QUESTIONS AND MESSAGES FOR RICHARD DRYDEN??

I am pleased to let you know that Trigg87, who registered today, is another ex-Saint. We will dedicate the week 3rd-9th July to him and he has agreed to answer questions from our members.
Questions should please go on this thread.........but first I want everyone guessing Trigg87's identity. I shall start clues in a day or 2 if necessary. Just one guess per person please.

Oh well, welcome anyway Trigg, hope you enjoy the site.

CLUE 1: Saints had 5 different managers during his time here.

Matt Oakley?

Give it some Welly wrote:Matt Oakley?

no

CLUE 2: While he was a Saints player, he had loan spells with Stoke, Northampton and Swindon.

CLUE 3: He is 6ft tall

and

CLUE 4: He is 42 years old

CLUE 5: He signed for Saints from Bristol City

and

CLUE 6: His Saints debut was in a goalless draw with Chelsea.

All will be revealed tomorrow!

Got to be Richard Dryden

Alf Tupper wrote:Got to be Richard Dryden

Right Alf!!

Richard is due back from holiday at the weekend and has said he will come here and answer any questions we may have for him. Got questions for Richard??

Richard's Wikipedia page....

A very experienced defender, Richard started his career in 1986 as a trainee with Bristol Rovers, joining them as a professional in July 1987. He then joined Exeter City in March 1989 after a brief loan spell with the club, where he first played under manager Terry Cooper.

During Dryden’s time at Exeter City, he made a total of 92 appearances and also spent time on loan with Manchester City. While at Exeter, he played a major part in their 1989–90 Fourth Division title triumph.

Notts County was the next stop (from August 1991) for Dryden before moving on to Birmingham City for £165,000 in March 1993, where he was re-united with Terry Cooper. After Birmingham City, Dryden moved in December 1994 to Bristol City, the rivals of his youth team club, Bristol Rovers.

On the recommendation of Terry Cooper, now Southampton's chief scout, Dryden moved to Southampton in August 1996 for £150,000. He made his debut on 18 August 1996 at home to Chelsea and successfully marked Gianluca Vialli out of the game in a 0–0 draw. Although he featured regularly in the first team under manager Graeme Souness in 1996–97 (making 29 league appearances), the remainder of his time at The Dell was difficult as Southampton had 5 managers during the course of his 5 seasons with the club. He played a total of 54 games for the Premiership club, scoring 4 goals. He will best be remembered at Southampton for the 3 spectacular goals he scored in their 1996–97 Coca-Cola Cup run, especially for one against Oxford United on 26 November, when he received the ball 35 yards from goal, cut inside and curled a shot from 20 yards into the top left corner.



He was also loaned out to Stoke City, Northampton Town and Swindon Town loan while at Southampton.

He was signed on loan for Swindon Town in November 2000 in a bid to tighten a poor defence. Dryden's spell at the club hardly started well - he was credited with an own goal on his debut, during a 3–0 loss at home against Stoke City on 25 November. This was followed by two consecutive victories against Northampton Town and Rotherham United, but his final four appearances for Swindon all ended in defeat.

In February 2001, Dryden joined Luton Town on a permanent contract and moved on to Scarborough in July 2002 after playing for the club on loan earlier in the 2001–02 season.

May 2003 saw him join Worksop Town for a brief spell before moving to Tamworth.

Dryden was appointed assistant manager of Tamworth, when Mark Cooper took charge of the club in April 2004. On 24 January 2007 Dryden's contract with Tamworth was terminated by mutual consent, at the same time as Mark Cooper's contract.

In March 2007, Dryden signed for Shepshed Dynamo. In December 2007, he became manager of Conference North club Worcester City but left this post on 17 January 2010.

Hi Richard. Was there a game you were especially proud of?

Good to see you hear Richard.

Did you get many yellow or red cards when you played for Saints? Do you think they were deserved? Tell us about one or 2 of them?

Hi,

A lot of managerial change was going on while you were here. Did it affect the atmosphere in the dressing room? How do you rate the managers you were forced to play under?

Hi Richard, Why Trigg87? Is there a hidden meaning?

xx

Did you or any of the team have any interesting matchday superstitions?

Hi
Answer these so we can see what makes you tick?

1 If you had not become a footballer what job would you have liked to do?

2 Do you have a wife/girlfriend and children? What are their names?

3 What hobbies do you pursue?

4 What car do you drive?

5 What would be your ideal car to drive?

6 What sort of music do you listen to?

7 Who are your favourite singers/groups (past or present)?

8 What are or were your favourite TV programmes?

9 What are your favourite films?

10 Who is your favourite actor?

11 Who is your favourite actress?

12 Who is your favourite comedian /funnyman?

13 Do you have any pets?

14 What is your favourite meal?

15 What is your favourite drink?

16. Where did you go for your favourite holiday?

17. Are you still working in Football or what do you do nowadays?

18. What are your ambitions?

Was there any players you hated to play against because they were hard or unfair?

Weston Super Saint wrote:Hi Richard. Was there a game you were especially proud of?

It was probably my debut against Chelsea in 1996. I had just joined the Saints from Bristol City which at the time were two leagues below so it was a massive step up for me and to keep a clean sheet was great against a team full of "super stars"

SaintRobbie wrote:Good to see you hear Richard.

Did you get many yellow or red cards when you played for Saints? Do you think they were deserved? Tell us about one or 2 of them?

I never got sent off but I received a fair few yellow cards, especially early in my career at the Saints mainly because in the lower leagues you can be a bit more physical where as the the premier league it's easy to be booked for minor things!!!!

AlbionBandMarchesOn wrote:Hi,

A lot of managerial change was going on while you were here. Did it affect the atmosphere in the dressing room? How do you rate the managers you were forced to play under?

It didn't affect the changing room at all because we were lucky to work with Graham Souness, Dave Jones, and Glen Hoddle.

MILTON REJECT wrote:Hi Richard, Why Trigg87? Is there a hidden meaning?

No hidden meaning Trigg is one of my many nicknames

Saint-Paddy wrote:Was there any players you hated to play against because they were hard or unfair?

The toughest opponent I played against was Mick Hartford, everytime I played against him I felt lucky to finish the game with just a broken nose!!