- Richard Ord
Football player infobox
playername = Richard Ord
fullname = Richard Ord
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|3|3
cityofbirth =Easington
countryofbirth =England
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1987–1998
1990
1998–2000
clubs = Sunderland
→York City FC (loan)
Queens Park Rangers
caps(goals) = 253 (7)
003 (0)
000 (0)
nationalyears = 1990–1991
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 (0)Richard Ord (born
March 3 1970 inEasington ,England ) is a former English professional footballer best known for his time with Sunderland.He joined Sunderland on leaving school in 1986, and played nearly 300 first team games for them until he left the club in 1998. During that time, he helped them win promotion to the top flight twice (1990 and 1996) and achieve runners-up spot in the
FA Cup (1992).Ord attended Easington Comprehensive School. [ [http://www.monkeybizz.net/archive/mb75/mb75.pdf Hartlepool fanzine] , p36, article by Alan White, a former teacher at Easington] He was a highly rated Centre back who could also operate on the left, his most notable achievement being in 1996 when he won the Division One championship with Sunderland.
In the summer of 1998, he signed for Queen's Park Rangers, but was injured in a pre-season friendly. A two-year injury nightmare prevented him from ever playing in a competetive game for QPR, and he finally announced his retirement as a player in 2000, aged only 30.
Ord later had a short spell as manager of non-league Durham City, but this was not successful.
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