Richard Dryden

Richard Dryden

Dryden in 2013
Personal information
Full name Richard Andrew Dryden[1]
Date of birth (1969-06-14) 14 June 1969[1]
Place of birth Stroud, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Playing position Defender
Youth career
0000–1987 Bristol Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Bristol Rovers 13 (0)
1988–1989 → Exeter City (loan) 6 (0)
1989–1991 Exeter City 86 (13)
1991 → Manchester City (loan) 0 (0)
1991–1993 Notts County 31 (1)
1992 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 5 (0)
1993–1994 Birmingham City 48 (0)
1994–1996 Bristol City 37 (2)
1996–2001 Southampton 47 (1)
1999 → Stoke City (loan) 3 (0)
2000 → Stoke City (loan) 10 (0)
2000 → Northampton Town (loan) 10 (0)
2000–2001 → Swindon Town (loan) 7 (0)
2001–2002 Luton Town 23 (0)
2001–2002 → Scarborough (loan) 4 (1)
2002–2003 Scarborough 22 (1)
2003 Worksop Town
2003–2007 Tamworth 23 (2)
2007 Shepshed Dynamo
Total 376 (21)
Teams managed
2007–2010 Worcester City
2015–2016 Notts County (caretaker)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Richard Andrew Dryden (born 14 June 1969) is an English former professional footballer turned manager and coach.

Playing career

Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, Dryden started his career as a trainee with Bristol Rovers, joining them as a professional on 14 July 1987.[1] He then joined Exeter City on loan on 22 September 1988 before signing permanently on 8 March 1989 for a fee of £10,000,[1] where he first played under manager Terry Cooper. During Dryden's time at Exeter, he made a total of 92 appearances and also spent time on loan with Manchester City. While at Exeter, he played a major part in their 1989–90 Fourth Division title triumph. Notts County was the next stop for Dryden, joining on 9 August 1991 for a fee of £250,000.[1] He moved on to Birmingham City for £165,000 on 19 March 1993,[1] where he was re-united with Terry Cooper. After Birmingham, Dryden moved on 16 December 1994 to Bristol City for a fee of £140,000,[1] the rivals of his first club, Bristol Rovers.

On the recommendation of Terry Cooper, now Southampton's chief scout, Dryden moved to Southampton on 6 August 1996 for £150,000.[1] He made his debut on 18 August 1996 at home to Chelsea and successfully marked Gianluca Vialli out of the game in a 0–0 draw. Although he featured regularly in the first team under manager Graeme Souness in 1996–97 (making 29 league appearances), the remainder of his time at The Dell was difficult as Southampton had 5 managers during the course of his 5 seasons with the club. He played a total of 54 games for the FA Premier League side, scoring 4 goals in all competitions. Three of these goals came in Southampton's run in the 1996–97 League Cup. This included a goal against Peterborough United[2] and two against Oxford United; one in the original tie[3] and another in the replay.[4] His only other goal for Southampton came against Nottingham Forest in the league.[5]

He was also loaned out to Stoke City, Northampton Town and Swindon Town while at Southampton. He signed on loan for Swindon on 24 November 2000.[1] Dryden's spell at the club hardly started well – he was credited with an own goal on his debut, during a 3–0 loss at home against Stoke City on 25 November. This was followed by two consecutive victories against Northampton Town and Rotherham United, but his final four appearances for Swindon all ended in defeat.

On 2 February 2001, Dryden joined Luton Town on a permanent contract.[1] He moved on to Scarborough on 11 July 2002 after playing for the club on loan in the 2001–02 season.[6]

May 2003 saw him join Worksop Town for a brief spell before moving to Tamworth.

Managerial and coaching career

Dryden was appointed assistant manager of Tamworth when Mark Cooper took charge of the club in April 2004. On 24 January 2007, Dryden's contract with Tamworth was terminated by mutual consent, at the same time as Cooper's contract.

In March 2007, Dryden signed for Shepshed Dynamo.[7] In November 2007, he became manager of Conference North club Worcester City[8] but left this post after being sacked on 17 January 2010.[9] He was subsequently appointed assistant manager at Darlington, but was dismissed together with Mark Cooper on 14 October 2011.[10]

Dryden was appointed as York City's head of youth team coaching in July 2012, working alongside youth team coach Steve Torpey.[11][12] He left the club in December 2014.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2002). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003. Queen Anne Press. p. 118. ISBN 9781852916480.
  2. ↑ "Peterborough Utd 1 – 4 Southampton (25/09/1996)". uptheposh.com. 25 September 1996. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "IN THE MOOD". thefreelibrary.com. 26 November 1996. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Berkovitch's class steadies the Saints". The Independent. 19 December 1996. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Ravanelli leads rout". The Independent. 5 September 1996. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Scarborough's double swoop". BBC Sport. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Experienced Dryden brought in to talk". Non-League Daily. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
  8. ↑ "Dryden and Heeley take reins at City". Worcester News. 28 November 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "Worcester City sack manager". Worcester News. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  10. ↑ "Darlington part company with manager Mark Cooper". BBC Sport. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  11. ↑ York City F.C. match programme. 21 July 2012. p. 2.
  12. ↑ "Midfielder Oliver Banks joins York City on trial". The Press. York. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  13. ↑ "Richard Dryden on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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