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Barry Roche

Irish footballer and coach

Summary

Irish footballer and coach

Field	Value
name	Barry Roche
image	Barry roche.jpg
caption	Roche with Nottingham Forest in 2002
fullname	Barry Christopher Roche{{Cite book
editor-first	Barry J.
editor-last	Hugman
title	The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10
year	2009
publisher	Mainstream Publishing
isbn	978-1-84596-474-0}}
birth_date
birth_place	Dublin, Ireland
height
position	Goalkeeper
currentclub	Fleetwood (goalkeeping coach)
youthyears1	19xx–2000
youthclubs1	Leicester Celtic
youthyears2	2000–2001
youthclubs2	Leeds United
years1	2001–2005
years2	2005–2008
years3	2008–2020
clubs1	Nottingham Forest
clubs2	Chesterfield
clubs3	Morecambe
caps1	13
goals1	0
caps2	126
goals2	0
caps3	436
goals3	1
totalcaps	575
totalgoals	1
nationalyears1	2001
nationalteam1	Republic of Ireland U21
nationalcaps1	1
nationalgoals1	0
manageryears1	2019
managerclubs1	Morecambe (caretaker)
manageryears2	2022
managerclubs2	Morecambe (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

Club	Season	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
Nottingham Forest	2000–01	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2001–02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002–03	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2003–04	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2004–05	Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Chesterfield	2005–06	League One	41	0	2	0	0	0	1Appearances in the Football League Cup	0	44	0
2006–07	40	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	48	0
2007–08	League Two	45	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	48	0
Morecambe	2008–09	League Two	46	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	52	0
2009–10	44	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	48	0
2010–11	42	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	46	0
2011–12	44	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	48	0
2012–13	42	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	47	0
2013–14	45	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	48	0
2014–15	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17	0
2015–16	42	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	48	1
2016–17	41	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	45	0
2017–18	40	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	42	0
2018–19	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17	0

References

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