Career
He played as a right-back. Price began his career at home town club Hereford United where he quickly became the first choice right back. In ten seasons at Hereford he amassed over 330 appearances, at the time a club record.
His first spell at Ewood Park lasted two seasons and he was a regular in the side.
He was sold on to Aston Villa for £150,000 and played First Division football for the first time in his career. After four seasons as a regular at Villa Park he was sold back to Blackburn for £100,000.
He moved on to Portsmouth where injury ended his professional career. After a spell on the staff of Cheltenham Town, Price was appointed manager of Newport in late 1996, a post he left at the end of the season with Newport relegated from the Southern League Premier Division.
In September 1997 he returned to Cinderford as manager.
Price moved to Spain in 2003 where he was involved with Charlton Athletic"s European Soccer School in Torrevieja. He then emigrated to Australia. Price was swept out to sea by a rip current off a beach near his home in Queensland in January 2011.
Local lifeguards found him a short time later face down in the water and not breathing.
While he was being resuscitated, he suffered a cardiac arrest and he was taken to the Acute Care Unit at Gold Coast Hospital in Southport. After he was released home, he contracted pneumonia due to the amount of sea water that had infiltrated his lungs, for which he was placed on medication.
