If Manchester City win the Premier League title on Sunday, thousands of fans will likely stream on the pitch to celebrate a historical achievement. For Inez McKee, the title would be the icing of the cake of 72 years following the Blues before she reluctantly gives up her season ticket this summer.
I knew Man City wouldn't play me - but I couldn't turn them down
05.05.2024 - 16:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
If they say the position of a back-up goalkeeper is the loneliest role to play in football, then what of third-choice?
These days, signing a veteran goalkeeper as back-up while taking up minimal budget or a valuable non-homegrown squad place is common. Scott Carson has filled that brief for Manchester City in recent years, becoming a cult hero in the process. But he was not the original fan favourite in the goalkeeper department.
This is the story of Richard Wright - the City signing who never played a competitive game for the club. At 34, Wright was ready to retire. He had played more than 200 times for hometown club Ipswich after coming through the ranks, earning moves to Arsenal and Everton. A return to Ipswich took his total appearances for the club to almost 300, but he played just three times in two years during spells at Sheffield United, Ipswich (for a third time) and Preston.
That Preston spell was barely even worth including in his list of clubs. Having agreed to sign at the start of the 2021/13 season, Wright spent three days at the club in pre-season signed his contract before u-turning and pulling out of the deal, citing distance from his family and a sense that he would not fit in under manager Graham Westley.
At that point, he says, he was ready to call it quits and return to Ipswich as a coach to work with their academy goalkeepers. And then he got an offer he didn't expect.
"I got a phone call from Man City - would you be interested in coming in? We know all about you, what you can do," Wright told Joe Hart's 'Gloved' podcast in 2018. "I ended up coming for three days. I played a practice match and signed in the afternoon. It was another rollercoaster."
He was mocked for choosing Manchester after
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