David Riley

David Sidney Riley (born 8 December 1960) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder and striker, making 190 league appearances in a nine-year career in the Football League, scoring 40 goals.

He began his career at Nottingham Forest in 1983 and had loan spells at Darlington and Peterborough United, before joining Port Vale for £20,000 in October 1987. In March 1990 he was sold to Peterborough United for £40,000. He helped the club to two successive promotions into the Second Division. He later played for Kettering Town, Mount Albert-Ponsonby (in New Zealand), Boston United, and King's Lynn.

Career Nottingham Forest Riley played for Shepshed Charterhouse and Keyworth United before leaving his job as a sales representative to turn professional with Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest at the age of 23 in June 1983. Clough had seen him play in a reserve team game and said, "son, I don't give a fuck how old are you, if you can score goals like that". Riley played 12 First Division games for the club between April 1984 and 1987, scoring two goals. He tore his cruciate ligament in 1985–86 pre-season and was out of action for 18 months. He scored on his debut at Vale Park in a 2–1 win over Bristol Rovers on 19 October.

He then switched to left-wing to cover for the injured Paul Atkinson. Ron Futcher was signed in August 1988 and initially kept Riley out of the first XI, and despite interest from Walsall for Riley's services, Rudge refused his repeated transfer requests.

Later life By March 2011, he was working as under-15s manager at Peterborough United. He found work at Klassic Kitchens Company in nearby Yaxley.

Career statistics

Honours Peterborough United Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1990–91 Football League Third Division play-offs: 1992