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Les Fridge

Biography

A product of the Scottish Highland Football League, Fridge began his senior career with his home town club, Inverness Thistle of the Scottish Highland Football League, and as a 16-year-old played for Inverness Thistle, in goal, in the 1984-85 Scottish Cup against Celtic in a Fourth Round tie at Celtic Park in a 6-0 defeat. He transferred early in his senior career, to Chelsea in April 1985. He played regularly for the Juniors in 1985-86. A goalkeeper with a good physique, he made his first-team debut for Chelsea in the last game of the 1985-86 season at home to Watford.…Read moreRead less
A product of the Scottish Highland Football League, Fridge began his senior career with his home town club, Inverness Thistle of the Scottish Highland Football League, and as a 16-year-old played for Inverness Thistle, in goal, in the 1984-85 Scottish Cup against Celtic in a Fourth Round tie at Celtic Park in a 6-0 defeat.

He transferred early in his senior career, to Chelsea in April 1985. He played regularly for the Juniors in 1985-86. A goalkeeper with a good physique, he made his first-team debut for Chelsea in the last game of the 1985-86 season at home to Watford. Chelsea lost 5–1. This game was his first and his last game for Chelsea.

He returned to Scotland and spent six years with St Mirren, including loans to Stirling Albion and Arbroath before having spells with Clyde and Raith Rovers. This was followed by a season playing for Dundalk in Ireland.

After much travelling Fridge soon returned home to sign for Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He spent four years with Caley but struggled to be regular choice at the Caledonian Stadium with the likes of Jim Calder and Nicky Walker to contend with. In 2002, he signed for near neighbours Ross County.

Fridge retired in 2003, and in 2004 became manager of nearby Nairn County of the Highland Football League. After twelve years and 477 games as manager, he left the club in 2016. He was also briefly a coach for Caley Thistle's youth teams.

Statistics

Apps
79
Goals
-
Yel
-
Red
1
Goals/game
-
Minutes
7165
Seasons
5
Clean sheets
21
Wins
32
Draws
21
Losses
26
SeasonAppsGoalsYelRed
2001/020000
2000/0111000
1999/0036000
1998/9914001
1997/9818000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 1 Jul 1997 · Left: 31 May 2002

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceLast appearanceApps
Steve Paterson2 Aug 199727 Jan 200179

Timeline

  1. Born

    Inverness

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance

    Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5–1 Stenhousemuir

    · League Cup · Caledonian Stadium, Inverness

    A Brian Thomson hat-trick sealed this victory although the final score flattered the home side. In 2 minutes Iain Stewart hit the bar with a fierce shot but in 13 minutes Stenhousemuir took the lead. A defensive mix-up in the penalty area gave James Henderson…

  4. Recorded contract end

Appearances (79)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
27 Jan 2001 Inverness CT 4–3 Ayr United Scottish Cup2000/01 W
13 Jan 2001 Ayr United 1–1 Inverness CT SFL First Division2000/01 D
6 Jan 2001 Alloa 1–1 Inverness CT SFL First Division2000/01 D
2 Jan 2001 Inverness CT 3–3 Ross County SFL First Division2000/01 D
26 Aug 2000 Raith Rovers 4–1 Inverness CT SFL First Division2000/01 L
22 Aug 2000 Inverness CT 0–2 Airdrieonians League Cup2000/01 L
19 Aug 2000 Inverness CT 2–3 Falkirk SFL First Division2000/01 L
15 Aug 2000 Alloa 2–3 Inverness CT Challenge Cup2000/01 W
12 Aug 2000 Livingston 3–1 Inverness CT SFL First Division2000/01 L
8 Aug 2000 Peterhead 2–3 Inverness CT League Cup2000/01 W
5 Aug 2000 Inverness CT 2–0 Airdrieonians SFL First Division2000/01 W
6 May 2000 Inverness CT 5–0 St. Mirren SFL First Division1999/00 W
29 Apr 2000 Falkirk 2–2 Inverness CT SFL First Division1999/00 D
22 Apr 2000 Inverness CT 1–2 Dunfermline SFL First Division1999/00 L
15 Apr 2000 Inverness CT 1–5 Airdrieonians SFL First Division1999/00 L
8 Apr 2000 Raith Rovers 2–0 Inverness CT SFL First Division1999/00 L
1 Apr 2000 Morton 0–2 Inverness CT SFL First Division1999/00 W
25 Mar 2000 Inverness CT 1–1 Ayr United SFL First Division1999/00 D
18 Mar 2000 Inverness CT 4–1 Livingston SFL First Division1999/00 W
7 Mar 2000 Ayr United 1–3 Inverness CT SFL First Division1999/00 W
4 Mar 2000 Clydebank 0–1 Inverness CT SFL First Division1999/00 W
18 Dec 1999 Inverness CT 0–1 Dunfermline SFL First Division1999/00 L
4 Dec 1999 Raith Rovers 4–2 Inverness CT SFL First Division1999/00 L
30 Nov 1999 Inverness CT 1–1 Ayr United SFL First Division1999/00 D
27 Nov 1999 Inverness CT 2–0 Airdrieonians SFL First Division1999/00 W
21 Nov 1999Neutral venue Alloa 4–4 5–4 pens Inverness CT Challenge Cup1999/00 L
12 Nov 1999 Morton 5–1 Inverness CT SFL First Division1999/00 L
6 Nov 1999 Inverness CT 2–0 Livingston SFL First Division1999/00 W
30 Oct 1999 Clydebank 0–3 Inverness CT SFL First Division1999/00 W
23 Oct 1999 Inverness CT 1–1 Dunfermline SFL First Division1999/00 D

Goals scored (0)

No goals recorded for these filters.