Anindya Mondal 2001: Rikki Bains

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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rikki Bains
| image = Bains, Rikki.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Bains in 2007
| fullname = Rikki Lee Bains<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08 |publisher=Mainstream |location=Edinburgh |year=2007 |page=30 |isbn=978-1-84596-246-3}}</ref>
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|2|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Coventry]], England
| currentclub = [[Bedworth United F.C.|Bedworth United]]
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| years1 = 2005–2006
| years2 = 2006–2007
| years3 = 2006
| years4 = 2007–2008
| years5 = 2008
| years6 = 2008–2009
| years7 = 2009
| years8 = 2009–2010
| years9 = 2009
| years10 = 2010
| years11 = 2010
| years12 = 2010–2011
| years13 = 2011–2012
| years14 = 2012
| years15 = 2012–
| clubs1 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| clubs2 = [[Accrington Stanley F.C.|Accrington Stanley]]
| clubs3 = → [[Leek Town F.C.|Leek Town]] (loan)
| clubs4 = [[Tamworth F.C.|Tamworth]]
| clubs5 = → [[King's Lynn F.C.|King's Lynn]] (loan)
| clubs6 = [[Corby Town F.C.|Corby Town]]
| clubs7 = [[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield Town]]
| clubs8 = [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]]
| clubs9 = → [[Blyth Spartans A.F.C.|Blyth Spartans]] (loan)
| clubs10 = → [[Gateshead F.C.|Gateshead]] (loan)
| clubs11 = [[Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945)|Ilkeston Town]]
| clubs12 = [[Hinckley United F.C.|Hinckley United]]
| clubs13 = [[Barwell F.C.|Barwell]]
| clubs14 = [[Sutton Coldfield Town F.C.|Sutton Coldfield Town]]
| clubs15 = [[Bedworth United F.C.|Bedworth United]]
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| caps2 = 3
| goals2 = 0
| caps3 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| caps4 = 33
| goals4 = 0
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 1
| caps6 = 20
| goals6 = 0
| caps7 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| caps8 = 4
| goals8 = 0
| caps9 = 4
| goals9 = 0
| caps10 = 5
| goals10 = 0
| caps11 =
| goals11 =
| caps12 = 32
| goals12 = 1
| caps13 = 0
| goals13 = 0
| club-update = 14:50, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
}}
'''Rikki Lee Bains''' (born 3 February 1988 in [[Coventry]]) is an English [[Association football|footballer]] who plays for [[Bedworth United F.C.|Bedworth United]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-warwickshire-sport/coventry-warwickshire-non-league-footbal/bedworth-united-fc/2012/10/26/bedworth-united-sign-two-new-players-in-time-for-stourbridge-trip-92746-32106011/ |title=Bedworth United sign two new players in time for Stourbridge trip |publisher=Coventry Telegraph |accessdate=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130221142020/http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-warwickshire-sport/coventry-warwickshire-non-league-footbal/bedworth-united-fc/2012/10/26/bedworth-united-sign-two-new-players-in-time-for-stourbridge-trip-92746-32106011/ |archivedate=21 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is a [[Defender (association football)|defender]].

==Playing career==

===Coventry City===
Bains, who is of Asian origin,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kickitout.org/766.php |title=Two new Asian players join Football League |publisher=Kick It out |accessdate=6 May 2010}}</ref> began his career as a trainee with [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] where he had been since he was 11 years of age.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} At the end of the [[2005-06 in English football|2005–06 season]], Bains was released by Coventry<ref name=Stanley/> after failing to make the first team squad.

