Stuart Ritchie (footballer)

Stuart Arthur Ritchie (born 20 May 1968) is a retired English footballer, and was the manager of Havant & Waterlooville.

[1] Ritchie started his footballing career at Aston Villa[2] where he made one substitute appearance for the club against Manchester United at the age of 19.

[3] He then signed for Crewe Alexandra making 25 first team appearances before moving onto Waterford United and then into the English Non League system, playing for Bashley, Havant & Waterlooville and AFC Totton.

Ritchie joined Totton as a player before being appointed as player-manager and then retiring from playing and becoming the club's full-time manager.

[citation needed] On 8 May 2012, Havant & Waterlooville appointed Ritchie as manager and Sean New as his assistant.