Players

Eliot Richards signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies on April 4, 2016.

Richards, who most recently played for Bath City on loan from Cheltenham Town in England, has had various stints with clubs throughout the England Football League. Most notably, Richards spent five seasons with Bristol Rovers, the team most closely associated with Rowdies Head Coach Stuart Campbell.

Richards and Campbell overlapped at Rovers, with Richards making 112 appearances for the club. Campbell made 288 appearances for Rovers, serving as captain and caretaker manager before departing to join the Rowdies. 

Richards’ best statistical season came in 2011-2012 when he made 32 appearances and 18 starts for Bristol playing in the English second league, scoring seven goals.

Originally from New Tredegar, Wales, Richards has represented his country at the youth international level.

2015: Nine appearances (6 starts) for Bath City in the Enlgish National League N/S, playing 487 minutes ... Scored on 2/13 vs Sutton United.

2014: Thirteen appearances (9 starts) for Tranmere Rovers in England's League Two, playing 763 minutes ... Scored on 8/23 vs Cheltenham Town ... Nine appearances (6 starts) for Cheltenham Town, playing 600 minutes ... Scored on 3/17 vs Portsmouth.

2013: Twenty-two appearances (18 starts) for Bristol Rovers in England's League Two, playing 1,651 minutes ... Scored on 8/3 vs Exeter City and on 1/25 vs Newport County ... Seventeen appearances (11 starts) for Exeter City, plaing 1,130 minutes ... Scored on 2/15 vs Southend United, on 3/8 vs Dagenham & Redbridge, on 3/22 vs Fleetwood Town and on 3/25 vs Plymouth Argyle.

2012: Forty appearances (21 starts) for Bristol Rovers, playing 2,235 minutes ... Scored on 9/29 vs Exeter City, on 12/26 vs Aldershot Town, on 1/12 vs Fleetwood Town, on 2/9 vs Oxford United, on 2/23 vs Morecambe and on 3/2 vs Burton Albion.

2011: Thirty-two appearances (18 starts) for Bristol Rovers, playing 1,821 minutes ... Scored on 9/10 vs Bradford City, on 1/21 vs Cheltenham Town, on 1/28 vs Bradford City, on 4/6 vs Gillingham, and three times on 4/14 vs Burton Albion.

2010: Thirteen appearances (2 starts) for Bristol Rovers in England's League One, playing 335 minutes ... Scored on 5/7 vs Colchester United.

2009: Five appearances (zero starts) for Bristol Rovers, playing 102 minutes.