A player from our history

Neil Ruddock

"Razor" Ruddock grew up at Millwall where George Graham changed him from a left-winger to a centre-half. Tottenham purchased Ruddock when he was 17 with Terry Venables replacing David Pleat after his first year at the club. Ruddock made his senior debut against Liverpool at White Hart Lane on 28 November 1987. Disaster struck when Gary Gillespie broke his leg with Ruddock out of action for a couple of months. He hardly got a look in after that and returned to Millwall in the summer of 1988 after only eleven appearances for Spurs. Ruddock...

Born:
9 May 1968
Born in:
Wandsworth, England
Other clubs:
Millwall (1983-86), Tottenham Hotspur (1986-88), Millwall (2 / 1988-89), Southampton (1989-92), Tottenham Hotspur (2 / 1992-93), Queens Park Rangers (loan 1998), West Ham United (1998-2000), Crystal Palace (2000-01), Swindon Town (2001-03)
Signed from:
Tottenham Hotspur, (2)
Joined Liverpool:
£2.5m, 20.07.1993
Debut:
14 Aug 1993
Final appearance:
21 Oct 1997
Debut goal:
22 Aug 1993
Last goal:
16 Nov 1996
Contract until:
30.07.1998
Honours:
League Cup 1995
League: Apps / Goals / Assists:
115 / 11 / 3
All Competitions: Apps / Goals / Assists:
152 / 12 / 6
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 115 11 20 6 0 152
1993-1994 39 2 5 0 0 46
1994-1995 37 7 8 0 0 52
1995-1996 20 2 4 2 0 28
1996-1997 17 0 2 3 0 22
1997-1998 2 0 1 1 0 4
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 11 0 1 0 0 12
1993-1994 3 0 1 0 0 4
1994-1995 2 0 0 0 0 2
1995-1996 5 0 0 0 0 5
1996-1997 1 0 0 0 0 1
1997-1998 0 0 0 0 0 0

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