Kevin Richardson

Richardson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne where he played football for Montagu and North Fenham Boys club. He joined Everton as a schoolboy in 1978 and turned professional in 1980. A versatile midfielder, the young Richardson often had to be content with deputising for the likes of Paul Bracewell, Peter Reid and Kevin Sheedy. However, he still carved out a semi-regular place, and played in the Everton teams that lost the 1984 League Cup final to Liverpool after a replay and won the FA Cup in 1984. He picked up a First Division title medal and a Cup Winners' Cup medal in May 1985. However, he did not make the squad for the FA Cup final, which Everton lost 1–0 to Manchester United. In 1985–86, he made 18 First Division appearances for the Toffees and scored three goals as they finished runners-up to Liverpool in the league. A week after the title slipped out of Everton's grasp, they lost the FA Cup final 3–1 to Liverpool, but Richardson was not in the squad. He made 113 appearances in all for the Toffees, scoring 16 goals. After making one appearance for Everton early in the 1986–87 season, he was sold to Watford for £225,000, helping the Hornets finish ninth in the First Division and reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup. After one season at Vicarage Road, Richardson was sold to Arsenal for £200,000. Richardson succeeded Graham Rix on the Arsenal left wing, and played in the 1988 League Cup final as Arsenal lost to Luton Town, before moving over to play as a central midfielder…

After retirement, Richardson took up coaching. He became youth team manager at Sunderland, and then Carlton Palmer's assistant at Stockport County in 2001. He returned to Sunderland as reserve team coach in 2004 and became first team coach following the club's takeover by a consortium headed by Niall Quinn. Incoming manager Roy Keane initially retained Richardson in this capacity before replacing him with former Manchester United coach Neil Bailey. Richardson then went to Newcastle United's Academy as a team coach. In October 2009 he was appointed as assistant manager to Steve Staunton at Darlington. He was reappointed as a youth team coach at Newcastle, where he coaches the club's under-17 outfit.

Everton

Football League First Division: 1984–85 FA Cup: 1983–84 FA Charity Shield: 1984, 1986 (shared) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1984–85 Arsenal

Football League First Division: 1988–89 Aston Villa

Football League Cup: 1993–94