Ryan James Pryce (born 20 September 1986) is an English

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who plays as a

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for

Winchester City Winchester City Football Club are an English football team based in Winchester, Hampshire and playing in the Southern Football League Division One South. Craig Davis is the current manager. The club motto is "Many in Men, One in Spirit". Histo ...

. He made five appearances in the

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for

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth () is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest division of English club football. Formed in 1899 as B ...

Playing career

AFC Bournemouth

Pryce started his career with

and made his debut against

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

when Bournemouth were 4–1 down. On 3 September 2009, Bournemouth announced that Pryce had left the club by mutual consent.

Search for a club

Pryce announced on 4 December 2009 he was in talks with

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 ...

manager, Paul Simpson, over a coaching role at the club. This came after a number of different coaching roles with clubs throughout the Salisbury area. However, this came to nothing.

Salisbury City

Pryce was signed by

Salisbury City Salisbury City Football Club was an English football club based in Salisbury, Wiltshire. They were formed in 1947 and played at The Raymond McEnhill Stadium. Salisbury had gained back-to-back promotions in recent years, first to the Conference S ...

to add cover for James Bittner in February 2010. He had to remain patient for the rest of the 2009–10 season, but this was rewarded with a contract extension at the end of the season. The 2010–11 season saw Pryce in a constant battle for the number 1 shirt with fellow goalkeeper Tommy Smith. In October 2010, Pryce was loaned out to

Gosport Borough Gosport Borough Football Club is a professional football club based in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and is an FA Charter Standard Community Club. They are currently members of the an ...

to gain more first team experience.Pryce Loaned to Gosport
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Gosport Borough

During the summer of 2011, Pryce made his move to Gosport permanent.

Fleet Town

In November 2011, Pryce joined

Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...

side Fleet Town, and made his debut against Northwood on 12 November in a 4–1 home defeat.

References

External links

Ryan Pryce player profile
at afcb.co.uk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pryce, Ryan 1986 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers AFC Bournemouth players Salisbury City F.C. players Gosport Borough F.C. players Fleet Town F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Bournemouth