Richard "Richie" Gendall (born September 25, 1960, Wrexham

Wrexham

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) is a former Welsh

Wales

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 professional footballer who played in The Football League

The Football League

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 for Chester City

Chester City F.C.

Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...

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A midfielder, Gendall was a contemporary of Ian Rush

Ian Rush

Ian James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield...

 in the Chester youth squad in the late 1970s. Along with other homegrown youngsters such as Terry Cooke, Paul Needham

Paul Needham

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 and Peter Zelem

Peter Zelem

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, Gendall graduated to the first–team squad at Sealand Road

Sealand Road

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 in the early 1980s and was handed his professional debut as substitute for Cooke in a 0–0 draw against Burnley

Burnley F.C.

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 shortly before his 20th birthday on September 20, 1980.

He went on to start four league games during the season but did not feature again and moved on to non–league side Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

Bangor City Football Club are a semi-professional Welsh football club from the City of Bangor. The club compete in the Welsh Premier League, being ever present since the league was founded in 1992....

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