Richard Carpenter (footballer)

Richard Carpenter (born 30 September 1972) is an English footballer, born in Sheerness, who played as a midfielder for Gillingham, Fulham, Cardiff City and Brighton & Hove Albion. He made more than 500 appearances in the Football League over a 15-year professional career.[1]

For other people named Richard Carpenter, see Richard Carpenter (disambiguation).

Richard Carpenter
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-09-30) 30 September 1972
Place of birth Sheerness, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Faversham Strike Force Seniors
Youth career
Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1996 Gillingham 122 (4)
1996–1998 Fulham 58 (7)
1998–2000 Cardiff City 75 (2)
2000–2007 Brighton & Hove Albion 252 (20)
2007–2008 Welling United
2011 Whitehawk 11 (1)
Teams managed
2008 Welling United (caretaker manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Carpenter began his football career with Gillingham, and was part of the team promoted to Division Two in the 1995–96 season.[2] He went on to make more than 250 appearances for Brighton & Hove Albion, and captained the side. In 2004, Carpenter was required to pay undisclosed damages to Chris Casper following a tackle in a league match on Boxing Day 1999, during his time playing for Cardiff City, that left Casper with a double fracture to his leg that subsequently saw him retire from professional football.[3]

In February 2007 his contract was terminated by mutual consent, and he signed for Conference South club Welling United,[4] where he became club captain and briefly caretaker manager,[5] before leaving the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.[2]

In 2011, Carpenter came out of retirement to play for Whitehawk during their first season in Isthmian League Division One South.[6]

Personal life

In 2012, Carpenter was sentenced to 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to an assault charge following a brawl in The Red Lion pub in Hernhill.[7]

References
  1. "Richard Carpenter". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  2. Struthers, Greg (11 January 2009). "Caught in Time: Gills aloud and so proud". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  3. "Casper wins settlement". BBC Sport. 15 April 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. "Carpenter explains Welling switch". BBC Sport. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  5. "In Temporary Charge!". Welling United F.C. 8 January 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  6. Ramsgate v Whitehawk, Official Matchday Programme, 9 April 2011
  7. "'Unfair' reputation distresses landlord". Canterbury Times. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2016.


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