Craig Ramage (born 30 March 1970) is a former

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who played in

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for six clubs.

Playing career

Born in

Derby Derby ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area on the River Derwent, Derbyshire, River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire is named after Derby, which was its original co ...

, Ramage started his career in his hometown as a trainee with

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...

. He played 42 games scoring four goals at Derby, during which time he also spent a short period on loan at

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...

. In 1994, he made a £90,000 move to

Watford Watford () is a town and non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a smal ...

. Ramage was a big hit at

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and he finished just one game short of 100 starts. He was also a prolific scorer, and he netted 27 times in his 104 appearances. He spent a month on loan at

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

in 1997 before he moved at the end of the season to

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

. Ramage's time at City was a tough one. He was suspended for the start of the season and it was not until the seventh game against

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he made his full debut. He made a total of 32 appearances but scored just once in the final game of the season as City lost 3–1 to

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

. Ramage was limited to just three substitute appearances in 1998–99 as Bradford earned promotion to the

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. It was little surprise that Ramage left during the summer to join

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football, football club in Nottingham, England, which competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of Football in England, English football, following promotion and relegation, promotion ...

where he started 50 games in three seasons.

Radio career

He worked as a commentator for

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on Derby County matches, but was dropped by the BBC after he said in February 2020 that the "young black lads" in the Derby team (

Max Lowe Max Josef Lowe (born 11 May 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back or defensive midfielder for club Sheffield Wednesday. He has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-20 level. Club ca ...

and

Jayden Bogle Jayden Ian Bogle (born 27 July 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back or for club Leeds United. Club career Early career Bogle started his career at Southcote Colts then went into the youth set-up at Reading, be ...

) should "go back to basics, working hard".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramage, Craig 1970 births Living people Derby County F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Watford F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Notts County F.C. players English men's footballers Footballers from Derby English Football League players England men's under-21 international footballers People from Alvaston Men's association football midfielders English association football commentators