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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Football player infobox
{{about|the footballer|the actor|Richard Hope (actor)}}
| playername = ''Richard HOPE''
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
| image =
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
| fullname = Richard Hope
{{Infobox football biography
| height = 6'4" / 1.88 m
| name = Richard Hope
| nickname =
| image =
| dateofbirth = [[22 June]] [[1978]]
| fullname = Richard Paul Hope<ref name="Hugman2009/10">{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10 |year=2009 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-474-0}}</ref>
| cityofbirth = [[Stockton]]
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}<ref name="Hugman2009/10"/>
| countryofbirth = [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|22|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman2009/10"/>
| currentclub = [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]
| birth_place = [[Stockton-on-Tees]], England
| clubnumber = 25
| currentclub =
| position = [[Defender]]
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears = 1991-1995
| youthyears1 = 1991–1995
| youthclubs = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| youthclubs1 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| years = 1995-1997<br>Jan 97-Feb 97<br>Feb 97-Dec 98<br>Dec 98-Dec 98<br>Dec 98-Aug 03<br>2003-04<br>2004-05<br>2005-
| years1 = 1995–1997
| clubs = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]<br>→&nbsp;[[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]] (loan)<br>[[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]]<br>→&nbsp;[[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton]] (loan)<br>[[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton]]<br>[[York City F.C.|York City]]<br>[[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]]<br>[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]
| years2 = 1997
| caps(goals) = 0 (0)<br>5 (0)<br>57 (1)<br>1 (0)<br>133 (4)<br>36 (2)<br>28 (2)<br>39 (2)
| years3 = 1997–1998
| nationalyears =
| nationalteam =
| years4 = 1998
| years5 = 1998–2003
| nationalcaps(goals) =
| years6 = 2003–2004
| pcupdate = [[April 18]][[2006]]
| years7 = 2004–2005
| ntupdate = n/a
| years8 = 2005–2007
| years9 = 2007–2008
| years10 = 2008–2009
| clubs1 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| clubs2 = → [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]] (loan)
| clubs3 = [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]]
| clubs4 = → [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] (loan)
| clubs5 = [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]]
| clubs6 = [[York City F.C.|York City]]
| clubs7 = [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]]
| clubs8 = [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]
| clubs9 = [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]
| clubs10 = [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]
| caps1 = 0
| caps2 = 5
| caps3 = 57
| caps4 = 1
| caps5 = 134
| caps6 = 36
| caps7 = 28
| caps8 = 75
| caps9 = 33
| caps10 = 6
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 7
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 2
| goals8 = 2
| goals9 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| totalcaps = 374 | totalgoals = 14
}}
}}
'''Richard Paul Hope''' (born 22 June 1978) is an English former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. He played for [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]], [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]], [[York City F.C.|York City]], [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]], [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]], [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] and [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], making over 350 appearances in [[the Football League]].
:''This article is about the footballer. For the actor, see [[Richard Hope (actor)]].''
'''Richard Hope''' (born [[22 June]] [[1978]] in [[Stockton]]<!--nowhere says which Stockton-->) is an [[England|English]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who currently plays for English [[Football League Two|League Two]] club [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]. He is a [[defender]] and wears the number 25 shirt for the club.


==Career==
==Career==
Hope began his career as a trainee at [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] but never played a match for the [[Lancashire]] club. A month's loan spell at [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]] brought him his first [[The Football League|league]] experience. He played five [[Football League Third Division|Div.3 (IV)]] matches before the deal was made permanent, signing on a free transfer.


===Blackburn Rovers===
He was a regular for Darlington for the following season-and-a-half, but fell out of favour in the first half of the [[1998-99 in English football|1998-99 season]]. Another loan spell followed, but this time he was only on loan a week before the move was made permanent.
Born in [[Stockton-on-Tees]], Hope began his career as a trainee at [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] but made no appearances for the club.<ref name="sbase">{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=9966|title=Richard Hope|work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|access-date=24 May 2008}}</ref> He joined [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]] on one-month [[loan (association football)|loan]] in January, which brought him his first [[The Football League|league]] experience, and played five games in the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]].


===Darlington===
He spent four-and-a-half years at his new club [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]], where he clocked up over 150 appearances. Northampton were a [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]] club for three seasons and were in Division Three for one season during his time there.
He joined the club on a free transfer in the following month.<ref name="sbase"/> He was a regular for Darlington for the following season-and-a-half, making over 60 league and cup appearances,<ref name="sbase"/> but fell out of favour in the first half of the [[1998–99 in English football|1998–99]] season and joined [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] on loan in December 1998, which was quickly converted to a permanent signing a week later.<ref name="sbase"/>


===Northampton Town===
Leaving to join Division Three club [[York City F.C.|York City]] in August 2003, Hope was a regular, but spent the whole season on a rolling monthly contract. Relegation came for York, and Hope decided to join [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]] for [[2004-05 in English football|2004-05]].
Hope made over 150 appearances in four and a half seasons at Northampton, helping the club to automatic promotion to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/791097.stm |title=Cobblers enjoy promotion party|date=28 June 2000|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=25 May 2008}}</ref> Following the club's relegation to the Third Division at the end of the [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03]] season, Hope was released by Northampton in August 2003.


