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Barry Roche

Irish footballer and coach


Summary

Irish footballer and coach

FieldValue
nameBarry Roche
imageBarry roche.jpg
captionRoche with Nottingham Forest in 2002
fullnameBarry Christopher Roche{{Cite book
editor-firstBarry J.
editor-lastHugman
titleThe PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10
year2009
publisherMainstream Publishing
isbn978-1-84596-474-0}}
birth_date
birth_placeDublin, Ireland
height
positionGoalkeeper
currentclubFleetwood (goalkeeping coach)
youthyears119xx–2000
youthclubs1Leicester Celtic
youthyears22000–2001
youthclubs2Leeds United
years12001–2005
years22005–2008
years32008–2020
clubs1Nottingham Forest
clubs2Chesterfield
clubs3Morecambe
caps113
goals10
caps2126
goals20
caps3436
goals31
totalcaps575
totalgoals1
nationalyears12001
nationalteam1Republic of Ireland U21
nationalcaps11
nationalgoals10
manageryears12019
managerclubs1Morecambe (caretaker)
manageryears22022
managerclubs2Morecambe (caretaker)

| editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman Barry Christopher Roche (born 6 April 1982) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and now works as a goalkeeping coach for Fleetwood. He is an Irish former Under-21 international.

Career

Nottingham Forest

Born in the town of Wicklow, Roche played at Leeds United, before following Paul Hart to Nottingham Forest. He made his debut for Forest on 28 August 2000 as a substitute in a 3–2 win at Crystal Palace in the Football League First Division, saving a late twice-taken Julian Gray penalty kick. During his time at the club he was mainly an understudy to Darren Ward and Paul Gerrard and made just 10 first team starts. He was released at the end of the 2004–05 season.

Chesterfield

Roche signed for Chesterfield on 26 July 2005 after an impressive trial at the club. He established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper, although he briefly lost his place due to a dip in form during the 2006–07 season. In May 2007 he signed a new two-year contract with Chesterfield, who had just been relegated from League One.

Morecambe

In June 2008 Chesterfield allowed Roche to move to fellow League Two side Morecambe despite him having another year remaining on his contract. He signed a two-year contract with his new club. Roche kept his first clean sheet for Morecambe in their 1–0 win over Shrewsbury Town on 6 September 2008. He has since made a name for himself with the Morecambe faithful with some inspired performances and has won their Player of the Season twice. In 2010, he was appointed Morecambe FC club captain. On 21 January 2012, Roche signed a new contract that keeps him until June 2014.

On 3 May 2014, Roche signed a new contract at the Shrimps which will keep him until June 2016.

Roche scored his first career goal on 2 February 2016 with a 94th-minute equaliser to secure a 1–1 draw against Portsmouth.

In May 2018 he signed a new one-year contract with Morecambe. He signed a further one-year contract in June 2019.

Following Jim Bentley's departure as manager on 28 October 2019, Roche assumed the role of caretaker player-manager, alongside Kevin Ellison. Roche's only match in charge was the 1-0 home win against Leyton Orient in League Two on 2 November 2019. Derek Adams was appointed Morecambe team manager on 7 November 2019.

Roche was released by Morecambe at the end of the 2019-20 season. He announced his retirement on 22 June, intending to concentrate on coaching, and on 16 July, it was officially announced that Roche would take up a permanent role as goalkeeper coach at the club.

Career statistics

Club

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNottingham Forest130000000130Chesterfield12604050501400Morecambe41511601501204581Career total55412002001706111
Nottingham Forest2000–01First Division2000000020
2001–020000000000
2002–031000000010
2003–048000000080
2004–05Championship2000000020
Chesterfield2005–06League One41020001Appearances in the Football League Cup0440
2006–07400104030480
2007–08League Two450101010480
Morecambe2008–09League Two460201030520
2009–10440201010480
2010–11420102010460
2011–12440102010480
2012–13420302000470
2013–14450102000480
2014–15140001020170
2015–16421201030481
2016–17410202000450
2017–18400200000420
2018–19150001010170

References

References

  1. "www.leicesterceltic.ie".
  2. Wilkerson, Ian. (2 March 2006). "Roche building on second chance". British Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. (30 August 2000). "Fulham sink Norwich City with late goal". New Straits Times.
  4. (21 May 2007). "Roche signs new Chesterfield deal". British Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. (19 June 2008). "Roche quits Spireites for Shrimps". British Broadcasting Corporation.
  6. (21 January 2012). "Roche signs new Shrimpers deal". British Sky Broadcasting.
  7. (3 May 2014). "Roche signs new deal". Morecambe F.C..
  8. (2 Feb 2016). "Barry Roche scores for the first time in 492 career appearances". BBC Sport.
  9. (25 May 2018). "Barry Roche: Morecambe goalkeeper signs one-year contract extension". BBC Sport.
  10. (13 June 2019). "Tom Brewitt: Morecambe sign ex-Liverpool & Fylde defender". BBC Sport.
  11. [https://www.morecambefc.com/news/2019/october/club-statement-ken-mckenna-lee-jones/ Roche caretaker Morecambe manager]
  12. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50190895 Morecambe v Orient]
  13. [https://www.morecambefc.com/news/2019/november/adams-named-as-new-morecambe-manager/ Adams appointed Morecambe manager]
  14. (16 June 2020). "Kevin Ellison: Morecambe release the second oldest player in the EFL, at the age of 41". BBC Sport.
  15. (22 June 2020). "Veteran keeper Barry Roche retires to concentrate on coaching". Irish Independent.
  16. (16 July 2020). "ROCHE CONFIRMED AS GOALKEEPING COACH". www.morecambefc.com.
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