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On 21 January 2010 Ricketts had cancelled his contract by mutual agreement.
On 21 January 2010 Ricketts had cancelled his contract by mutual agreement and will start his new job at McDonalds.


==References==
==References==

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For the musician, see Michael Ricketts (musician).
Michael Ricketts
Personal information
Full name Michael Barrington Ricketts
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Free agent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Walsall 76 (14)
2000–2003 Bolton Wanderers 98 (37)
2003–2004 Middlesbrough 32 (3)
2004–2006 Leeds United 25 (0)
2005 → Stoke City (loan) 11 (0)
2005–2006 → Cardiff City (loan) 17 (5)
2006 → Burnley (loan) 13 (2)
2006–2007 Southend United 2 (0)
2007 Preston North End 14 (1)
2007–2008 Oldham Athletic 9 (2)
2007–2008 → Walsall (loan) 12 (3)
2008–2009 Walsall 28 (9)
2009–2010 Tranmere Rovers 12 (2)
International career‡
2002 England 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:49, 01 February 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Michael Barrington Ricketts (born 4 December 1978) is an English football player who is currently without a club after being released by Tranmere Rovers. He plays as a striker and he has been capped once by England in a friendly against The Netherlands in 2002.[citation needed]

Club career

Early career

Ricketts began his career at Walsall, for whom he signed in 1996. He made 90 league appearances for them, scoring 15 times.

Bolton Wanderers

In July 2000, then First Division side Bolton Wanderers signed him for £500,000. He started his Bolton career in impressive style, scoring 24 times as Bolton won promotion to the Premier League through the playoffs. His finest moments at Bolton Wanderers include sealing victory against Preston North End in the Division One Play Off Final in 2001 and scoring the winning goal at Old Trafford in a 2-1 win for Bolton over Manchester United in the 2001–02 Premier League season.[1]

Ricketts continued scoring in his first season in the Premier League, hitting 15 goals by February, and this form led to his call-up for England's friendly against The Netherlands in February 2002. Ricketts played 45 minutes in that game but failed to score.

Ricketts then fell out with his manager Sam Allardyce and subsequently did not feature in the team very often.

Middlesbrough

In January 2003, Middlesbrough spent £3 million to sign him from Bolton. He failed to recapture his goal-scoring form, netting just four times in 38 matches. While at Middlesbrough he did, however, win the League Cup in the 2003-04 season, coincidentally against Bolton.

Leeds United

In June 2004, he signed for Championship side Leeds United on a free transfer. Ricketts failed to impress, failing to score in 25 league appearances, although he did manage a solitary goal in the League Cup against Swindon Town.[2]

Loans to Stoke, Cardiff and Burnley

He was then loaned out to Stoke City in February, but also failed to impress there, and returned to Leeds. He made five more appearances, scoring once against Oldham Athletic, again in the League Cup.[3] He was then loaned out to Cardiff, where he scored four goals in 11 appearances, before returning to Leeds. On 30 January 2006 he signed for Championship side Burnley in a loan deal that would keep him at Turf Moor until the end of the season. Despite scoring twice in his first three matches against Plymouth Argyle[4] and Ipswich Town,[5] he again failed to impress (he did not score again) and returned to Leeds after the season had finished.

Move to Southend

On 30 June 2006, Ricketts signed a two-year deal with Championship side Southend United with an option to extend for another year. A clause in the contract he signed stated that he was prohibited from playing against Leeds United. However after only a couple of months into the new season, Southend released Ricketts on the basis that he was overweight and had put on weight since joining the club, questioning his level of fitness.

Preston and Oldham

After leaving Southend, Ricketts joined Preston North End, playing a handful games for their first team. In March 2007 he scored the winner against Ipswich Town.[6] However, Ricketts' fitness and his inability to break into the first team on a regular basis led to him being released by Preston on 8 May 2007, again leaving him without a club until being picked up by Oldham Athletic, for whom he signed until 2010.[7] He scored two league goals during his time at Oldham, in victories over Swansea City[8] and his former club Walsall.[9]

Walsall loan

On 2 November 2007, he returned to his first club Walsall on a three-month loan deal from Oldham.[10] He made his second debut for Walsall in a league match against Cheltenham Town on 3 November. On 31 January 2008, transfer deadline day, Ricketts had his contract cancelled by Oldham Athletic.

Trials in Major League Soccer

It was announced on 12 March that he was on trial at Southampton. In March and April 2008 Ricketts spent time on trial at the San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS, having also had an earlier trial with Columbus Crew, but failed to earn a permanent deal at either side.

Return to Walsall

On 24 July 2008, Ricketts once again rejoined Walsall and scored nine goals in his third spell there. However, at the end of the season he was released.[11]

Tranmere Rovers

On 14 August 2009, it was announced that Ricketts had signed a one year deal with Tranmere Rovers (his 11th professional club). Ricketts stated playing for John Barnes was a major factor in his decision to join the club.[12] He made his debut for the club as a substitute in a League Cup game against his former club Bolton Wanderers on 25 August. He scored his first goal for Tranmere in a 2-1 defeat at Exeter City on 19 September 2009.[13]

On 21 January 2010 Ricketts had cancelled his contract by mutual agreement and will start his new job at McDonalds.

References

  1. ^ "Ricketts snatches Bolton win". BBC Sport. 20 October 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Leeds 1-0 Swindon". BBC Sport. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Leeds 2-0 Oldham". BBC Sport. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Burnley 1-0 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 4 February 2006. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Ipswich 2-1 Burnley". BBC Sport. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Preston 1-0 Ipswich". BBC Sport. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  7. ^ "Preston boss lets five players go". BBC Sport. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
  8. ^ "Oldham 2-1 Swansea". BBC Sport. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  9. ^ "Walsall 0-3 Oldham". BBC Sport. 22 September 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  10. ^ "Ricketts rejoins Saddlers on loan" BBC Sport Retrieved on 2 November 2007
  11. ^ "Saddlers release experienced trio". BBC Sport. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Yahoo! Sport[dead link]
  13. ^ "Exeter 2 - 1 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.

External links

See also

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