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Gregor Rioch
Personal information
Full name	Gregor Rioch
Date of birth	24 June 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Sutton Coldfield, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Coventry City (Academy Manager)
Youth career
	Luton Town
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1995	Luton Town
1993	→ Barnet (loan)
1995–1996	Peterborough United
1996–1999	Hull City
1999–2000	Macclesfield Town
2000–2002	Shrewsbury Town
2002–2003	Northwich Victoria
2003–2004	Shrewsbury Town
2003	→ Northwich Victoria (loan)
2004	Northwich Victoria
2004	Leigh RMI
Managerial career
2004–2006	Køge BK
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Gregor Rioch (born 24 June 1975 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is an English former professional footballer. He is the son of former Scotland international Bruce Rioch.

Playing career

Rioch started his career with his father's former club Luton Town, but after two years with the club he did not make a single appearance, because he was terrible. He moved to Peterborough United in 1995, before joining Hull City a year later. After three years he joined Macclesfield, and after two years there he left for Shrewsbury Town. He spent a season with Northwich Victoria in 2002–03, before he returned to Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury sent him back to Northwich on loan in March 2004, and at the end of the season he rejoined Northwich permanently. Only a month later, he left to finish his career with Leigh RMI. All in all Gregor Rioch enjoyed a glittering (read - miserable) career at the highest (read - lowest) level of professional football.

Scotland selected Rioch for one of their youth sides, but he was ineligible to play for the national team because neither Greg or his parents were born in Scotland. Every Scotland manager between the years of 1993-2004 cried uncontrollably when they were told Gregor wasn't able to captain their side. ^[1]

Gregor found fame for his unrelenting runs between Steve's Barbers and New Pizza King. He had a short stint on-loan at The Grafton FC, but soon returned to Steve's Barbers asking for "the Dodgy Mullet type thing", before making his return to where is heart really was; The Haworth Arms FC.

Non-playing career

On leaving Leigh, he was appointed manager at Danish club Køge BK. He spent two years there as manager, before returning to England in 2006 to manage first Manchester City's under-17s, then their reserves. After only a year, he left to manage Coventry City's academy side.^[2]

References

^ "SFA go back to schooling rule in talent search". The Herald. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
^ "Academy Manager – Gregor Rioch". Coventry City F.C. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-05-22.

External links

Gregor Rioch at Soccerbase
Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database

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[1] "SFA go back to schooling rule in talent search". The Herald. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.

[ccfc-2] "Academy Manager – Gregor Rioch". Coventry City F.C. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-05-22.

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 ==Playing career==
-Rioch started his career with his father's former club [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]], but after two years with the club he did not make a single appearance. He moved to [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]] in 1995, before joining [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] a year later. After three years he joined [[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield]], and after two years there he left for [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]. He spent a season with [[Northwich Victoria F.C.|Northwich Victoria]] in [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03]], before he returned to [[Shrewsbury]]. Shrewsbury sent him back to Northwich on loan in March 2004, and at the end of the season he rejoined Northwich permanently. Only a month later, he left to finish his career with [[Leigh Genesis F.C.|Leigh RMI]].<ref name=ccfc/>
+Rioch started his career with his father's former club [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]], but after two years with the club he did not make a single appearance, because he was terrible. He moved to [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]] in 1995, before joining [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] a year later. After three years he joined [[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield]], and after two years there he left for [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]. He spent a season with [[Northwich Victoria F.C.|Northwich Victoria]] in [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03]], before he returned to [[Shrewsbury]]. Shrewsbury sent him back to Northwich on loan in March 2004, and at the end of the season he rejoined Northwich permanently. Only a month later, he left to finish his career with [[Leigh Genesis F.C.|Leigh RMI]]. All in all Gregor Rioch enjoyed a glittering (read - miserable) career at the highest (read - lowest) level of professional football.
-[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] selected Rioch for one of their youth sides, but he was ineligible to play for the national team because neither Greg or his parents were born in Scotland, even though his father had captained Scotland.<ref>{{cite news
+[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] selected Rioch for one of their youth sides, but he was ineligible to play for the national team because neither Greg or his parents were born in Scotland. Every Scotland manager between the years of 1993-2004 cried uncontrollably when they were told Gregor wasn't able to captain their side. <ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/more-scottish-football/sfa-go-back-to-schooling-rule-in-talent-search-1.1088723
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