Ian Richardson (born 22 October 1970) is an English former professional footballer and football manager. He played 260 games in the Football League for Birmingham City and Notts County, and for a time acted as caretaker manager for the latter club. He played as a midfielder or centre half.
Richardson was born in Bolton. He worked as a meat-porter at Smithfield Market and played football part-time before his performances with Dagenham & Redbridge ...
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Ian Richardson (born 22 October 1970) is an English former professional footballer and football manager. He played 260 games in the Football League for Birmingham City and Notts County, and for a time acted as caretaker manager for the latter club. He played as a midfielder or centre half.
Richardson was born in Bolton. He worked as a meat-porter at Smithfield Market and played football part-time before his performances with Dagenham & Redbridge in the Conference National earned him a £60,000 move to Birmingham City, newly promoted to the Football League First Division (the second tier of English football), in the 1995 close season. Dagenham teammate Jason Broom described him as "Never the most gifted player in the world but was a ferocious tackler. He used to get from box to box and scored lots of goals mainly through his excellence in the air." He made his debut in the Football League on 8 October 1995, as a substitute replacing Jonathan Hunt in a 2–0 win at home to Southend United....
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