===York City===
He made 26 appearances in the newly-named [[Football League Two|League Two]] before joining Shrewsbury on free transfer. He has become a first-choice regular for the [[Shropshire]] club.
Hope joined [[York City F.C.|York City]] on a one-month contract in August 2003.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.yorkpress.co.uk/2003/8/6/261410.html|title=Hope for City|date=6 August 2003|work=Evening Press|accessdate=25 May 2008}}</ref> He then signed a three-month contract in the following month.<ref>{{cite news | title = Hope pens York deal | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/3109834.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 15 September 2003 | accessdate = 18 August 2007}}</ref> He stayed at York for the rest of the season but after the club was relegated to the [[Conference National]] at the end of the [[2003–04 in English football|2003–04]] season he left the club.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/3672507.stm|title=Carlisle and York go down|date=1 May 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=25 May 2008}}</ref>

===Chester City===
He then signed for Conference champions [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]] on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chester/3787291.stm|title=Chester swoop on Hope|date=8 June 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=25 May 2008}}</ref> Hope made 28 appearances in [[EFL League Two|League Two]] for Chester in the [[2004–05 in English football|2004–05]] season,<ref name="sbase"/> helping the club to avoid relegation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/4427615.stm|title=Chester 2–2 Bristol Rovers |date=16 April 2006|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=25 May 2008}}</ref> He also scored in Chester's memorable [[Football League Trophy]] win over [[Sheffield Wednesday]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sheffield-wednesday-1-chester-city-5293849|title=Sheffield Wednesday 1, Chester City 2 |publisher=chesterchronicle.co.uk |date=30 September 2004 |accessdate=13 January 2018}}</ref>

===Shrewsbury Town===
[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] signed Hope on free transfer in August 2005 after being allowed to leave Chester as he did not feature in manager [[Keith Curle]]'s plans for the [[2005–06 in English football|2005–06]] season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/4141510.stm |title=Hope poised to seal Shrews switch|date=11 August 2005|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=25 May 2008}}</ref> He became a regular for Shrewsbury and was made [[captain (association football)#Club|club captain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/5128280.stm|title=Peters keeps the faith with Hope |date=29 June 2006|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=25 May 2008}}</ref> He made over 75 appearances in two seasons, helping the club to the League Two play-off final in May 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6686951.stm |title=Bristol Rovers 3–1 Shrewsbury |last=Bevan|first=Chris|date=26 May 2007|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=25 May 2008}}</ref> Following defeat in the play-off final, Hope was released by Shrewsbury.

===Wrexham===
His next port of call was to sign for [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] in June 2007.<ref>{{cite news| title = Shrewsbury release defensive duo | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/6701807.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 29 May 2007 | accessdate = 29 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Hope completes Wrexham transfer | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/enwiki/w/wrexham/6715619.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 6 June 2007 | accessdate = 27 September 2008}}</ref> He made 35 league and cup appearances for Wrexham in the [[2007–08 in English football|2007–08]] season but was transfer listed in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Conference.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/enwiki/w/wrexham/7367679.stm|title=Roberts and Llewellyn leave Reds |date=6 May 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=11 May 2008}}</ref>

===Grimsby Town===
He returned to League Two with a move to [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] after being handed a two-year contract by [[Alan Buckley]] in June.<ref name="Two more defenders join Mariners">{{cite news
| title = Two more defenders join Mariners
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/7473925.stm
| publisher = BBC Sport
| date = 25 June 2008
| accessdate = 25 June 2008}}</ref> However, after struggling to hold down a first team place, his contract at Grimsby was cancelled by mutual consent on 7 February 2009, departing [[Blundell Park]] after only featuring seven times during the [[2008–09 in English football|2008–09]] season.<ref name="Hope Released">{{cite news
|title = Hope Released
|url = http://www.grimsby-townfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~1548912,00.html
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20110807180030/http://www.grimsby-townfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~1548912,00.html
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 7 August 2011
|publisher = Grimsby Town F.C.
|date = 7 February 2009
|accessdate = 7 February 2009
}}</ref>

==Personal life==
After Hope retired from football, he retrained to work on oil rigs in the [[North Sea]].<ref name="Careers after football: Richard Hope">{{cite web
| first = Lawrie
| last = Madden
| title = Careers after football: Richard Hope
| url = http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa/pfa-news/careers-after-football-richard-hope
| publisher = Give Me Football
| date = 26 October 2009
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031210415/http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa/pfa-news/careers-after-football-richard-hope |archivedate=31 October 2009}}</ref> Hope's father, [[John Hope (footballer)|John]], played League football as a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]], and his older brother [[Chris Hope (footballer)|Chris]] played as a defender.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/blyth-spartans-chief-close-double-1455501 |title=Blyth Spartans chief close to double signing |newspaper=Evening Chronicle |location=Newcastle |date=5 June 2009 |accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/mikeamos/mikeamos/10730194.Sight_lines/ |title=Sight lines |first=Mike |last=Amos |newspaper=The Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=10 October 2013 |accessdate=11 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040357/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/mikeamos/mikeamos/10730194.Sight_lines/ |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{Soccerbase}}
*[http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9966 Profile] at soccerbase.com

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Latest revision as of 04:22, 23 July 2024

This article is about the footballer. For the actor, see Richard Hope (actor).

