&sq=&lang=&file=File:Richards,_Justin.jpg) Richards in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Justin Donovan Richards[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Sandwell, England[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Colchester United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Stevenage Borough (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | Stevenage Borough | 29 | (3) |
| 2004–2006 | Woking | 79 | (35) |
| 2006–2007 | Peterborough United | 13 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Grays Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Boston United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Kidderminster Harriers | 65 | (22) |
| 2008 | → Oxford United (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Cheltenham Town | 44 | (15) |
| 2010–2011 | Port Vale | 42 | (9) |
| 2011–2013 | Burton Albion | 48 | (12) |
| 2013 | → Oxford United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Oxford United | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Tamworth | 18 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Sutton Coldfield Town | ||
| 2015–2017 | Stourbridge | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sutton Coldfield Town | ||
| 2018 | Hednesford Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Rushall Olympic | 8 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2006 | England C | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Justin Donovan Richards (born 16 October 1980) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He has a tally of around one goal every four games and has played mostly in the Conference and lower reaches of the English Football League. Something of a journeyman player, he has tended to play for teams in his local area around the Midlands and Southern England.
Richards started his career at West Bromwich Albion in 1997 but failed to establish himself at the club in four years. After two years with Bristol Rovers, he switched to Stevenage Borough. In 2004, he signed with Woking, and after a highly successful two years, he was snapped up by Peterborough United. In 2007, he joined Kidderminster Harriers, where he stayed for two years before he signed with Cheltenham Town. In the summer of 2010, he was signed to Port Vale before moving on to Burton Albion the following year and to Oxford United and then Tamworth in 2013. He signed with Sutton Coldfield Town in July 2014 and Stourbridge in September 2015, before returning to Sutton Coldfield Town in December 2017. The following summer, he joined Rushall Olympic via Hednesford Town. In addition to this, he has enjoyed six loan spells at Colchester United, Stevenage Borough, Grays Athletic, Boston United and Oxford United.
- ^ a b Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
- ^ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2010/11". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.