Career
He joined the club as an apprentice and made his league debut in the 1967-1968 season. However, following a contractual dispute he moved to Bury in the late 1970s and made over 40 league appearances for them, before moving into non-league football with Southport. Ritson made 12 appearances for Southport in 1980/81.
Following the end of his playing career, he ran a newsagents, and as of 2004 he was running his own builder"s firm.