12 Facts About Richard Edghill

Richard Arlon Edghill was born on 23 September 1974 and is an English football coach and former professional footballer.

Richard Edghill played as a defender from 1993 to 2008, spending the majority of his career with his home town club, Manchester City.

Richard Edghill spent numerous seasons in the Premier League and remained with the club through several relegations, followed by several promotions.

Richard Edghill appeared for Birmingham City in a loan spell and after leaving City in 2002 he moved on to Wigan Athletic.

Richard Edghill lost his first team place and the captaincy, and he was loaned to Birmingham City for a month.

However Manchester City were going through a bad run of form and on 1 January 2001 Richard Edghill returned to the starting line up along with Andy Morrison.

Richard Edghill was one of ten players released by Bradford in May 2007 following the club's relegation from League One.

Richard Edghill joined Macclesfield Town on 13 July 2007, re-uniting with former City teammate Ian Brightwell, manager of the League Two side.

Richard Edghill stayed until the end of the season before being released by manager Keith Alexander.

Richard Edghill was capped by both England U21 and England B Richard Edghill was called up to Terry Venables' get-together England squad in April 1995, but ultimately was never capped for the senior side.

Richard Edghill has helped out as a coach at former club Manchester City's soccer school.

Richard Edghill has since worked as a tour guide at the Etihad Stadium as part of the "Legends Guides".