Dean Richards

Can only echo what's already been said. Lovely player to watch, so comfortable on the ball. A great natural player, made it look easy.
RIP Dean

 

Great goal at Scunny. Never forget it. Waltzed through the defence and smashed it home. What a player. RIP Deano.

 

Great player and one of a few from my old school at Rhodesway. Rolls Royce of a player who was a fan too. RIP Dean.

 

Is that Jimmy Quincy M.D.

 

See what happens when 'pop Allen' is your first football coach !

 

Remember watching Deano wearing the claret and amber. His quality really stood out. He seemed to have every attribute at his disposal.

It was a pleasure watching him take the ball out of defence and drive play up the pitch. We did well to hold on to him as long as we did. It always surprised me how long it took for one of the big clubs to finally take a chance on him.

Definitely makes my top City 11 without question.

Taken far too young. RIP Deano.

 

One of the best teachers I ever had.

 

Apt name though, Maestro!

 

I remember the clearance he made at Turf Moor when our keeper was beaten. He didn’t just clear the ball, he played his way from near our goal line around their striker and brought the ball out. That was a wow moment and became the talking point of the match. If memory serves me right that was the moment Lennie Lawrence realised he could no longer hold him back. His talent was quite literally way out of our league. If not for injury we are talking about one of the best centre backs England has produced. He was a Rolls Royce of a player, not at the world class level of Van Dijk but Dean played in a similar mode. Fantastic player.

 

Me too. That's where I got my interest in teh American Civil war !

 

What a player the only time I saw him have a bad game was when he played for wolves against us last game of the season when we won promotion to the Premier league.