Shrewsbury Town pay tribute to former defender after death aged 58
The former Salop man rose through the youth ranks at the club in the 1980s.
Shrewsbury Town have paid tribute to former player Richard Green after his death aged 58.
Green, who was a defender, died last week.
Wolverhampton-born Green rose through the youth ranks at Shrewsbury from aged 16 from 1983 and signed a first professional contract three years later.
He went on to become a consistent performer in the Shrewsbury backline for several seasons in the second tier, during Shrewsbury’s highest period in the pyramid.
Green left Shrewsbury in 1991, when Town were back in the third tier. He played 125 times in the league for Town and netted five goals.
He moved to Swindon, where Green did not feature, but then on to Gillingham where the defender became a club stalwart and hugely popular.
Green spent six years in Kent and made more than 250 appearances for Gills, and was player of the season in consecutive campaigns - 1992/93 and 1993/94 for the third-tier Gills.
The defender returned to his Black Country home in 1998 and spent two years at Walsall, where he featured on 30 occasions.
He was part of the 1998/1999 Division Three promotion-winning squad with the Saddlers, and matched that feat with his next permanent club Northampton Town in 1999/2000.
He retired from playing in 2002 after a brief spell at Rochdale. In all he made 436 appearances in the Football League.
A Shrewsbury Town club statement added: “Everyone at Shrewsbury Town sends their condolences to Richard’s daughter, Lauren, and all his family and friends at this difficult time.”