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Name: Richard Walker (on loan to Shrewsbury)
Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 08/11/1977
Height:6' 0" (183cm)
Weight:12st 4lbs (78.09kg)
Previous  
Clubs:Cambridge (loan), Blackpool (loan), Wycombe (loan), Aston Villa, Oxford United, Blackpool, Northampton (loan), Shrewsbury (loan)
Position: Striker

The Birmingham born striker joined the club in the summer of 2004, but didn't really become a first team regular until February 2005. From then, until the end of the season, he scored 12 goals, and ended the campaign with 15 in all competitions.
Offered a new two year deal in the summer of 2005 the former Aston Villa trainee proved his worth in 2005/06, when he hit the back of the net 21 times.
Twenty of those goals came in the league and he became the first Rovers player, since Jamie Cureton in 1999/2000, to achieve that feat.
He appeared in every game played by the club and his consistency, his goals, and his ability to set up chances for others deservedly won him the Supporters Club Player of the Year Award.
He bettered that tally in 2006/07, scoring 23 goals in 61 games and, along with Sammy Igoe, became one of the two Football League players to score in major finals at the Millennium Stadium and Wembley in the same season.
He formed an excellent strike partnership with Rickie Lambert and signed a new deal to keep him at the Memorial Stadium for a further two years.
Last season he scored just four goals, all from the penalty spot, and found himself on the substitutes bench more often than not. In all, he made 24 league appearances, 12 of which were from the bench and in the summer of 2008 he left to join Shrewsbury Town on a season long loan.
During his time at Villa Park, he made 6 league appearances and spent time on loan at Cambridge United, Blackpool and Wycombe Wanderers before returning to Blackpool on a permanent basis, in December 2001, for a fee of £50,000.
He made played in 62 league games in his second spell at Bloomfield Road, to add to the 18 appearances he made there during his loan spell. However he was often used as a substitute by Blackpool, and spent time on loan at Northampton and Oxford in season 2003/04.
Richard made a substitute appearance in Blackpool's LDV Vans Trophy win over Cambridge, at the Millennium Stadium, in March 2002 and scored his first Rovers goal in a First Round Carling Cup Tie, against Brighton, in August 2004.
Richard will spend the current season on loan at Shrewsbury Town.
 
Season 2008 - 09

Competition Apps
(as sub)
Goals Yellow
Cards
Red
Cards
League 16  (11) 5 1 1
FA Cup 1  (0) 0 0 0
League Cup 1  (0) 0 0 0
 

Career History:
Club Season Comp. Apps
(as sub)
Goals
Bristol Rovers 2007 - 08League 12  (12) 4
  FA Cup 0  (4) 0
  League Cup 2  (0) 0
Bristol Rovers 2006 - 07League 42  (7) 16
  FA Cup 5  (0) 4
  League Cup 1  (0) 1
Bristol Rovers 2005 - 06League 44  (2) 20
  FA Cup 3  (0) 0
  League Cup 0  (1) 0
Bristol Rovers 2004 - 05League 20  (7) 10
  FA Cup 1  (0) 1
  League Cup 1  (1) 1
Oxford United 2003 - 04League 3  (1) 0
Northampton 2003 - 04League 11  (1) 4
  FA Cup 4  (0) 2
Blackpool 2003 - 04League 3  (6) 0
Blackpool 2002 - 03League 19  (13) 4
  FA Cup 1  (2) 0
  League Cup 0  (1) 0
Wycombe 2001 - 02League 10  (2) 3
  FA Cup 1  (0) 1
Blackpool 2001 - 02League 16  (5) 8
Blackpool 2000 - 01League 6  (12) 3
Aston Villa 2000 - 01FA Cup 0  (1) 0
  Euro Cups 1  (0) 0
Aston Villa 1999 - 00League 2  (3) 2
  League Cup 1  (1) 0
Cambridge 1998 - 99League 7  (14) 3
Aston Villa 1997 - 98League 0  (1) 0
 
Sean Rigg, Richard Walker and Craig Disley
 Player Profiles
1 Steve Phillips Goalkeeper  
2 Ryan Green Midfielder  
3 Joe Jacobson Defender  
4 Chris Lines Midfielder  
6 Steve Elliott Defender  
7 Stuart Campbell Midfielder  
8 Andrew Williams
(on loan to Herefrd )
Striker  
9 Rickie Lambert Striker  
10 Darryl Duffy Striker  
19 Sean Rigg Midfielder  
10 Richard Walker
(on loan to Shrews )
Striker  
11 Jeff Hughes Midfielder  
12 Gasheads  
13 Mike Green Goalkeeper  
14 David Pipe Midfielder  
15 Byron Anthony Defender  
16 Danny Coles Defender  
17 Jo Kuffour Striker  
18 Ben Hunt Striker  
20 Craig Disley Midfielder  
21 Tom Parrinello Defender  
22 Joe White Striker  
23 Ben Swallow Midfielder  
24 Alex Kite Defender  
25 James Tyrell Defender  
26 Lewis Haldane Striker  
27 Matt Groves Defender  
28 Adam Mahdi Midfielder  
30 Charles Reece Midfielder  
31 Charlie Clough Midfielder  
32 Aaron Lescott Midfielder  
34 James Fraser Midfielder  
36 Richard Langley Midfielder  
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