THE EX-FILES
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN PLAYERS WHO HAVE TURNED OUT FOR BOTH TOWN AND LATICS IN RECENT YEARS Club Historian, Phil Harrison profiles three
Lee Duxbury
Stuart Richardson
1997-2003 2004-05 Apps: 284 I Goals: 39 Apps: 0 (3) I Goals: 0 Keighley born midfielder Lee Duxbury came through Bradford City’s youth set up before going on to make 252 senior appearances for the Bantams between 1988-95 and 95-97. After a loan spell at Rochdale he signed for Huddersfield Town in 1994 and returned to Bradford for his second spell before joining Oldham Athletic in 1997. He made his debut in March 1997 in a 1-0 defeat at Manchester City and went on to play six seasons at Boundary Park, playing 284 times for the Latics as well as being skipper for a spell. He moved to Bury for a season before signing for Town in September 2004 making his debut that month as sub in a 2-1 defeat at Droylsden. He made three sub appearances for Town before moving on to Farsley Celtic. Duxbury was a coach at Oldham Athletic, before becoming manager of Eccleshill United.
Chris Hall 2003-07 2013-14 Apps: 54 I Goals: 5 Apps: 31 (11) I Goals: 16 Manchester born striker Chris Hall (aka Chord Melodic) came through Oldham Athletic’s youth academy before making 54 appearances for the first team between 2003-07. He made his debut aged 16 in October 2003 in a 2-2 draw at Peterborough United. He went on to play for Stalybridge Celtic, Bradford (PA), Mossley, and returned to Stalybridge from where he joined Town for the 2013-14 season. He made his debut in the opening day 2-1 win at Oxford City and played 42 games for Town finishing second top scorer before retiring from the game to further pursue his acting career. He was also an actor on TV from 2008 starting in Grange Hill and as of 2019, has been starring in Coronation Street portraying Joe Haslam.
Martin Pemberton
1998-00 A: 36 I G: 17 1995-97 A: 5 I G: 0
Joe Colbeck
2015-17 A: 76 (17) I G: 8 2009-10 A: 28 I G: 1
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Jordan Robertson
2016-17 A: 6 (6) I G: 2 2008 (loan) A: 3 I G: 1
Jon Stead
2019-date A: 24 (30) I G: 9 2013-14 (loan) A: 5 I G: 0
1959-60 Apps: 40 I Goals: n/k 1960-64 / 1965-66 Apps: 143 I Goals: 3 Midfielder, Richardson began his career with Market District Boys club in Leeds and then Methley United before joining league club Queens Park Rangers in 1956-58. After two seasons at Loftus Road and one game, he moved to Oldham Athletic in 1959 for a season making 22 appearances whilst his brother Geoff was playing in the reserves. Both players had settled down to a trade now and football took a back seat as in those days professional footballers wages were not much more than the average working man’s wage. In 1960 Stuart now 22, and his brother Geoff signed for semi-professional Harrogate Town, making their debuts in the second game of the season in a 2-1 defeat at home to Swillington Welfare in Yorkshire League Division Two. Town finished the season third and were promoted to Division One. Stuart Richardson was voted local sporting personality for 1962 and along with his brother helped Town finish runners-up for 1962/63. The brother’s continued playing for Town till 1964 before joining East End Park when Harrogate turned ‘Amateur’. They both returned to Town the following season and in total Stuart played 143 games times for Town whilst Geoff made 166 appearances.
