Name:	Richard Martin
Nationality:	English
Date of Birth:	01/09/1987
Height:	6' 1" (185cm)
Weight:	12st 13lbs (82.0kg)
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Clubs:	Grays Athletic (loan), Crawley Town, Yeovil Town
Position:	Goalkeeper

Richard is in his second spell with the Glovers having left the club after making five appearances as back up to first choice keeper Alex McCarthy last season.

The 23-year-old keeper grew up in Liverpool but graduated through the academy scheme at Brighton.

Trials with both Everton and Liverpool were to follow but the 6'2" keeper stayed with Brighton and was loaned out to non-league teams Kingstonian, Dorchester and Folkestone Invicta.

Upon his release from the Withdean Stadium, Richard was invited to trial at Manchester City and due to injuries to the club's top two keepers, found himself playing in a pre-season friendly.

More appearances in City's reserve team followed and then-manager Sven-Goran Eriksson offered him a contract.

Without making a first team appearance, he went out on an emergency loan to Burton Albion in April 2009 before arriving at Huish Park in the summer of that year.

Most of last season was spent as understudy to England under-21 goalkeeper Alex McCarthy but he took his chance when called upon through injury or selection in cup ties.