Career After Morton
Ritchie was transferred from Morton to Motherwell in 1983. He was player-manager for Albion Rovers in season 1984-85. He retired in 1985, aged 28. Later, he took up a coaching/scouting role for Celtic and subsequent scouting roles for Aston Villa and Manchester City. He is currently an official SPL match observer A biography, "The King of Cappielow" was published on 11 October 2008. A more warts and all account of Ritchie's life appeared in 'Flawed Genius; Scottish Football's Self Destructive Mavericks' (Birlinn 2009).
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