Tony Ricketts (born c. 1958) is a former semi-professional footballer.

As a player, at 24 years old, he was offered a two-year contract with Bristol City, which he refused. In 1989, he joined Bath City, where he became first a coach and then manager, spending seven years at the club in all. He played 700 games at conference level in his career.

Tony Ricketts

After leaving Bath, Ricketts worked for the Gloucestershire FA running the county's representative teams, as well as the ladies and under-18s sides. From here he earned a job with the Bristol Rovers women's team, who at the time were in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division. In his first season at Rovers the team finished runners-up to the league's only professional side, Fulham L.F.C., and in his second year the team cantered to the league title, winning it with a quarter of the season still to spare.

Tony Ricketts

After managing the women's side he went on to manage Bristol Rovers' under-18s' team, and was later appointed manager at Weston-super-Mare.

Tony Ricketts

He was manager of Paulton Rovers for 18 months from October 2015 to April 2017.

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Living people

English men's footballers

Swansea City A.F.C. players

Bath City F.C. players

Yeovil Town F.C. players

Bristol City W.F.C. managers

Bath City F.C. managers

Paulton Rovers F.C. managers

1950s births

Men's association football players not categorized by position

Place of birth missing (living people)