 A former member of the Bolton Wanderers Academy, Richman worked his way up the ranks from the Port Vale youth team to the Reserves and broke into the main team in the 2007–08 season, signing his first professional contract in April 2008.At the beginning of the 2008–09 season he established himself as a first team regular, earning eight consecutive starts and also got his first league goal.However, as the season went on the Valiants made numerous loan signings and Richman went out of favour.