Richard Hope (footballer)

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Richard Hope (born June 22, 1978 in Stockton) is an English footballer who currently plays for English League Two club Shrewsbury Town. He is a defender and wears the number 25 shirt for the club.

Career

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

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 season. Another loan spell followed, but this time he was only on loan a week before the move was made permanent.

He spent four-and-a-half years at his new club Northampton Town, where he clocked up over 150 appearances. Northampton were a Division Two club for three seasons and were in Division Three for one season during his time there.

Leaving to join Division Three club 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 for 2004-05.

He made 26 appearances in the newly-named League Two before joining Shrewsbury on free transfer. He has become a first-choice regular for the Shropshire club.

Statistics

Club Blackburn Rovers  Darlington Darlington  Northampton Town Northampton Town York City Chester City Shrewsbury Town

From 1 August 1991 17 January 1997 17 February 1997 18 December 1998 24 December 1998 6 August 2003 8 June 2004 12 August 2005

To 16 February 1997 16 February 1997 24 December 1998 23 December 1998 6 August 2003 8 June 2004 31 May 2005 current

Fee Trainee Loan Free Loan Undisc Rolling Free Signed

Apps (sub) 5 (0) 56 (1) 1 (0) 112 (21) 36 (0) 26 (2) ...

Goals 0 1 0 7 2 0 ...

External links

• Profile at soccerbase.com