Stuart Ryder (born 6 November 1973) is an English former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played for

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...

and Nuneaton Borough. Stuart was considered to have excellent potential, being selected for England U21s in the Toulon tournament but suffered a serious knee injury and was eventually forced to retire early.web, title=Stats, url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sunday-mercury-feature-a-look-at-what-224522

Honours

;with Walsall *

Football League Fourth Division The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Following the creation of the Premier ...

runner-up: 1994–95

References

1973 births Living people Footballers from Sutton Coldfield English men's footballers England men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Walsall F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Nuneaton Town F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1970s-stub