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Barry Roche
Roche withNottingham Forestin 2002
Personal information
Full name Barry Christopher Roche[1]
Date of birth (1982-04-06)6 April 1982(age 42)[1]
Place of birth Dublin,Ireland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Morecambe(goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
19xx–2000 Leicester Celtic[2]
2000–2001 Leeds United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Nottingham Forest 13 (0)
2005–2008 Chesterfield 126 (0)
2008–2020 Morecambe 436 (1)
Total 575 (1)
International career
2001 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2019 Morecambe(caretaker)
2022 Morecambe(caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Christopher Roche(born 6 April 1982) is an Irish former professionalfootballerwho played as agoalkeeperand now works as a goalkeeping coach forMorecambe.He is a former Irish Under-21 international.[3]

Career

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Nottingham Forest

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Born in the town ofWicklow,Roche played atLeeds United,before followingPaul HarttoNottingham Forest.He made his debut for Forest on 28 August 2000 as a substitute in a 3–2 win atCrystal Palacein theFootball League First Division,saving a late twice-takenJulian Graypenalty kick.[4]During his time at the club he was mainly an understudy toDarren WardandPaul Gerrardand made just 10 first team starts. He was released at the end of the2004–05season.

Chesterfield

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Roche signed forChesterfieldon 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 the2006–07season. In May 2007 he signed a new two-year contract with Chesterfield, who had just been relegated fromLeague One.[5]

Morecambe

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In June 2008 Chesterfield allowed Roche to move to fellowLeague TwosideMorecambedespite him having another year remaining on his contract.[6]He signed a two-year contract with his new club. Roche kept his first clean sheet for Morecambe in their 1–0 win overShrewsbury Townon 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.[7]

On 3 May 2014, Roche signed a new contract at theShrimpswhich will keep him until June 2016.[8]

Roche scored his first career goal on 2 February 2016 with a 94th-minute equaliser to secure a 1–1 draw againstPortsmouth.[9]

In May 2018 he signed a new one-year contract with Morecambe.[10]He signed a further one-year contract in June 2019.[11]

FollowingJim Bentley's departure as manager on 28 October 2019, Roche assumed the role of caretaker player-manager, alongsideKevin Ellison.[12]Roche's only match in charge was the 1-0 home win against Leyton Orient in League Two on 2 November 2019.[13]Derek Adamswas appointed Morecambe team manager on 7 November 2019.[14]

Roche was released by Morecambe at the end of the 2019-20 season.[15]He announced his retirement on 22 June, intending to concentrate on coaching,[16]and on 16 July, it was officially announced that Roche would take up a permanent role as goalkeeper coach at the club.[17]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nottingham Forest 2000–01[18] First Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001–02[19] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002–03[20] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003–04[21] 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2004–05[22] Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Nottingham Forest 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Chesterfield 2005–06[23] League One 41 0 2 0 0 0 1[a] 0 44 0
2006–07[24] 40 0 1 0 4 0 3[a] 0 48 0
2007–08[25] League Two 45 0 1 0 1 0 1[a] 0 48 0
Chesterfield 126 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 140 0
Morecambe 2008–09[26] League Two 46 0 2 0 1 0 3[a] 0 52 0
2009–10[27] 44 0 2 0 1 0 1[a] 0 48 0
2010–11[28] 42 0 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 46 0
2011–12[29] 44 0 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 48 0
2012–13[30] 42 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 47 0
2013–14[31] 45 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 48 0
2014–15[32] 14 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 17 0
2015–16[33] 42 1 2 0 1 0 3[a] 0 48 1
2016–17[34] 41 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 45 0
2017–18[35] 40 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
2018–19[36] 15 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 0
Morecambe 415 1 16 0 15 0 12 0 458 1
Career total 554 1 20 0 20 0 17 0 611 1
  1. ^abcdefghiAppearances in theFootball League Cup

References

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  1. ^abcHugman, Barry J., ed. (2009).The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10.Mainstream Publishing.ISBN978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^"www.leicesterceltic.ie".Archived fromthe originalon 10 July 2018.Retrieved26 October2015.
  3. ^Wilkerson, Ian (2 March 2006)."Roche building on second chance".BBC Sport.British Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. ^"Fulham sink Norwich City with late goal".New Straits Times.Kuala Lumpur. Reuters. 30 August 2000. p. 35.Retrieved10 May2015.
  5. ^"Roche signs new Chesterfield deal".BBC Sport.British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 May 2007.
  6. ^"Roche quits Spireites for Shrimps".BBC Sport.British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 June 2008.
  7. ^"Roche signs new Shrimpers deal".Sky Sports.British Sky Broadcasting. 21 January 2012.Retrieved21 January2012.
  8. ^"Roche signs new deal".morecambefc.com.Morecambe F.C. 3 May 2014.
  9. ^"Barry Roche scores for the first time in 492 career appearances".BBC Sport. 2 February 2016.
  10. ^"Barry Roche: Morecambe goalkeeper signs one-year contract extension".BBC Sport. 25 May 2018.Retrieved25 May2018.
  11. ^"Tom Brewitt: Morecambe sign ex-Liverpool & Fylde defender".BBC Sport. 13 June 2019.Retrieved14 June2019.
  12. ^Roche caretaker Morecambe manager
  13. ^Morecambe v Orient
  14. ^Adams appointed Morecambe manager
  15. ^"Kevin Ellison: Morecambe release the second oldest player in the EFL, at the age of 41".BBC Sport. 16 June 2020.Retrieved16 June2020.
  16. ^"Veteran keeper Barry Roche retires to concentrate on coaching".Irish Independent. 22 June 2020.Retrieved22 June2020.
  17. ^"ROCHE CONFIRMED AS GOALKEEPING COACH".www.morecambefc.com. 16 July 2020.Retrieved6 August2020.
  18. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2000/2001".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  19. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2001/2002".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  20. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2002/2003".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  21. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2003/2004".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  22. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2004/2005".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  23. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2005/2006".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  24. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2006/2007".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  25. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2007/2008".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  26. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2008/2009".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  27. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2009/2010".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  28. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2010/2011".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  29. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2011/2012".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  30. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2012/2013".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  31. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2013/2014".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  32. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2014/2015".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  33. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2015/2016".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  34. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2016/2017".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  35. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2017/2018".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved5 September2017.
  36. ^"Games played by Barry Roche in 2018/2019".Soccerbase.Centurycomm.Retrieved11 August2018.
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