Richard Edghill

Football player infobox
playername = Richard Edghill


fullname = Richard Edghill
height = height|meters=1.75
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|9|23|df=y
cityofbirth = Oldham
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Macclesfield Town
clubnumber =
position = Right Back
youthyears = 1988–1993
youthclubs = Manchester City
years = 1993–2002
2000
2002
2003
2003–2005
2005–2007
2007–
clubs = Manchester City
→ Birmingham City (loan)
Wigan Athletic
Sheffield United
Queens Park Rangers
Bradford City
Macclesfield Town
caps(goals) = 183 (1)
003 (0)
000 (0)
001 (0)
040 (0)
042 (1)
000 (0)
nationalyears = 1994
1994
nationalteam = England B
England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 (0)
003 (0)
pcupdate = 3 May 2007
ntupdate =

Richard Edghill (born 23 September 1974 in Oldham, Greater Manchester) is an English footballer who plays as a defender. He plays for Macclesfield Town.

Edghill started his career with Manchester City, whom he joined as a schoolboy in 1988. His first team debut came in the 1993-94 season in a match against Wimbledon. Edghill was capped by England at under-21 and 'B' level, but his development was hampered by a series of serious injuries, including missing the entire 1996-97 season due to a knee injury. After recovery from this injury Edghill featured regularly in the first team for the next three seasons. In the 1999-2000 season an injury to team captain Andy Morrison saw Edghill take over as captain and he helped earn City promotion back into the Premiership. However Edghill suffered a poor start to the 2000-01 season including a calamitous own goal in a 2-1 defeat against Coventry City F.C. Edghill lost his first team place, and he was loaned to Birmingham City.

The then City manager Joe Royle purchased both Richard Dunne and Laurent Charvet to replace Richard. However Manchester City were going through a bad run of form and on the 1st of January 2001 Edghill returned to the starting line up along with Andy Morrison. However Royle was unsure of his best team hence the choice of personnel was often erratic. Manchester City were relegated and Kevin Keegan became manager. Keegan used a 3-5-2 formation with wing backs and Shaun Wright-Phillips was preferred at Right wing back to Richard Edghill. Keegan's acquisition of Sun Jihai served to further limit Richard's opportunities at the club and he was released in 2002. He had made a total of 207 appearances for the club.

Following his release Edghill had short unsuccessful spells with Wigan Athletic and Sheffield United before joining Queens Park Rangers in August 2003. In the 2005 close season Edghill joined Bradford City on a free transfer. He was released in May 2007.

Edghill joined Macclesfield Town on 13 July 2007, re-uniting himself with former City team-mate Ian Brightwell, now manager of the League 2 side.

References

*cite web | title=Richard Edghill| work=Manchester City Supporters Homepage | url=http://www.uit.no/mancity/players/old/edghill-richard.html| accessdate=May 29 | accessyear=2006

External links

*soccerbase|2268|Richard Edghill