Tony Ricketts (born c. 1958) is a former Welsh semi-professional

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. As a player, at 24 years old, he was offered a two-year contract with Bristol City, which he refused. In 1989, he joined

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, where he became first a coach and then manager, spending seven years at the club in all. He played 700 games at conference level in his career. After leaving Bath, Ricketts worked for the

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running the county's representative teams, as well as the ladies and under-18s sides. From here he earned a job with the Bristol Rovers women's team, who at the time were in the

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. In his first season at Rovers the team finished runners-up to the league's only professional side,

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, and in his second year the team cantered to the league title, winning it with a quarter of the season still to spare. After managing the women's side he went on to manage Bristol Rovers' under-18s' team, and was later appointed manager at

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. He was manager of

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for 18 months from October 2015 to April 2017.

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Living people English men's footballers Bath City F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Bristol City W.F.C. managers Bath City F.C. managers Paulton Rovers F.C. managers 1950s births Men's association football players not categorized by position Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Wales-footy-bio-stub