Richie Baker (English footballer)

Richie Baker (born 29 December 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Northern Premier League Division One West side Ramsbottom, where he plays as a midfielder.

Richie Baker
Baker in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-12-29) 29 December 1987
Place of birth Burnley, England
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ramsbottom United
Youth career
1997–2005 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Preston North End 0 (0)
2006–2010 Bury 107 (7)
2010–2011 Oxford United 6 (0)
2011–2013 Barrow 91 (24)
2013–2014 Tamworth 29 (3)
2014–2015 Stockport County 26 (6)
2015–2017 A.F.C. Fylde 81 (9)
2017 FC United of Manchester 3 (0)
2017–2018 Curzon Ashton 10 (2)
2018–2019 Colne 5 (1)
2019 Colne 3 (0)
2019– Ramsbottom United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:18, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Early career

Manchester United

Richie began his career in the highly successful Manchester United Academy, where he played as a right-back, and was understudy to Danny Simpson, which somewhat restricted Baker to much playing time, he also played alongside the likes of Gerard Piqué, Fraizer Campbell and Giuseppe Rossi, during his time at Old Trafford.

Playing career

Preston North End

Following the decision by Manchester United to release Baker, he joined Football League Championship side Preston North End as a trainee, but failed to make a breakthrough into the first team and was released at the end of the 2005–06 season.

Bury

Baker went to join Bury, and made his full debut in the League Cup victory over Sunderland playing as a central midfielder, and after that game established himself as a first-team regular, scoring six goals in 107 appearances.[1]

Oxford United

Richie joined Oxford United at the start of the 2010–11 season, but failed to win a regular place in the team.

Barrow

He left Oxford United on 4 January 2011 when his contract expired.[2] Baker then signed for Barrow on 15 February 2011,[3] making his debut against Mansfield Town four days later.[4] In May 2011, he was offered a new contract by Barrow.[5] Baker became a major part of the Barrow team for the subsequent two seasons. However, he left when they were relegated in May 2013.[6]

Tamworth

Baker joined Tamworth on 24 May 2013.[7]

Stockport County

Baker signed for Conference North side Stockport County on 3 August 2014, following some impressive displays whilst on trial, in particular scoring a brace in a pre-season friendly against Conference National side Macclesfield Town[8]

AFC Fylde

Baker signed for Conference North side A.F.C. Fylde on 13 March 2015. He made his debut the next day in a 2–2 draw at local rivals Chorley. On 11 May 2017, it was announced that Baker would leave Fylde upon the expiry of his current deal in June 2017.[9]

F.C. United of Manchester

In July 2017, he signed for FC United of Manchester.[10] He left the club on 2 September by mutual consent.

Curzon Ashton

On 23 September 2017, he signed for Curzon Ashton [11]

Colne

On 11 December 2018, Baker was announced as signing for Colne.[12] He re-joined the club on 23 June 2019.[13]

Ramsbottom United

On 16 November 2019, he joined Ramsbottom United.[14]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bury 2006–07[15] League Two 395312000446
2007–08[16] 32150102[lower-alpha 1]0401
2008–09[17] 22010102[lower-alpha 1]0260
2009–10[18] 14110103[lower-alpha 1]0191
Bury total 107710150701298
Oxford United 2010–11[19] League Two 6000101[lower-alpha 1]080
Barrow 2010–11[19] Conference Premier 14500—00145
2011–12[20] 39920—1[lower-alpha 2]0429
2012–13[20] 381041—5[lower-alpha 2]34714
Barrow total 912461006310328
Tamworth 2013–14[20] Conference Premier 29300—3[lower-alpha 2]0323
Stockport County 2014–15[20] Conference North 26610—2[lower-alpha 2]0296
AFC Fylde 2014–15[20] Conference North 110——00110
2015–16[20] National League North 42820—3[lower-alpha 2]0478
2016–17[20] 28100—2[lower-alpha 2]0301
AFC Fylde total 819200050889
FC United of Manchester 2017–18[20] National League North 3000—0030
Curzon Ashton 2017–18[20] National League North 10200—00102
Career total 353511926024340256
  1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in the FA Trophy

References
  1. "Player Details". Soccerbase. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  2. "Two back in, two out". Oxford United F.C. 4 January 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  3. "Bayliss and Sheridan add Baker to the mix". Barrow A.F.C. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  4. "Barrow 2-2 Mansfield". BBC Sport. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  5. "Forrest, Goodfellow and Masters released by Barrow". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  6. "Tamworth in for Ex-Barrow AFC Man Baker". Evening Mail. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  7. "Ex-Barrow midfielder Richie Baker signs for Lambs". BBC Sport. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  8. "Baker joins Stockport". Pitchero. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  9. "Retained List". AFC Fylde Official Site. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  10. "New signing: Richie Baker". FC United of Manchester. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  11. "Nash Sign Midfielder Richie Baker". Curzon Ashton FC. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  12. "Colne Sign Hine and Baker". Non League Daily. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  13. Colne F.C. on Twitter: "SIGNED! ✍️ | We are delighted to ..., twitter.com, 23 June 2019
  14. Saturday's transfer list - November 16th - The BetVictor ..., betvictornorthernpremier.co.uk, 16 November 2019
  15. "Games played by Richie Baker in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  16. "Games played by Richie Baker in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  17. "Games played by Richie Baker in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  18. "Games played by Richie Baker in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  19. "Games played by Richie Baker in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  20. Richie Baker at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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