Richie was recommended to the club by the head of sports at Helsby High School and we are very grateful, as this lad could if he has the patience to await his chance and continues to progress at the rate he has since joining in the summer of 2010 be a real find, a left footed player who likes to operate on the right, although only 17 he has a number of tricks up his sleeve which opposing full backs will find out at there peril, he also has a good eye for an opportunity to have a strike at goal and scored his first official goal in the away fixture at Congleton Town, to add to the one he scored in pre season against Haydock.
Richie is seen as very much one for the future, as he fills out and develops his awareness of the game.