Richard Money

Richard Money

Money in 2010
Personal information
Full name Richard Money[1]
Date of birth (1955-10-13) 13 October 1955[1]
Place of birth Lowestoft, England
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Atlanta United (academy director)
Youth career
Lowestoft Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1977 Scunthorpe United 173 (4)
1977–1980 Fulham 106 (3)
1980–1982 Liverpool 14 (0)
1981 → Derby County (loan) 5 (0)
1982–1983 Luton Town 44 (1)
1983–1985 Portsmouth 17 (0)
1985–1990 Scunthorpe United 106 (0)
Total 465 (8)
National team
England B 1 (0)
Teams managed
1987 Scunthorpe United (Caretaker)
1993–1994 Scunthorpe United
2003–2004 AIK
2004–2005 Västerås SK
2005–2006 Newcastle Jets
2006–2008 Walsall
2009–2011 Luton Town
2012–2015 Cambridge United

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Richard Money (born 13 October 1955) is an English former footballer and manager and is a current academy director for the Atlanta United. Most recently he managed Cambridge United, overseeing the side's return to the Football League after a nine-year absence. Money was dismissed by Cambridge in November 2015.

Career

Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk,[1] Money grew up a Norwich City fan. He began his career at Scunthorpe United as a defender, later playing for Liverpool, Luton, Portsmouth and Fulham, among others, during the 1970s and 1980s. At Liverpool he was an unused substitute in the 1981 European Cup Final, having played in the semi-final.

Money became caretaker player/manager of Scunthorpe at the end of his playing career. He was later Youth Coach at Aston Villa before returning four years later to Scunthorpe to take the manager's role. He became coach at Nottingham Forest during their successful return to the premiership and Europe in the 1990s before leaving with manager Frank Clark to coach at Manchester City. He also had very successful spells as both Academy Director and First Team Coach at Coventry City.[2] He built up extensive experience in management and coaching in Sweden, as manager of successful club AIK, gaining experience of coaching in the UEFA Cup, and then at Västerås SK, saving them from certain relegation. He then coached in Australia with Newcastle United Jets in the newly formed A-League, leading the club to a fourth-place finish and a place in the Grand final series.

Money returned to England to become manager of Walsall in May 2006, signing a two-year contract.[3] He guided Walsall to the League Two title in the 2006–07 season, with the club conceding just 34 goals over 46 games. He was linked with the vacant managerial position at local rivals Coventry City in February 2008.[4]

Money resigned from Walsall on 22 April 2008, after it was confirmed the club could not reach the League One play-offs.[5] During his time at The Bescot Stadium, he was affectionately known as "Dickie Dosh".[6]

On 24 June 2008 it was confirmed that Money would become Newcastle United's Academy Director.[7]

On 30 October 2009, Money was announced as manager of Conference Premier side Luton Town, the club he had played for in the 1982–83 season.[8] After a run of games in March 2010 where Luton won seven out of eight games, scoring twenty-seven goals, Money was given the Conference Manager of the Month award. Luton finished the season in second place, losing to York City in the play-off semi-final.[9] In August 2010 Money apologised to Luton supporters for confronting them over criticism and abuse of his players. He later released a statement apologising to the club and supporters."[10][11] He was replaced six months later by his assistant Gary Brabin on 28 March 2011. He left the club third in the league and with the most successful win ratio of any Luton Town manager.[12]

On 4 October 2012 it was announced that Money had joined Cambridge United as head coach, with the then current manager, Jez George, returning to his role as Director of Football.[13] Cambridge finished 14th at the end of the 2012–13 campaign before undertaking a significant rebuild of the squad. A host of players arrived in readiness for the new campaign, Money's first full season in charge, and Cambridge were unbeaten after the first 16 games of the Conference season. Though that run was eventually ended by Southport, Cambridge remained in the top two for the remainder of the season – winning the FA Trophy along the way. Money then led the club to promotion via the play-offs, a 2–1 victory over Gateshead at Wembley securing a return to the Football League after a nine-year absence.

Money then guided his newly promoted Cambridge side to a replay against Manchester United in the FA Cup Fourth Round at Old Trafford in January 2015. On 11 May 2015 Money signed a new 3-year contract with Cambridge - prolonging his stay until 2018, and officially giving him the title of manager, rather than head coach.

Money was sacked as manager on 2 November 2015.

On April 16, 2016, Money was announced as the Atlanta United Academy Director. [14]

Managerial statistics

Competitive matches only. Correct as of match played 30 October 2015.[15][16][17][18]
Team Nat From To Record
PWDLWin %
Scunthorpe United England 6 January 1993 31 July 1994 70 23 24 23 32.86
AIK Sweden 1 January 2003 19 April 2004 37 16 13 8 43.24
Västerås SK Sweden 25 May 2004 31 October 2004 24 11 6 7 45.83
Newcastle Jets Australia 23 August 2005 2 May 2006 27 9 7 11 33.33
Walsall England 3 May 2006 22 April 2008 103 44 33 26 42.72
Luton Town England 30 October 2009 28 March 2011 84 46 21 17 54.76
Cambridge United England 4 October 2012 2 November 2015 170 67 45 58 39.41
Total 478 200 136 142 41.84

Honours

Player

Liverpool

Manager

Walsall

Cambridge

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 433. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ↑ "Nilsson's Money Reward". BBC Sport. 22 November 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Walsall unveil Money as new boss". BBC Sport. 3 May 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  4. ↑ "Money cool on Sky Blues vacancy". BBC Sport. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
  5. ↑ "Money resigns as Walsall manager". BBC Sport. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
  6. ↑ Moore, Chris (5 October 2006). "Smart Money's on Dickie Dosh". London: The Sun. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  7. ↑ "Money handed Magpies academy role". BBC Sport. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Interest grows on Money". Luton Town F.C. 30 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "Money handed March award". Blue Sq. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "Fan spat galvanises Luton Town boss Richard Money". BBC Sport. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  11. ↑ "Club Statement". Luton Town F.C. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "Club Statement". Luton Town F.C. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  13. ↑ "Richard Money joins as head coach". Cambridge United F.C. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  14. ↑ "Richard Money leaves Cambridge United". Luton on Sunday. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Richard Money". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  16. ↑ "Cambridge United 2012–2013 : Results & Fixtures". Statto. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "Coaching history". A-League Stats. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  18. ↑ "VSK:s seriematcher 2004". Västerås IK Fotboll. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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