Richard Appleby

For the Anglican bishop, see Richard Appleby (bishop).

Ritchie Appleby

Personal information
Full name	Richard Dean Appleby
Date of birth	(1975-09-18) 18 September 1975
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder / Striker
Youth career
000?–1993	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1995	Newcastle United	0	(0)
1994	→ Darlington (loan)	0	(0)
1995–1996	Ipswich Town	3	(0)
1996–2001	Swansea City	120	(11)
2001	→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)	3	(1)
2001–2002	Kidderminster Harriers	16	(3)
2002–2004	Hull City	6	(0)
2004	Kidderminster Harriers	9	(1)
2004–2005	Forest Green Rovers	7	(0)
2006–2008	Llanelli	12	(0)
International career
1993	England U18	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Dean "Ritchie" Appleby (born 18 September 1975 in Middlesbrough) is an English former professional footballer who played in either midfield or as a forward.

He began his professional career for Newcastle United's youth team in August 1994, and was signed on loan to Darlington for a year. Appleby signed for Ipswich Town in December 1995, then nine months later signed with Swansea City. He spent five years at Swansea, making a total of 139 appearances and scoring 14 goals.

From November 2001 until June 2002 Appleby played for Kidderminster Harriers, then joined Hull City for two years. With Hull City, he fell out of favour with supporters due to claims of being injured, contradicting the opinions of both club medical staff and manager Peter Taylor. He then left to rejoin Kidderminster, spending two months there before joining Forest Green Rovers in October 2004. He left Forest Green in May 2005, and then signed for Welsh Premier League full timers Llanelli in March 2006. He has now signed for Pontarddulais Town Football Club, as a second striker.

External links

• Richard Appleby career statistics at Soccerbase
• Richard Appleby Welsh Premier career stats at welsh-premier.com