Andy Ritchie (English footballer)

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Andy Ritchie
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Timothy Ritchie
Date of birth	November 28, 1960 (1960-11-28) (age 47)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	5 ft 10 in
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977-1980 1980-1983 1983-1987 1987-1995 1995-1997 1997-1999	Manchester United Brighton & Hove Albion Leeds United Oldham Athletic Scarborough Oldham Athletic	033 (13) 089 (23) 136 (40) 217 (82) 068 (17) 027 0(2)
Teams managed
1998-2001 2005-2006 2007-2008	Oldham Athletic Barnsley Huddersfield Town
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrew "Andy" Ritchie (born November 28, 1960 in Manchester) is a former English footballer and former manager.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 3 Managerial statistics 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Ritchie started his career in 1977-78 with Manchester United, and later played for Brighton & Hove Albion, Leeds United, Oldham Athletic and Scarborough, making 661 appearances (88 as substitute) and scoring 210 goals. He played his last game, for Oldham, in the 1998-99 season. According to Chris Kamara, Ritchie earnt the nickname "Stitches" during his playing and managerial career. His actual nickname 'Stitch' came from the amount of times Ritchie would pull up whilst training (with Oldham as a player) complaining of a stitch.

Ritchie is regarded as one of Oldham Athletic's finest ever footballers, and is also an ex-manager of the club.

Manchester United midfielder and Oldham Athletic fan, Paul Scholes once told foreign journalists in the 2002 FIFA World Cup that his all time footballing hero was Andy Ritchie.

[edit] Managerial career

After a successful spell back at Elland Road in charge of Youth Development, Ritchie left to become Paul Hart's assistant at Barnsley. After Hart was sacked in March 2005, Ritchie's successful spell as caretaker manager led to him being confirmed as full time manager in May 2005.^[1] In the 2005/06 season, he led the club to the League One playoff final against Swansea City. The match was played on 27 May 2006 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Barnsley's victory on penalties (following a 2-2 draw) secured promotion to the Football League Championship.

Ritchie was approached by Sheffield Wednesday about their vacant manager's position, following the sacking of Paul Sturrock in October 2006. However, the request was turned down by Barnsley.^[2] Ritchie was sacked by Barnsley on November 21 2006, with the team in the relegation zone of the League Championship.^[3]

Ritchie was appointed Huddersfield Town manager on April 11, 2007.^[4] He left the club by mutual consent on 1 April 2008 after an indifferent season, following the embarrassing 4-1 defeat at Oldham Athletic on 29 March.^[5] Ritchie's overall record with the Terriers was just won 22 out of 51 games, drawing 5 of those, and losing the remaining 24. The highlight was undoubtedly the FA Cup run which saw Town win against Birmingham City and before bowing out to Premier League outfit Chelsea in the 5th Round, the first time the club had been that far for 10 years.

[edit] Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Oldham Athletic		May 7, 1998	October 31, 2001	179	59	75	45	32.96
Barnsley		March 4, 2005	November 21, 2006	88	29	28	31	32.95
Huddersfield Town		April 11, 2007	April 1, 2008	51	22	24	5	43.14

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Andy Ritchie career stats at Soccerbase
• Andy Ritchie management career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Oldham Athletic A.F.C. – Managers Ashworth (1906–14) • Bamlett (1914–21) • Roberts (1921–22) • Ashworth (1923–24) • Mellor (1924–27) • Wilson (1927–32) • McMullan (1933–34) • Mellor (1934–45) • Womack (1945–47) • Wootton (1947–50) • Hardwick (1950–56) • Goodier (1956–58) • Dodgin (1958–60) • Rowley (1960–63) • McDowall (1963–65) • Hurst (1965–66) • McIlroy (1966–68) • Rowley (1968–69) • Frizzell (1970–82) • Royle (1982–94) • Sharp (1994–97) • Warnock (1997–98) • Ritchie (1998–2001) • Sheridan (2001) • Urmson (2001) • Wadsworth (2001–02) • Dowie (2002–03) • Eyres (2003–04) • Sheridan (2003–04) • Talbot (2004–05) • Philliskirk (2005) • Moore (2005–06) • Sheridan (2006–)

v • d • e Barnsley F.C. – Managers Fairclough (1898–1901) • McCartney (1901–04) • Fairclough (1904–12) • Hastie (1912–14) • Lewis (1914–19) • Sant (1919–26) • Commins (1926–28) • Fairclough (1928–30) • Fletcher (1930–37) • Seed (1937–53) • Ward (1953–60) • Steele (1960–71) • McSeveney (1971–72) • Steele (1972–73) • Iley (1973–78) • Clarke (1978–80) • Hunter (1980–84) • Collins (1984–85) • Clarke (1985–89) • Machin (1989–93) • Anderson (1993–94) • Wilson (1994–98) • Hendrie (1998–99) • Winstanley (1999) • Bassett (1999–2000) • Winstanley (2000–01) • Spackman (2001) • Hodges (2001) • Parkin (2001–02) • Hodges (2002–03) • Thordarson (2003–04) • Hart (2004–05) • Ritchie (2005–06) • Davey (2006–)

v • d • e Huddersfield Town F.C. – Managers Walker (1908–10) • Pudan (1910–12) • Knighton (1912) • Fairclough (1912–19) • Langley (1919–21) • Coaching Staff (1921) • Chapman (1921–25) • Potter (1925–26) • Chaplin (1926–29) • C. Stephenson (1929–42) • Magner (1942–43) • Steele (1943–47) • G. Stephenson (1947–52) • Board Of Directors (1952) • Beattie (1952–56) • Shankly (1956–60) • Boot (1960–64) • Greaves (1964) • Johnston (1964–68) • Greaves (1968–74) • Collins (1974–75) • Johnston (1975–77) • Haselden (1977) • Johnston (1977–78) • Buxton (1978–86) • Smith (1986–87) • Coaching Staff (1987) • Macdonald (1987–88) • Hand (1988–92) • Ross (1992–93) • Warnock (1993–95) • Horton (1995–97) • Jackson (1997–99) • Bruce (1999–2000) • Macari (2000–02) • Wadsworth (2002–03) • Machin (2003) • Jackson (2003–07) • Murphy (2007) • Ritchie (2007–08) • Murphy (2008) • Ternent (2008–)