Richard Hope
Personal information
Full name Richard Paul Hope[1]
Date of birth (1978-06-22) 22 June 1978 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1991–1995 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
1997 → Darlington (loan) 5 (0)
1997–1998 Darlington 57 (1)
1998 → Northampton Town (loan) 1 (0)
1998–2003 Northampton Town 134 (7)
2003–2004 York City 36 (2)
2004–2005 Chester City 28 (2)
2005–2007 Shrewsbury Town 75 (2)
2007–2008 Wrexham 33 (0)
2008–2009 Grimsby Town 6 (0)
Total 374 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Paul Hope (born 22 June 1978) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He played for Darlington, Northampton Town, York City, Chester City, Shrewsbury Town, Wrexham and Grimsby Town, making over 350 appearances in the Football League.

Career

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Blackburn Rovers

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Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Hope began his career as a trainee at Blackburn Rovers but made no appearances for the club.[2] He joined Darlington on one-month loan in January, which brought him his first league experience, and played five games in the Third Division.

Darlington

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He joined the club on a free transfer in the following month.[2] He was a regular for Darlington for the following season-and-a-half, making over 60 league and cup appearances,[2] but fell out of favour in the first half of the 1998–99 season and joined Northampton Town on loan in December 1998, which was quickly converted to a permanent signing a week later.[2]

Northampton Town

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Hope made over 150 appearances in four and a half seasons at Northampton, helping the club to automatic promotion to the Second Division in 2000.[3] Following the club's relegation to the Third Division at the end of the 2002–03 season, Hope was released by Northampton in August 2003.

York City

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Hope joined York City on a one-month contract in August 2003.[4] He then signed a three-month contract in the following month.[5] He stayed at York for the rest of the season but after the club was relegated to the Conference National at the end of the 2003–04 season he left the club.[6]

Chester City

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He then signed for Conference champions Chester City on a two-year contract.[7] Hope made 28 appearances in League Two for Chester in the 2004–05 season,[2] helping the club to avoid relegation.[8] He also scored in Chester's memorable Football League Trophy win over Sheffield Wednesday.[9]

Shrewsbury Town

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Shrewsbury Town signed Hope on free transfer in August 2005 after being allowed to leave Chester as he did not feature in manager Keith Curle's plans for the 2005–06 season.[10] He became a regular for Shrewsbury and was made club captain.[11] He made over 75 appearances in two seasons, helping the club to the League Two play-off final in May 2007.[12] Following defeat in the play-off final, Hope was released by Shrewsbury.

Wrexham

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His next port of call was to sign for Wrexham in June 2007.[13][14] He made 35 league and cup appearances for Wrexham in the 2007–08 season but was transfer listed in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Conference.[15]

Grimsby Town

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He returned to League Two with a move to Grimsby Town after being handed a two-year contract by Alan Buckley in June.[16] However, after struggling to hold down a first team place, his contract at Grimsby was cancelled by mutual consent on 7 February 2009, departing Blundell Park after only featuring seven times during the 2008–09 season.[17]

Personal life

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After Hope retired from football, he retrained to work on oil rigs in the North Sea.[18] Hope's father, John, played League football as a goalkeeper, and his older brother Chris played as a defender.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Richard Hope". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Cobblers enjoy promotion party". BBC Sport. 28 June 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Hope for City". Evening Press. 6 August 2003. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Hope pens York deal". BBC Sport. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
  6. ^ "Carlisle and York go down". BBC Sport. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  7. ^ "Chester swoop on Hope". BBC Sport. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  8. ^ "Chester 2–2 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 16 April 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  9. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday 1, Chester City 2". chesterchronicle.co.uk. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Hope poised to seal Shrews switch". BBC Sport. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  11. ^ "Peters keeps the faith with Hope". BBC Sport. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  12. ^ Bevan, Chris (26 May 2007). "Bristol Rovers 3–1 Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  13. ^ "Shrewsbury release defensive duo". BBC Sport. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
  14. ^ "Hope completes Wrexham transfer". BBC Sport. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
  15. ^ "Roberts and Llewellyn leave Reds". BBC Sport. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  16. ^ "Two more defenders join Mariners". BBC Sport. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  17. ^ "Hope Released". Grimsby Town F.C. 7 February 2009. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  18. ^ Madden, Lawrie (26 October 2009). "Careers after football: Richard Hope". Give Me Football. Archived from the original on 31 October 2009.
  19. ^ "Blyth Spartans chief close to double signing". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  20. ^ Amos, Mike (10 October 2013). "Sight lines". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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