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| Marc John Richards (born 8 July 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker and is now, upon retiring, a first-team coach at Northampton Town.
A youth team player at Hednesford Town, he turned professional at Blackburn Rovers in 2000. He spent the 2001–02 season on loan at Crewe Alexandra, Oldham Athletic, and Halifax Town. He then spent much of the 2002–03 season on loan at Swansea City before he was allowed to join Northampton Town in the summer of 2003. He scored eleven goals for the club in 2003–04, though he was sent out on loan to Rochdale in the latter half of the 2004–05 campaign after struggling with injury. He joined Barnsley in August 2005. He went on to score twelve goals in 2005–06, helping the club win promotion to the Championship via the play-offs. Released at the end of the 2006–07 season, he signed with Port Vale in June 2007. After five goals in 2007–08, he became the club's top-scorer for four consecutive seasons with 11 goals in 2008–09, 22 in 2009–10, 20 in 2010–11, and 17 in 2011–12. He signed with Chesterfield in May 2012 and played for the club in the 2014 final of the Football League Trophy before helping them to win the League Two title in 2013–14. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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