Ray Richards (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raymond Richards | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Croydon | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1967 |
Latrobe Soccer Club | ||
| 1968 |
Hollandia-Inala | ||
| 1969 | Sydney Croatia | ||
| 1969–1977 | Marconi | ||
| 1979 | APIA Leichhardt | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1967–1975 |
Australia | 31 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1975 |
Marconi | ||
| 1979 |
APIA Leichhardt | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Raymond Richards (born 18 May 1946) is an Australian former
1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented the country 31 times in total for 5 goals between 1967 and 1975 as well as representing Queensland and New South Wales.[1]
Playing career
Club career
Richards started his
International career
In all Richards played 31 times for the
Australian national team and scored 5 times from 1967 to 1975.[5]
1974 World Cup
Richards played in Australia's three matches at the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Richards has the dubious honour of being the first Australian to be sent off in a World Cup match, being sent off in the game against Chile in 1974. He actually received two yellow cards but no red card. It wasn't until the reserve official, Clive Thomas, informed the linesman of the mistake four minutes after the second yellow card that the referee, Jafar Namdar, realised his mistake and ordered him off the field.[6][7][8]
Coaching career
Between 1974 and 1975 Richards acted as a player/coach at
Marconi. From May 1979 until the end of the year he coached APIA after the demise of Jim Adam.[3][4]
Honours
- Queensland
- Winner of the league: 1964, 1966, 1967
- Winner of the Grand Final: 1965, 1966
- New South Wales
- Winner of the Grand Final: 1972, 1973
- Richards has been designated as Socceroo #199 and has been inducted as a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame.[9]
References
- ^ Match report, including date of birth
- ^ "NSW Federation Division Two 1969 - Fixtures/Results".
- ^ a b "Australian Player Database - R". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ a b "1979 NSL Results".
- ^ The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
- ISBN 1-86105-936-1.
- ^ "Just the card". The Age. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ Ashdown, John; Dart, James; Smyth, Rob (5 July 2006). "World Cup Knowledge: part five". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ "Ray Richards". Football Hall of Fame. Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
