Richard Hill (footballer born 1963)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Wilfred Hill | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Hinckley, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
|
Current team
|
Eastleigh (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Leicester City | 0 | (0) | |
| 1982–1985 | Nuneaton Borough | ||
| 1983 | Christchurch United, New Zealand | ||
| 1985–1987 | Northampton Town | 86 | (46) |
| 1987 | Watford | 4 | (0) |
| 1987–1989 | Oxford United | 63 | (13) |
| Kettering Town | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–2000 | Stevenage Borough | ||
| 2012–2015 | Eastleigh | ||
| 2016 | Whitehawk | ||
| 2017– | Eastleigh | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Richard Wilfred Hill (born 20 September 1963) is an English football coach and manager, who is currently Director of Football and caretaker manager at Eastleigh. He is also a former footballer who played for Oxford United, Watford, Northampton Town and Leicester City. He has been assistant manager at six different clubs, including Queens Park Rangers, had a difficult but successful stint as manager of Stevenage Borough before he took Eastleigh into the National League for the first time in their history.
During his playing days Hill played for Nuneaton Borough, Christchurch United in New Zealand, Northampton Town, Watford and Oxford United. In his time at Northampton, Hill scored 33 league and cup goals in one season, winning the golden boot for finishing as the club's top goal scorer.
Hill was transferred from Northampton Town to Watford for a Fourth Division record fee of £258,000. He was the last signing made by Graham Taylor before his departure from Watford to manage Aston Villa at the end of the 1986–87 season. He did not feature in the plans of incoming manager Dave Bassett and consequently, his stay at Vicarage Road was brief only appearing 4 times: he was transferred to Oxford United for £260,000.
Hill had to finish his playing career early due to a serious knee injury, but having amassed 69 goals from just 170 Football League games.
Since retiring from playing Hill has been assistant manager to John Gregory at both Wycombe Wanderers and Queens Park Rangers, Brian Little at Aston Villa, Martin Wilkinson at Northampton Town, Andy Hessenthaler at Gillingham, Tranmere Rovers and was first-team coach at Reading. He has also coached at Swindon Town, scouted for Derby County and managed Stevenage Borough.
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