Matt Ritchie: Difference between revisions

Matt Ritchie
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Ritchie
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dagenham & Redbridge
Number	3

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 15:49, 23 October 2008

Matt Ritchie (born September 10th, 1989) is a English football player, who is currently on loan at Dagenham & Redbridge FC from Portsmouth. A rare youth academy graduate of the south-coast club, Ritchie is a left-sided winger who occasionally plays in a more central attacking midfield role.

Ritchie has been involved in Portsmouth's academy since he turned 13. Before-hand he was playing football locally in Gosport. After signing his first professional contract with the club^[1] and a positive 2008/2009 pre-season campaign, including a memorable hat-trick in a 4-1 victory over hometown club Gosport Borough^[2], Ritchie was taken on trial alongside fellow academy graduate Joel Ward by AFC Bournemouth with a view to a loan move to help give the youngsters important first-team experience in league football. Ritchie was however kept at Portsmouth following a number of injuries to first-team midfielders. He was called upto Portsmouth's UEFA Cup squad as a home-grown talent and presented with the squad number 36. Ritchie played reserve and academy football at Pompey until late September and continued to impress until he was taken on a one-month loan deal by League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge.^[3] He made his league football debut against Rotherham United on the 27 September 2008, coming on as a late substitute.^[4] He scored upon his first competitive start for The Daggers in a 2-0 win over Rochdale^[5] and again in his next match, a 2-0 win over Barnet.^[6]

Daggers boss John Still has been hugely impressed with Ritchie's initial impact at the club. Speaking after the match against Barnet, Still had to say: "He's got a terrific leap. He showed that with his goal. He's come in and done very well. [He's] a smashing kid. [The] Nicest kid in the world. Come down from a Premier League club. No big time about him. Harry Redknapp and Paul Hart speak ever so well of him. It's a pleasure to have him. He's got a smile on his face in training and loves being here."

Still has also made it clear he wishes to extend the loan deal of Ritchie until later on in the season.^[7]

Statistics

Season	Club	Apps	Goals	Cup	Continental
2008-09	Portsmouth	0	0
2008	Dagenham & Redbridge (Loan)	4 (1)	2
Total		5	2	Total	Total

References

External links

Statistics at Soccerbase.com

[1] ttp://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/index.php?cms_ref=news&qs_article_id=1315

[2] ttp://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3967462,00.html

[3] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/7636244.stm

[4] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7626803.stm

[5] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7639346.stm

[6] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7646415.stm

[7] ttp://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1782_4344933,00.html

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 | years = 2008&ndash;</br>2008&ndash;
 | clubs = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]</br> → [[Dagenham & Redbridge]] (loan)
-| caps(goals) = 0 (0)</br>4 (2)
+| caps(goals) = 0 (0)</br>5 (2)
 | nationalyears =
 | nationalteam =
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 Daggers boss [[John Still (footballer)|John Still]] has been hugely impressed with Ritchie's initial impact at the club. Speaking after the match against Barnet, Still had to say: ''"He's got a terrific leap. He showed that with his goal. He's come in and done very well. [He's] a smashing kid. [The] Nicest kid in the world. Come down from a [[Premier League]] club. No big time about him. Harry Redknapp and Paul Hart speak ever so well of him. It's a pleasure to have him. He's got a smile on his face in training and loves being here." ''
-Still has also made it clear he wishes to extend the loan deal of Ritchie until later on in the season. <ref>http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1782_4344933,00.html</ref>
+Still has also made it clear he wishes to extend the loan deal of Ritchie until later on in the season.<ref>http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1782_4344933,00.html</ref>
@@ Line 48: / Line 48: @@
 |2008-09||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0
 |-
-|2008||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dagenham & Redbridge]] ''(Loan)''|| ||align="center"|3 (1)||align="center"|2|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0
+|2008||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dagenham & Redbridge]] ''(Loan)''|| ||align="center"|4 (1)||align="center"|2|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0
 |- style="background:#E4E4E4;"
-!! colspan="3"  align="right" | Total !! 4 !! 2 !! align="right" | Total !! 0 !! 0 !! align="right" | Total !! 0 !! 0
+!! colspan="3"  align="right" | Total !! 5 !! 2 !! align="right" | Total !! 0 !! 0 !! align="right" | Total !! 0 !! 0
 |-
 |}