Tony Ricketts

rdf:langString Tony Ricketts

rdf:langString John Rendell

rdf:langString Ivor Gumm

rdf:langString Dave Bell

rdf:langString Frank Gregan

rdf:langString Richard Fey

rdf:langString Bristol Rovers Women's manager

rdf:langString Paulton Rovers manager

rdf:langString Weston-super-Mare manager

rdf:langString Tony Ricketts (born c. 1958) is a former semi-professional footballer. As a player, at 24 years old, he was offered a two-year contract with Bristol City, which he refused. In 1989, he joined Bath City, where he became first a coach and then manager, spending seven years at the club in all. He played 700 games at conference level in his career. After leaving Bath, Ricketts worked for the Gloucestershire FA running the county's representative teams, as well as the ladies and under-18s sides. From here he earned a job with the Bristol Rovers women's team, who at the time were in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division. In his first season at Rovers the team finished runners-up to the league's only professional side, Fulham L.F.C., and in his second year the team cantered to the league title, winning it with a quarter of the season still to spare. After managing the women's side he went on to manage Bristol Rovers' under-18s' team, and was later appointed manager at Weston-super-Mare. He was manager of Paulton Rovers for 18 months from October 2015 to April 2017.