Michael Richardson
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Career & Clubs
Newcastle United
Richardson started his career at non-League club Walker Central, and was working for Newcastle City Council as an electrician before signing for Newcastle United in July 2010. Richardson left school when he was sixteen. He appeared on the bench for Newcastle United for the first time against Fulham on 1 February 2011 but was not used as a substitute. Although he returned to the bench for matches against Arsenal, Everton, and Aston Villa, he failed to make a substitute appearance that season. He impressed while playing for the Magpies' U-18 side and the reserves, and subsequently signed on a month's loan for League One side Leyton Orient on 5 August 2011. Two months before going out on loan, Richardson signed a contract extension with the club. Then, Richardson signed further extension for the next two years. Richardson was released by the club on 23 May 2014.
Loan Spells
He made his professional league debut on 6 August 2011, the opening day of the season, in Orient's 1–0 defeat at Walsall, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute. In his first start for the club, the League Cup first round match at Southend United on 9 August, Richardson scored the opening goal, and later missed a penalty in the penalty shoot-out, which Orient won 4–3. After making four appearances in the League and League Cup, he returned to Newcastle on 5 September. On 14 February 2013, he joined League Two promotion-chasing Gillingham on loan. He made his Gillingham debut…
- Club
- Leyton Orient F.C. (2011–2011)
- Club
- Accrington Stanley F.C. (2013–2013)
- Club
- Newcastle United F.C. (2010–2014)
- Club
- Gillingham F.C. (2013–2013)
- Club
- Blyth Spartans A.F.C. (2014–)
Legacy
South Shields
Northern League: 2016–17 FA Vase: 2016–17 Durham Challenge Cup: 2016–17 Northern League, League Cup: 2016–17 Hebburn Town
FA Vase: 2019–20
Clubs
Played together with
Aaron BrownGillingham F.C. · 2007–2008- Aaron BrownLeyton Orient F.C. · 2010–2011
- Aaron ChapmanAccrington Stanley F.C. · 2014–2014
Aaron DoranLeyton Orient F.C. · 2010–2010
Aaron HughesNewcastle United F.C. · 1997–2005
Aaron McLeanLeyton Orient F.C. · 1999–2003- Aaron MorrisGillingham F.C. · 2014
Aaron RamsdaleNewcastle United F.C. · 2025- Abdallah BahLeyton Orient F.C. · 1999–2000
Abdoulaye FayeNewcastle United F.C. · 2007–2008
Adam ArmstrongNewcastle United F.C. · 2014–2015
Adam BarrettGillingham F.C. · 2012–2015
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Identifiers & aliases
Michael Richardson is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Newcastle Blue Star. Richardson began his career at Newcastle United. Whilst at the Tyneside club, he had spells on loan at Leyton Orient, Gillingham and Accrington Stanley.
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