Richard Money (born 13 October 1955) is an English former footballer and manager who was most recently manager of National League club Hartlepool United. Before this, he managed Cambridge United, overseeing the side's return to the Football League after a nine-year absence. Money was dismissed by Cambridge in November 2015. Playing career Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, Money grew up a Norwich City fan. After captaining Lowestoft and Suffolk Boys as a youngster, he joined Ipswich Town as an associate schoolboy when he was 14. The 90-mile return journey between home and Portman Road proved difficult however, leading to Money not being retained by the Tractor Boys when he left school. Money joined local Eastern Counties Football League side Lowestoft Town, where despite only turning 17 two months into the season, he quickly became a star for the Suffolk outfit. Scunthorpe United's then-management duo of Ron Ashman and Ron Bradley, had both played for Norwich City and had lots of contacts across East Anglia, leading to them being recommended Money by local scout Jack Harper. Bradley later scouted Money in-person during a cup match between Lowestoft and Norwich City, leading to Scunthorpe offering Money professional terms at the end of the 1972-73 season. News of Scunthorpe's offer reignited Ipswich's interest in their former associate schoolboy; but Money elected to reject The Tractor Boys' offer of apprenticeship terms - instead turning professional with Scunthorpe. The Iron and manager Ron Ashman did however, strike a gentleman's agreement with then-Ipswich manager Sir Bobby Robson to offer the club first-refusal should they ever sell Money on. The teenage Money was an immediate hit in Lincolnshire, making 32 appearances in his debut season at the Old Showground, including making his league debut and scoring his first professional goal when he was still 17. Despite Scunthorpe having finished rock-bottom of the Fourth Division in 1974–75, Money's unusually athletic and ball-playing style of play saw him extensively linked with a move away from the club. This included Brian Clough allegedly attempting to 'tap up' Money in the Old Showground's dressing rooms during Scunthorpe's 1-0 victory over local rivals Doncaster Rovers in April 1976, after Money had been sent off. Clough's Nottingham Forest later formally requested to take Money on a month's loan, with a view to permanently signing him, but Scunthorpe manager Ashman refused, later citing his concern that Money's confidence could be damaged, or be harder to