worked for the Gloucestershire FA running the county's representative teams, as well as the ladies and under-18s sides. From here he earned a job with the Bristol Rovers women's team, who at the time were in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division. In his first season at Rovers the team finished runners-up to the league's only professional side, Fulham L.F.C., and in his second year the team cantered to the league title, winning it with a quarter of the season still to spare. [1]

After managing the women's side he went on to manage Bristol Rovers' under-18s' team, and was later appointed manager at Weston-super-Mare.

He was manager of Paulton Rovers for 18 months from October 2015 to April 2017. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Managers' Monthly: Tony Ricketts". The Football Association. 19 March 2003. Archived from the original on 14 May 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "Ricketts Leaves As Boss of Paulton Rovers". Non-League. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2019.


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