Stephen Kilcar Ritchie (born 17 February 1954) is a Scottish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. Ritchie played for

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Green ...

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

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 ...

and

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

. He scored a goal for Aberdeen in the

1978 Scottish Cup Final The 1978 Scottish Cup Final was played on 6 May 1978 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 93rd Scottish Cup. Aberdeen and Rangers contested the match, Rangers won the match 2–1 with a flying header from Alex MacDonald and a se ...

, but the team lost 2–1 to the Rangers. Ritchie mis-hit a shot, but it deceived Rangers goalkeeper

Peter McCloy Peter McCloy (born 26 November 1946) is a Scottish retired Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who played for Motherwell F.C., Motherwell and Rangers F.C., Rangers. He was a member of the team which won t ...

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* 1954 births Living people Footballers from Edinburgh Scottish footballers Association football fullbacks Bristol City F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players {{Scotland-footy-defender-1950s-stub