Ryan Price (born 13 March 1970) is an English former professional

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who played as a

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in the

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for

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an association football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Initially known as Macclesfield F.C., the club was formed in 1874 and from 1891 played home games at Moss Rose. It competed in the short ...

. He was on the books of

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the ...

, but without playing in the League, and played

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for

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Division One West. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include ...

, Macclesfield Town, Telford United, Tamworth and Hinckley United.

Career

Price was born in

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, near

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, and began his football career as a trainee with

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

. He then joined

, where he made 294 consecutive appearances beginning with his debut game in August 1988. After six seasons and 325 appearances, he joined

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club

in 1994 for an initial fee of £20,000. Price's time at Birmingham City was mostly spent as an understudy to first-choice goalkeeper Ian Bennett; his only first-team appearance came in the

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in September 1994, but he received a winners' medal in that competition as an unused substitute in the final. Desire for regular football prompted a move to

, where he was first choice for most of his four-year spell. Price won the

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with Macclesfield, and went on to change division in three consecutive seasons, winning consecutive promotions from the

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and Third Division in 1996–97 and 1997–98 followed by relegation in 1998–99. Price joined Conference club Telford United in December 1999, where he spent nearly two years before moving back to

in November 2001 as player and community officer. He left Stafford for the second time in March 2004 to return to Conference football with Tamworth. Released by Tamworth at the end of the 2004–05 season, Price signed for their local rivals Hinckley United, and made 18 appearances in all competitions before being released in September 2006. Price was capped six times for the England semi-professional representative team.

Honours

Birmingham City *

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: 1994–95

Sources

Infobox stats * Stafford Rangers (Conference): * Birmingham City, Telford United: * Macclesfield Town: * Tamworth: * Hinckley United:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Ryan 1970 births Living people People from South Staffordshire District English men's footballers England men's semi-pro international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Stafford Rangers F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Telford United F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players Hinckley United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players Footballers from Staffordshire