Stuart Ripley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stuart Edward Ripley | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1992 | Middlesbrough | 249 | (26) |
| 1986 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 1992–1998 | Blackburn Rovers | 189 | (13) |
| 1998–2002 | Southampton | 53 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | → Barnsley (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| Total | 512 | (43) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1989 | England U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 1993–1997 | England | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stuart Edward Ripley (born 20 November 1967) is a former English professional footballer, who played as a winger from 1985 until 2002, notably for Blackburn Rovers where he won the Premier League in 1995.
He also played in England's top flight for Southampton as well as playing in the Football League for Middlesbrough, Bolton Wanderers, Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday. He earned two national caps for England.
Ripley retired from professional football in 2002 and is now working as a solicitor.
Ripley first made his name with Middlesbrough in the late 1980s, before achieving success in a £1.3 million move to Blackburn Rovers, helping them to the league title in the 1994–95 season and becoming a cult hero. In the 1991–1992 season he helped Middlesbrough achieve promotion to the newly founded Premier League, as well as playing an important role in Middlesbrough getting through to the League Cup semi-final. They also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup losing in a replay to Portsmouth.
During the summer of 1992, Ripley was signed by Blackburn Rovers who had achieved promotion along with Boro. He was briefly their record signing until later in July they signed Alan Shearer for £3.3million. On his debut for Blackburn, he scored the club's first Premier League goal, opening their scoring a 3–3 draw with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
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