The 90-mile return journey between home and Portman Road proved difficult however, leading to Money not being retained by the Tractor Boys when he left school.

[4] Money joined local Eastern Counties Football League side Lowestoft Town, where despite only turning 17 two months into the season, he quickly became a star for the Suffolk outfit.

[8] Despite Scunthorpe having finished rock-bottom of the Fourth Division in 1974–75, Money's unusually athletic and ball-playing style of play saw him extensively linked with a move away from the club.

[12] This was a then-club record sale for Scunthorpe[13] and also included a 10 per cent cut of any profit Fulham made in the future by selling Money on.

[citation needed] Money again attracted a number of suitors whilst at Craven Cottage, before eventually signing for Bob Paisley's Liverpool on 1 May 1980,[16] for £350,000; with Scunthorpe gaining a £30,000 slice of Fulham's £300,000 profit.

[17] This move was referenced in the popular British television comedy-drama Minder (season 2 episode 11), when in discussing Fulham's woes, lead character Terry McCann laments: "I mean, fancy selling Richard Money to Liverpool.

[23] In pursuit of first-team football, he engineered a loan move to Derby in late 1981, before eventually joining Luton Town permanently for £100,000 in March 1982.

"[25] Managed by David Pleat, Luton won promotion to the First Division in the remainder of their 1981–82 campaign,[26] before they duly survived in the top-flight the following season.

[27] Money made 44 league appearances and scored one goal for the Hatters, but in August 1983 he was reunited with his previous Fulham manager Bobby Campbell, who was now in charge of Portsmouth.

[citation needed] Money had terrible injury luck at Fratton Park, with two cruciate operations meaning he was only able to make 17 league appearances before rejoining Scunthorpe United in October 1985.

[28] Despite initially signing as a player-coach, Money swiftly became an instrumental part of Scunthorpe's defence, overcoming injuries to play a combined 80 games in all competitions for the club across their 1985–86 and 1986–87 Fourth Division campaigns.

"[30] With the appointment of Mick Buxton as manager in April 1987, Scunthorpe came close to automatic promotion in the 1987–88 and 1988–89 Fourth Division seasons, but lost in the play-offs on both occasions.

[31] Highlighting Andy Flounders, Tony Daws, Kevin 'Ticker' Taylor and Ron Green as particularly talented team-mates during this time, when asked if the team was good enough to get promoted, Money admitted: "Yes, definitely.

"[32] Owing to consistent injury problems, Money retired from playing after making just two appearances in Scunthorpe's following 1988–89 campaign, to focus solely on his coaching role at the club.

[35] Money later left the club to take up a Youth Coach role at Aston Villa, working under first-team managers Graham Taylor, Jozef Vengloš and Ron Atkinson.

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.

[41] He guided Walsall to the League Two title in the 2006–07 season, with the club conceding just 34 goals over 46 games, which led to the Saddlers faithful coining his eponymous 'Dickie Dosh' nickname.

[44] 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.

"[50] On 4 October 2012, Money joined Cambridge United as head coach, with the then current manager, Jez George, returning to his role as Director of Football.

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.