David Ridler (born 12 March 1976) is an English footballer and manager. He began his career with

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

, turning professional in August 1995. In May 2001, after over 100 football league appearances, he was released and joined

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

. In March 2003 he joined

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, but left in July that year to join

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

. In May 2004 he was part of the Conference play-off winning side that took Shrewsbury back into the Football League. He lost his place in the Shrewsbury side and was made available for loan in September 2004. In March 2005 he left Shrewsbury to join

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side

Leigh RMI Leigh Genesis Football Club, formerly known as Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Horwich RMI) and Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Leigh RMI), is an English amateur association football club that currently plays in the South Lancas ...

. He began the 2007–08 season with

Prescot Cables Prescot Cables Football Club is a supporter-owned football club based in Prescot, Merseyside. It was established in 1884 and has also been known as Prescot and Prescot Town. They compete in the and play their home games at Valerie Park. They ...

, but left in October 2007 to join

Winsford United Winsford United Football Club are a football club based in Winsford, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1883 and are nicknamed ''The Blues''. The club is currently a member of the , with home matches played at The Barton Stadium. Thei ...

. He left Winsford to join

Caernarfon Town Caernarfon Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl Droed Tref Caernarfon) is a semi-professional Welsh football club based in Caernarfon, Gwynedd. The club is nicknamed "the Canaries" because of its yellow and green strip, a nickname that dates from ...

in September 2008. On 21 May 2009 Dave was appointed assistant manager of

. He became Caretaker Manager when boss Joe Gibliru left in November 2010 and was chosen as full-time boss a month later. He left the club to coach overseas in late 2011. David is currently working with Liverpool F.C. at their academy in Egypt.

External links

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Welsh Premier League profile

References

Living people 1976 births English men's footballers Wrexham A.F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Leigh Genesis F.C. players Caernarfon Town F.C. players Winsford United F.C. players Prescot Cables F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Cymru Premier players Footballers from Liverpool Men's association football defenders {{England-footy-defender-1970s-stub