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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.

Richard Hope is also a British TV actor who starred in ITV's MIT: Murder Investigation Team as DS Barry Purvis, as well in a number of other dramas like Frost, Heartbeat and Poirot.

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

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 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.
+Richard Hope is also a British TV actor who starred in ITV's [[MIT: Murder Investigation Team]] as DS Barry Purvis, as well in a number of other dramas like [[Frost]], [[Heartbeat]] and [[Poirot]].
 ==Statistics==