1. Marc John Richards was born on 8 July 1982 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker and is, upon retiring, a first-team coach at Northampton Town.
38 Facts About Marc Richards
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Marc Richards signed with Swindon Town in January 2018 and, after one and a half seasons with Swindon, moved on to Cambridge United in August 2019.
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Marc Richards joined non-League side Yeovil Town in January 2020 and moved on to St Ives Town seven months later.
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Marc Richards scored over 200 goals in around 700 professional appearances.
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Marc Richards has represented England at under-18 and under-20 levels.
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Marc Richards left Gresty Road with one goal in five games, and in October 2001 joined Andy Ritchie's Second Division Oldham Athletic in another one month.
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Marc Richards played six games for Oldham, scoring st Tranmere Rovers in the Football League Trophy, again with a header.
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Marc Richards spent two months on loan at Alan Little's Halifax Town from February 2002, but remained goalless in his five games for the struggling Third Division club.
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However, Marc Richards managed a respectable tally of seven goals in 17 games.
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Marc Richards received his first sending off a week later, after reacting badly to a foul by Hartlepool United captain Michael Barron.
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Marc Richards started the play-off final victory over Swansea City at the Millennium Stadium, before being taken off for Tommy Wright after 70 minutes.
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In June 2007, Marc Richards joined Port Vale on a two-year deal; he was one of manager Martin Foyle's last signings.
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Marc Richards became the club captain and quickly established himself as one of the club's better players.
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Marc Richards recovered towards the end of the season and began to find his goalscoring form .
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Marc Richards claimed to be 'gutted' by the fan's lack of faith in his commitment.
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Marc Richards managed to equal his previous season's best tally of twelve goals by January 2010.
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Marc Richards was eager to stay at the club, and signed a new contract to keep him in Burslem until the summer of 2012.
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Marc Richards quickly established a deadly strike partnership with new teammate, namesake Justin Richards.
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The injury required surgery to heal fully Marc Richards chose to postpone the operation to try to help the "Valiants" into an unlikely play-off spot.
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Marc Richards finished the season with 17 goals in 36 games, thereby becoming the club's top scorer for the fourth season in a row.
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Marc Richards was one goal short of the League Two Golden Boot, as Jack Midson, Izale McLeod, Lewis Grabban and Adebayo Akinfenwa had all scored 18 goals.
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Manager John Sheridan and Chief Executive Chris Turner persuaded Marc Richards to make the switch to the League Two side after a multitude of meetings with the player and a large increase in wages.
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Marc Richards began to regain his form, and scored five goals in his last five games to end the season on 12 goals in 37 appearances.
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On 14 May 2014, Marc Richards signed a three-year contract with Chris Wilder's Northampton Town after rejecting a new deal at Chesterfield.
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Marc Richards said that he chose to stay in League Two because "I want to get as many promotions as I can before I hang my boots up".
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Marc Richards finished as the club's top scorer with 18 goals in 37 appearances despite missing the second half of the season after undergoing surgery to correct another Achilles injury.
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Wilder stated that he believed Marc Richards would have scored 30 goals during the campaign if he had not been sidelined with injury.
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Marc Richards was reported to have advised chairman Kelvin Thomas to appoint Rob Page as Wilder's successor as manager in May 2016.
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Marc Richards picked up a shoulder injury playing in a pre-season game in July 2018, and manager Phil Brown reported that he would be out of action for at least two months.
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Marc Richards had fallen out of favour under new Swindon manager Richie Wellens and admitted that "I either wasn't good enough or wasn't quite at the races in the first half of the year".
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On 5 August 2019, Marc Richards signed a six-month contract with League Two club Cambridge United.
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On 22 August 2020, following the expiry of his contract with Yeovil Town, Marc Richards signed for Southern League Premier Division Central side St Ives Town.
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Marc Richards has been capped at England under-18 and under-20 levels.
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Marc Richards scored in an under-20 international friendly against Finland in 76 minutes after coming on as a substitute for Arsenal's John Halls on 57 minutes.
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Marc Richards can hold the ball up well for his teammates.
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Marc Richards returned to their former club, Northampton Town, as a youth team coach in June 2018.
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Marc Richards was named as Assistant Professional Development Phase Coach in September 2020 and promoted to first-team coach the following year.
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Marc Richards won Soccer AM's Crossbar Challenge at Vale Park in 2009.