Richard Carpenter (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 September 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheerness, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gillingham | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1996 | Gillingham | 122 | (4) |
| 1996–1998 | Fulham | 58 | (7) |
| 1998–2000 | Cardiff City | 75 | (2) |
| 2000–2007 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 252 | (20) |
| 2007–2008 | Welling United | ||
| 2010–2011 | Whitehawk | 11 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008 | Welling United (caretaker manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Richard Carpenter (born 30 September 1972) is an English footballer, born in Sheerness, who played as a midfielder for Gillingham, Fulham, Cardiff City and Brighton & Hove Albion. He made more than 500 appearances in the Football League over a 15-year professional career.[1]
Career
[edit]Carpenter began his football career with Gillingham, and was part of the team promoted to Division Two in the 1995–96 season.[2] He went on to make more than 250 appearances for Brighton & Hove Albion, and captained the side. In 2004, Carpenter was required to pay undisclosed damages to Chris Casper following a tackle in a league match on Boxing Day 1999, during his time playing for Cardiff City, that left Casper with a double fracture to his leg that subsequently saw him retire from professional football.[3]
In February 2007 his contract was terminated by mutual consent, and he signed for Conference South club Welling United,[4] where he became club captain and briefly caretaker manager,[5] before leaving the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.[2]
In February 2010, Carpenter played a one-off game for Whitehawk in a sixth round FA Vase tie at Gresley Rovers to solve an injury crisis, as a favour for the Hawks' manager Darren Freeman.[6] He then came out of retirement to play for Whitehawk during their first season in Isthmian League Division One South.[7]
Personal life
[edit]In 2012, Carpenter was sentenced to 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to an assault charge following a brawl in The Red Lion pub in Hernhill.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Richard Carpenter". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ a b Struthers, Greg (11 January 2009). "Caught in Time: Gills aloud and so proud". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 28 November 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Casper wins settlement". BBC Sport. 15 April 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Carpenter explains Welling switch". BBC Sport. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "In Temporary Charge!". Welling United F.C. 8 January 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "Whitehawk close in on Wembley dream".
- ^ Ramsgate v Whitehawk, Official Matchday Programme, 9 April 2011
- ^ "'Unfair' reputation distresses landlord". Canterbury Times. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Richard Carpenter at Soccerbase
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