Richard James Logan (born 4 January 1982) is an English former footballer.

Career

Logan, a striker, began his career as a trainee with

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Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...

. Despite turning professional in August 1998, he never managed to establish himself as a first team member with the Blues, making only five appearances as a substitute in over four years with the club. While at

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, Logan had loan spells with then

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Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on N ...

where he made five appearances and scored one goal against

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

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Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

where he made 16 appearances, scoring four goals and League Two side

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

where he scored six goals in eight matches. On 20 January 2003 after making eight appearances on loan with Boston, he was acquired by The Pilgrims on a free from Ipswich. Logan finished the 2002–03 season with Boston, making a further 19 appearances in which he scored four times. Logan began the 2003–04 season with Boston before moving on loan to League One side

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after nine matches. Logan made 15 appearances on loan for The Posh before signing with them on a free on 18 December 2003. Logan scored five times in 19 appearances for Peterborough during the remainder of the 2003–04 season. Logan began the 2004–05 season at London Road but made only two appearances before moving on loan to League Two side

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 ...

. Logan scored twice in six matches for The Shrews; his first goal came on his debut against

in the league and his second came in a

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tie against

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. He then returned to Peterborough for the remainder of the season. Logan made 13 appearances for The Posh at the beginning of the 2005–06 season before moving on loan to League Two side Lincoln City. Logan scored twice in eight appearances for The Imps, before moving back to Peterborough for the remainder of the 2005–06 season. In over three years with Peterborough, Logan scored 15 times in 78 appearances before moving to newly promoted

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side Weymouth for the beginning of the 2006–07 season. Logan scored five times in 26 appearances for Weymouth before the entire first team was transfer listed on 10 January 2007 after the club decided to cut their financial costs. On 31 January 2007, Logan was picked up on a free by neighbouring Conference side

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

. In the 2007–08 season, Logan was the top scorer for Exeter, scoring 18 league goals, including what proved to be the all important goal away to

, in the play-off semi-final second leg. This is the goal that effectively sealed their passage to Wembley for the second year running where they would go on to beat

in front of over 45,000 fans. He also scored the goal on the last day of the 2008–09 season in the 1–0 away victory at

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that sent Exeter City into League One for the 2009–10 season. Logan signed a new one-year contract with Exeter City in May 2010. In May 2012, Logan was released by Exeter after the club was relegated from

. On 3 July 2012, Logan signed for League Two side

on a one-year deal. On 16 November 2012, Logan was released by Wycombe Wanderers and joined

Dorchester Town Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. They currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They ...

on 19 November 2012. Logan parted company with the Magpies after he failed to score in his six appearances with Dorchester and joined

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Premier Division side Bury Town on 16 January 2013. At the end of January, he was offered a trial by Torquay United, and very nearly signed a one-month contract, but this fell through due to Logan suffering a calf injury.

References and footnotes

External links

Richard Logan profile at Ipswich Town Talk
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, Richard 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Bury St Edmunds English footballers Ipswich Town F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Suffolk