Richard Logan (footballer, born 1982)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard James Logan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1982 | ||
| Place of birth |
Bury St. Edmunds , England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ipswich Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2003 | Ipswich Town | 3 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | → Torquay United (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | → Boston United (loan) | 8 | (6) |
| 2003 | Boston United | 27 | (4) |
| 2003 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2003–2006 | Peterborough United | 72 | (13) |
| 2004 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Weymouth | 23 | (5) |
| 2007–2012 | Exeter City | 193 | (47) |
| 2012 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Dorchester Town | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 383 | (84) | |
| International career | |||
| England u15,England u20 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Richard James Logan (born 4 January 1982) is an English former footballer.
Career
Logan, a striker, began his career as a trainee with
On 20 January 2003 after making eight appearances on loan with Boston, he was acquired by The Pilgrims on a free from Ipswich. Logan finished the 2002–03 season with Boston, making a further 19 appearances in which he scored four times. Logan began the 2003–04 season with Boston before moving on loan to League One side Peterborough after nine matches. Logan made 15 appearances on loan for The Posh before signing with them on a free on 18 December 2003.
Logan scored five times in 19 appearances for Peterborough during the remainder of the 2003–04 season. Logan began the
season.Logan scored five times in 26 appearances for Weymouth before the entire first team was transfer listed on 10 January 2007 after the club decided to cut their financial costs.[5]
On 31 January 2007, Logan was picked up on a free by neighbouring Conference side Exeter City. In the 2007–08 season, Logan was the top scorer for Exeter, scoring 18 league goals, including what proved to be the all important goal away to Torquay United, in the play-off semi-final second leg. This is the goal that effectively sealed their passage to Wembley for the second year running where they would go on to beat Cambridge United in front of over 45,000 fans. He also scored the goal on the last day of the 2008–09 season in the 1–0 away victory at Rotherham United that sent Exeter City into League One for the 2009–10 season.
Logan signed a new one-year contract with Exeter City in May 2010. In May 2012, Logan was released by Exeter after the club was relegated from League One.[6]
On 3 July 2012, Logan signed for League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on a one-year deal.[7]
On 16 November 2012, Logan was released by Wycombe Wanderers and joined Dorchester Town on 19 November 2012.[8] Logan parted company with the Magpies after he failed to score in his six appearances with Dorchester and joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Bury Town on 16 January 2013.[9] At the end of January, he was offered a trial by Torquay United,[10] and very nearly signed a one-month contract, but this fell through due to Logan suffering a calf injury.[11]
References and footnotes
- ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
- ^ "Wycombe 0-2 Cambridge". chairboys.co.uk. 6 February 2001. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Boston 2-2 Shrewsbury". BBC. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Tamed by the Shrews". bournemouthecho.co.uk. 28 September 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Weymouth's first-team up for sale". BBC Sport. 10 January 2007.
- ^ "Grecians offload quartet". Sky Sports. 21 May 2012.
- ^ "LOGAN MAKES IT A SUPER SIX". WWFC. 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Newsham becomes first new Gladiators signing of the summer | non League Daily".
- ^ "Richard Logan Joins Bury Town". 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Striker Logan could join Torquay". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Web exclusive: Richard Logan ready for Bury Town home debut – Bury Free Press". buryfreepress.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
External links
- Richard Logan profile at Ipswich Town Talk
- Richard Logan at Soccerbase
