Personal information | |||
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Full name | Richard Paul Hope [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 June 1978||
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.
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.
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]
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.
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]
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 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.
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]
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]
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]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Richard Paul Hope [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 June 1978||
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.
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.
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]
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.
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]
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 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.
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]
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]
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]