Ronnie Henry

Ronnie Stephen Henry (born 2 January 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Southern League Premier Central club Royston Town.

Henry is also a youth academy coach for Stevenage.

Henry was born on 2 January 1984 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.

He is the grandson of former Tottenham Hotspur defender Ron Henry.

He stated that his grandfather was greatly influential to him throughout his career.

A product of the Tottenham Hotspur youth system, Henry signed a professional contract with the North London club at the age of 17.

During his time there, he was sent on loan to Southend United until the end of the 2002–03 season.

Henry was released by Tottenham in November 2003, and signed for Irish club Dublin City in August 2004.

He was released four months later due to financial problems at the club.

He was sent on loan to Southend United on 28 March 2003, on an agreement for the remainder of the 2002–03 season.

He made his professional debut for Southend in a 2–0 victory over Darlington at Roots Hall on 5 April 2003, and started two more matches during the loan spell.

Henry was released by Tottenham in November 2003, having not made any first-team appearances for the club.

Following his departure from Tottenham, Henry had an unsuccessful trial at Luton Town, who were in administration during his time there.

Having spent the rest of the 2003–04 season as a free agent, Henry was signed by Irish club Dublin City on a six-month contract in August 2004.

He left Dublin City due to financial problems at the club.

Henry played regularly under manager Graham Westley for the remainder of the 2004–05 season as Stevenage secured the final Conference National play-off place.

He played in all three of the club's Conference National play-off matches, including the 1–0 Conference National play-off final defeat to Carlisle United.

In January 2005, Henry joined Hertfordshire club Stevenage of the Conference National (fifth tier of the English football league system), initially until the end of the 2004–05 season.

He remained at Stevenage and was made captain in 2005.

Returning to England without a club, Henry signed for Conference National club Stevenage on an initial six-month contract in January 2005.

He made his Stevenage debut in a 1–0 away victory at Gravesend & Northfleet in a Conference League Cup match on 25 January 2005.

Four days later, on 29 January 2005, he made his league debut for the club in a 3–1 home win over Farnborough Town, playing the full 90 minutes.

Henry remained at Stevenage for the 2005–06 season, making 35 appearances, as the club missed out on a play-off position.

During the season, Henry was made captain by Westley in the club's 2–0 victory over Exeter City.

He has also represented the England C team on four occasions between 2006 and 2008.

Under the new management of Mark Stimson during the 2006–07 season, Henry played 49 times.

Despite losing his captaincy in the early part of the season to Luke Oliver, Henry regained the position as club captain later that season.

Henry had started the campaign in a central midfield role, reverting to the role of full-back following Stevenage's poor start to the season.

He is the first player to lift a competitive trophy at the new Wembley Stadium, as captain of Stevenage in May 2007.

Henry is Stevenage's all-time record appearance holder.

Henry started his career in the youth system at Tottenham Hotspur.

Henry captained the Stevenage team that won the FA Trophy in the first competitive final at Wembley Stadium in May 2007; becoming the first player to lift a competitive trophy at the new stadium.

He enjoyed more success at Stevenage in the following years; winning the FA Trophy in 2009, before helping the club earn successive promotions from the Conference Premier into League One.

After seven years at Stevenage, Henry joined Luton Town of the Conference Premier in May 2012, where he was made club captain.

In his second season at Luton, Henry was part of the team that won the Conference Premier title.

He left Luton that summer, in order to rejoin Stevenage.

He spent five further years at Stevenage, during which he became the club's all-time record appearance holder with 502 appearances.

Henry left the club in May 2019, returning as an academy coach two months later.

Henry signed for Billericay Town of the National League South in June 2019, where he spent two seasons.

He signed for seventh tier club Royston Town of the Southern League Premier Central in May 2021.