# Ritchie Bayly

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{{Short description|Irish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2026}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name      = Ritchie Bayly
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|4|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
| height = 
| position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder) 
|  years1 =   1978–1983 
| years2 =  1983–1984 
| years3 =  1984–1986 
| years4 =  1986–1987 
| years5 =  1990–1992 
| years6 =  1991–1992 
| years7 =  1992–1993
|  clubs1 =   [Shamrock Rovers](/source/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C.) 
| clubs2 =  [Drogheda United](/source/Drogheda_United) 
| clubs3 =  [Sligo Rovers](/source/Sligo_Rovers) 
| clubs4 =  [Bohemians](/source/Bohemian_F.C.) 
| clubs5 =  [St James's Gate F.C.](/source/St_James's_Gate_F.C.) 
| clubs6 =  [Monaghan United](/source/Monaghan_United_F.C.)
| clubs7 =  [Kilkenny City](/source/Kilkenny_City_F.C.)
| caps1 =   
| caps2 = 
| caps3 =  26
| caps4 =   3  
| caps5 =   26
| caps6 =   1  
| caps7 =   12
| goals1 =  3  
| goals2 =  1  
| goals3 =  3  
| goals4 =  0  
| goals5 =  0
| goals6 =  0   
| goals7 =  1
| nationalyears1 =   1978–79
| nationalteam1 =   [Republic of Ireland U21](/source/Republic_of_Ireland_national_under-21_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 =    4 
| nationalgoals1 =   0 
| manageryears1 =   1990–1992
| managerclubs1 = [St James's Gate F.C.](/source/St_James's_Gate_F.C.)
}}

'''Ritchie Bayly''' (born 1 April 1962) is an Irish former [soccer](/source/soccer) player.

He made his debut for [Shamrock Rovers](/source/Shamrock_Rovers) on 22 October 1978.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/1023/Pg004.html#Ar00410:09E2940DE2A90CD2AD10F2C50C52C80FE2E00FD2CA1072DF12F2F416030909A5130D05230D05130DF5230E25131195230622AD0C22C50542C70B52DF]</ref>

He also played in a [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](/source/UEFA_Cup_Winners'_Cup) tie against [Banik Ostrava](/source/Banik_Ostrava) at [Milltown](/source/Glenmalure_Park) 1 November 1978. <ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/1102/Pg003.html#Ar00300:06014E06D16806C14D0D01692101892651A628C5512D65645B338060739C04C37105738605937107C38607E3720803870D77FE11381A1127FF11781B0F20F81901551920FB1C21580E015013016C2741882AF1A50F61D41271E91CA3171F832C27F3302AE3452EE55332356661138064C39C</ref>
At sixteen years of age Ritchie became the youngest player ever to play for the Hoops in a European tie.

He controversially transferred to Drogheda United in February 1983.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1983/0215/Pg003.html#Ar00307:06345F08A4740B849A0D74AD0D749A0DE4AD0DF49A0E34AD12045114E466]</ref>

He played with his brother [Martin Bayly](/source/Martin_Bayly) at Sligo and his nephew [Robert Bayly](/source/Robert_Bayly) currently plays for [Shelbourne](/source/Shelbourne_F.C.).

== Sources ==
* {{cite book|title=The Hoops|author1=Paul Doolan|author2=Robert Goggins|ISBN=0-7171-2121-6}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bayly, Ritchie}}
Category:Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
Category:Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Category:League of Ireland players
Category:Drogheda United F.C. players
Category:Sligo Rovers F.C. players
Category:Bohemian F.C. players
Category:Kilkenny City A.F.C. players
Category:League of Ireland managers
Category:Living people
Category:1962 births
Category:St James's Gate F.C. players
Category:St James's Gate F.C. managers
Category:Monaghan United F.C. players
Category:Association footballers from County Dublin
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Republic of Ireland association football managers
Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen

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