Richard was one of those FC players that have turned up from time to time over our history. Not the world's greatest, not the flashiest, not the biggest hitting, the best passer, the best kicker nor and I feel unjustly referred to as not the fastest.
What he was and still is is a player that came across as a totally honest professional with integrity, gave his all, rarely had a bad game and would play without a murmur wherever he was asked and do a plenty fine job at it. Slot in at fullback after a stint at prop, where's RW, kick goals a couple of years after his last, yep that Richard again, he must be considered the greatest versatility player ever in living memory if not ever in the history of the game.
Not deemed good enough to be a full international by those who select such, yet he would have done far better than some of the cack that have let down the country when pulling on the jersey!
He most definitely will go down as a club legend and rightly deserves a proper send off at a home game if at all possible, to a packed house before the derby game as Leigh aren't playing until the Sunday would be fitting.
Proper old faithful.
