Ritchie Hanlon

Ritchie Hanlon
Personal information
Full name Richard Kenneth Hanlon
Date of birth (1978-05-26) 26 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Wembley, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hayes & Yeading United (assistant manager)
Youth career
1994–1996 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Southend United 2 (0)
1997–1998 Welling United 30 (15)
1998 Rushden & Diamonds
1998–2001 Peterborough United 47 (3)
1999Welling United (loan)
1999Welling United (loan) 19 (11)
2001–2004 Rushden & Diamonds 62 (7)
2004 Stevenage Borough 18 (2)
2004Lincoln City (loan) 1 (0)
2004–2005 Lincoln City 11 (1)
2005 Weymouth 4 (0)
2005–2007 Cambridge United 37 (3)
Managerial career
2007 St Albans City
2012–2016 Kings Langley (joint manager)
2016–2017 Hayes & Yeading United (joint manager)
2023 Hayes & Yeading United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Kenneth Hanlon (born 26 May 1978) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently assistant manager of Hayes & Yeading United.

He played in the Football League with Southend United, Peterborough United, Rushden & Diamonds and Lincoln City. Hanlon also played non-League football with Welling United, Stevenage Borough, Weymouth and Cambridge United. He was forced to retire aged 28 with a knee injury.

Hanlon had a stint in 2007 managing St Albans City in the Conference South. He also had a couple of seasons managing his sons Abbots Langley Youth U7's-U8's. In July 2012, he was appointed as joint manager alongside Paul Hughes at Kings Langley in the Spartan South Midlands Football League Division One.