===Accrington Stanley===
Bains was picked up by [[Football League Two|League Two]] side [[Accrington Stanley F.C.|Accrington Stanley]] to add strength to their backline for the return to league football.<ref name=Stanley>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/accrington_stanley/5344824.stm |title=Stanley snap up ex-Coventry man |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 September 2006 |accessdate=6 May 2010}}</ref> His debut was as a substitute at home to [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] where he came on after 22 minutes for [[Danny Ventre]] and was denied a clean sheet on his debut due to a 77th-minute goal from [[Andy Bishop]]. He played two more games, before [[Leam Richardson]] took over at right back, seeing Bains dropped from the first team. He never regained his place in the team and left the club.<ref name=Soccerbase>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=45063&seasonid=136 |title=Games played by Rikki Bains in 2006/2007 |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |accessdate=6 May 2010}}</ref>

===Tamworth===
On 18 January 2007, just before his 19th birthday, he joined [[Conference National]] side [[Tamworth F.C.|Tamworth]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tamworth/6274159.stm |title=Tamworth snap up defender Bains |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 January 2007 |accessdate=6 May 2010}}</ref> Bains proved to be a hit with Tamworth and their fans,{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} and even though the club were relegated from the [[Conference National]] at the end of the [[2006-07 in English football|2006–07 season]], Bains committed his future to the club for the [[2007-08 in English football|2007–08 season]] in the [[Conference North]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/newsDetail.asp?secID=1&newsID=625 |title=Delighted Mills |publisher=Tamworth F.C |date=20 June 2007 |accessdate=6 May 2010}}</ref>

===Darlington===
Bains spent time on loan at [[King's Lynn F.C.|King's Lynn]], and played for [[Corby Town F.C.|Corby Town]] and [[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield Town]],<ref name=Soccerbase/><ref name=Gateshead/> before signing for [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]] in August 2009 after impressing during training.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10339~1758547,00.html |title=Darlington snap up Bains |publisher=Darlington F.C |date=17 August 2009 |accessdate=6 May 2010}}</ref> On 6 November 2009, Baines signed for [[Conference North]] club [[Blyth Spartans A.F.C.|Blyth Spartans]] on loan. He scored one goal (against [[Morpeth Town A.F.C.|Morpeth Town]] in the [[Northumberland Senior Cup]]) in seven appearances in league and cup competitions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blythspartansafc.co.uk/new_php/?p=3124 |title=Rikki Bains |publisher=Blyth Spartans A.F.C |accessdate=6 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218205809/http://blythspartansafc.co.uk/new_php/?p=3124 |archivedate=18 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> before returning to Darlington. In January 2010, Bains signed for [[Conference National]] club [[Gateshead F.C.|Gateshead]] again on loan, until the end of the season, with a view to a permanent deal.<ref name=Gateshead>{{cite web |url=http://gateshead-fc.com/news2.php?i=2579 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124081021/http://gateshead-fc.com/news2.php?i=2579 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2013 |title=Gateshead sign Darlington defender on loan |first=Jeff |last=Bowron |publisher=Gateshead F.C |date=15 January 2010 |accessdate=6 May 2010 }}</ref> He returned to Darlington at the end of the Conference North season, and was released early from his Darlington contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10339~2038870,00.html |title=Five Players Released |first=Martin |last=Walker |publisher=Darlington F.C |date=29 April 2010 |accessdate=6 May 2010}}</ref>

===Hinckley United===
Bains started the 2010–11 season with [[Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945)|Ilkeston Town]], but after they were wound up in September 2010, he signed for [[Hinckley United F.C.|Hinckley United]] on 1 October 2010. He was injured for the majority of the season so only really trained with the youth team then he got released.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

==References==
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==External links==

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[[Category:1988 births]]
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[[Category:British sportspeople of Indian descent]]
[[Category:English people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:British Asian footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Coventry City F.C. players]]
[[Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. players]]
[[Category:Leek Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Tamworth F.C. players]]
[[Category:King's Lynn F.C. players]]
[[Category:Corby Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Darlington F.C. players]]
[[Category:Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Gateshead F.C. players]]
[[Category:Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players]]
[[Category:Hinckley United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Barwell F.C. players]]
[[Category:Sutton Coldfield Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Bedworth United F.C. players]]
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[[Category:Footballers from Coventry]]

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