Les Fridge
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leslie Fridge | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nairn County (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1985–1987 | Chelsea | 1 | (0) |
| 1987–1993 | St. Mirren | 72 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Stirling Albion (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1988 | → Arbroath (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Clyde | 68 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Raith Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Dundalk | ||
| 1997–2002 | Inverness CT | 63 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Ross County | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 211 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989 | Scotland U21[1] | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004– | Nairn County | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Leslie "Les" Fridge (born 27 August 1968 in Inverness), is a former Scottish football goalkeeper. He is currently manager at Nairn County.
Career
Fridge began his senior career with his home town club, Inverness Thistle of the Highland Football League, and as a 16 year old played for Inverness Thistle, in goal, in the early 1980s' against Celtic in a Scottish Cup tie at Celtic Park and let in six goals. He transferred early in his senior career, as a youth to Chelsea. He made one appearance for the Chelsea first team where he let in 5 goals at home to Watford and ultimately failed to make the grade, and returned to Scotland. He spent 6 years with St. Mirren, before having spells with Clyde, Raith Rovers and Dundalk in Ireland.
After much travelling Fridge soon returned home to sign for Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He spent four years with Caley but struggled to be regular choice at the Caledonian Stadium with the likes of Jim Calder and Nicky Walker to contend with. In 2002 he signed for near neighbours Ross County.
Fridge retired in 2003 and was appointed manager of Nairn County in 2004. He was also a coach for Caley Thistle's youth teams briefly.