Richard Dryden
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| Richard Dryden | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Richard Andrew Dryden | |
| Date of birth | June 14, 1969 (age 37) | |
| Place of birth |  Stroud, England |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in | |
| Position | Defender/Assistant Manager | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Tamworth | |
| Number | 22 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1986 | Bristol Rovers | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1986-1988 1989-1991 1991 1991-1993 1992 1993-1994 1994-1996 1996-2001 1999-2000 2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2001-2003 2003 2003- |
Bristol Rovers Exeter City →Manchester City (loan) Notts County →Plymouth Argyle (loan) Birmingham City Bristol City Southampton →Stoke City (loan) →Northampton Town (loan) →Swindon Town (loan) Luton Town Scarborough Worksop Town Tamworth |
13 (0) 92 (13) 0 (0) 31(1) 5 (0) 48 (0) 37 (2) 47 (1) 13 (0) 10 (0) 7 (0) 23 (0) 26 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Richard Dryden (born 14 June 1969 in Stroud, England) is an English footballer. He is the current assistant manager of Nationwide Conference side Tamworth, where he also plays in defence.
[edit] Playing career
A very experienced defender, Richard started his career in 1986 as a trainee with Bristol Rovers, joining them as a professional in July 1987. He then joined Exeter City in March 1989 after a brief loan spell with the club, where he first played under manager Terry Cooper.
During Dryden’s time at Exeter City, he made a total of 92 appearances and also spent time on loan with Manchester City. While at Exeter, he played a major part in their 1989-90 Fourth Division title triumph.
Notts County was the next stop (from August 1991) for Dryden before moving on to Birmingham City for £165,000 in March 1993, where he was re-united with Terry Cooper. After Birmingham City, Dryden moved in December 1994 to Bristol City, the rivals of his youth team club, Bristol Rovers.
On the recommendation of Terry Cooper, now Southampton's chief scout, Dryden moved to Southampton in August 1996 for £150,000. His time at The Dell was difficult as Southampton had 5 managers during the course of his 5 seasons with the club. He played a total of 54 games for the Premiership club, scoring 4 goals. He will best be remembered at Southampton for the 3 spectacular goals he scored in their 1996-97 Coca-Cola Cup run.
He was also loaned out to Stoke City, Northampton Town and Swindon Town loan while at Southampton.
In February 2001, Dryden joined Luton Town. He moved to Scarborough after playing for the club on loan earlier in the 2001-2002 season.
May 2003 saw him join Worksop Town for a brief spell before moving to his current club, Tamworth.
[edit] Managerial career
Richard was appointed assistant manager of Tamworth, when Mark Cooper took charge of the club in April 2004.
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| Tamworth F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Viega | 2 Smith | 3 Touhy | 4 Bampton | 6 Friars | 8 Storer | 9 Burton | 10 Stevenson | 11 Williams | 13 Bowles | 14 Law | 15 Neilson | 16 Cooper | 17 Clarke | 19 Ridgway | 20 Taylor | 22 Dryden | 23 Weaver | 24 McGrath | 25 Hambleton | 26 Kendrick | 27 Laight | 29 Atieno | 31 Heslop | 40 Belford | Manager: Cooper |
Categories: 1969 births | Bristol Rovers F.C. players | Exeter City F.C. players | Notts County F.C. players | Manchester City F.C. players | Plymouth Argyle F.C. players | Birmingham City F.C. players | Bristol City F.C. players | Southampton F.C. players | Stoke City F.C. players | Northampton Town F.C. players | Swindon Town F.C. players | Luton Town F.C. players | Scarborough F.C. players | Worksop Town F.C. players | Tamworth F.C. players | English footballers | Football (soccer) defenders | People from Stroud | Natives of Gloucestershire | Living people
