Barry Richardson (footballer)

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Barry Richardson
Personal information
Full name Barry Richardson
Date of birth August 5, 1969 (1969-08-05) (age 38)
Place of birth    Wallsend, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Nottingham Forest
(goalkeeping coach)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1988-1989
1988-1989
1989-1991
1991
1991-1994
1994-1995
1995-2000
1999
2000
2000-2001
2001-2003
2003-2008
2008-		 Sunderland
→ Seaham Red Star (loan)
Scarborough
Stockport County
Northampton Town
Preston North End
Lincoln City
→ Mansfield Town (loan)
→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
Doncaster Rovers
Halifax Town
Doncaster Rovers
Nottingham Forest		 000 (0)
00? (?)
030 (0)
000 (0)
096 (0)
020 (0)
130 (0)
006 (0)
000 (0)
051 (0)
024 (0)
000 (0)
000 (0)[1]   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Barry Richardson (born on August 5, 1969 in Wallsend in the North East of England), is a former professional English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for eleven clubs. He is now the goalkeeping coach at Nottingham Forest in Football League One.

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[edit] Football career

[edit] Playing career

He played for Sunderland, Seaham Red Star (loan), Scarborough, Stockport County, Northampton Town, Preston North End, Lincoln City, Mansfield Town (loan) Sheffield Wednesday (loan), Doncaster Rovers (1st spell), Halifax Town, Doncaster Rovers (2nd spell) and Nottingham Forest.

During his time at Northampton, Richardson became known both as "Psycho" (for his alleged willingness to involve himself in physical disputes) and "Coco", the name of a clown and a reference to a series of mistakes he made, notably one in a 1-1 draw at Maidstone United in 1992.

[edit] Coaching career

Richardson was the goalkeeping coach at Doncaster Rovers, as of 11 January 2008 has taken up the same position at Nottingham Forest.

As of 24 January 2008, Richardson was announced to take up the back-up goalkeeping role at Forest following the departure of youngster Dale Roberts to Rushden & Diamonds on loan. He was allocated the no.38 shirt for the 2007/08 season.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Source: SoccerBase.com stats (English)
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Nottingham Forest F.C. – current squad

- Agogo • - Bencherif • - Bennett • - Breckin • - Byrne • - Chambers • - Clingan • - Cohen • - Davies • - Earnshaw • - Gamble • - Heath • - Holt • - McCleary • - McGugan • - Moloney • - Morgan • - Perch • - Redmond • - Reid • - Richardson • - Roberts • - Sharpe • - Sinclair • - Smith • - Thornhill • – Tyson • – Wilson • Manager: Calderwood
Persondata
NAME Richardson, Barry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player & coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH