- Richard Appleby
Football player infobox
playername = Richie Appleby
fullname = Richard Appleby
height = 1.75m
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|9|18
cityofbirth =Middlesbrough
countryofbirth =England
position = Midfielder/Foward
youthyears = 1994–95
youthclubs = Newcastle United
years = 1994–95
1995–96
1996–2001
2001
2001–02
2002–04
2004
2004–05
2006–2008
clubs = Darlington
Ipswich Town
Swansea City
→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)
Kidderminster Harriers
Hull City
Kidderminster Harriers
Forest Green Rovers
Llanelli
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
003 0(0)
139 (14)
002 0(1)
016 0(0)
006 0(0)
006 0(3)
004 0(3)
0120(0)
pcupdate = 13:54, 30 July 2008 (UTC)Richard 'Richie' Appleby (born
September 18 ,1975 inMiddlesbrough ) is an English former professional footballer who played in either midfield or as a forward.His career started in August 1994 with Newcastle United in their youth team, whence he signed on loan to Darlington for a year. He signed for Ipswich Town in December 1995, then nine months later in August 1996 he signed for Swansea City. He spent five years at Swansea, making a total of 139 appearances and scoring 14 goals. From November 2001 until June 2002 he played for Kidderminster Harriers, then joined Hull City for two years, before rejoining Kidderminster. He only spent two months there before joining Forest Green Rovers in October 2004. He left Forest Green in May 2005. He then signed for Welsh Premier League full timers Llanelli in March 2006.
Ritchie is now working in West Africa as a commercial diver, specializing in sub-sea inspection. He is currently contracted with Hydrodive.
Honours
As a player
Swansea City
*Nationwide Division Three Title winner: 1999–00Kidderminster Harriers
*Worcestershire Senior Cup winner: 2000–01Hull City
*Nationwide Division Three runner-up: 2003–04Llanelli
*Principality Building Society Welsh Premier League Title winner: 2007–08External links
*soccerbase|id=211|name=Richard Appleby
* [http://www.welsh-premier.com/legends_profile.php?id=1024 Richard Appleby Welsh Premier career stats at welsh-premier.com]
* [http://www.harriers-online.co.uk/squad/appleby.shtml Harriers Online profile]
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