{"id":2872,"date":"2024-04-25T04:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T04:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/matt-ritchie-of-newcastle-passes-lorry-driving-test-potentially-changing-career-drastically\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T04:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T04:04:36","slug":"matt-ritchie-of-newcastle-passes-lorry-driving-test-potentially-changing-career-drastically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/matt-ritchie-of-newcastle-passes-lorry-driving-test-potentially-changing-career-drastically\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Ritchie of Newcastle Passes Lorry Driving Test, Potentially Changing Career Drastically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links, and we will receive a commission from any sales generated through them. Newcastle star Matt Ritchie, who joined the club from Bournemouth in 2016, appears to be considering a career shift after recently passing his lorry driving test.<\/p>\n<p>Ritchie, a former Scotland international, has not started a Premier League game since December 2021 and is set to become a free agent this summer at the age of 35. In spite of being offered a contract extension last year, it is unlikely that Ritchie will continue with the club under fresh terms.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he may be looking to pursue a professional career as a lorry driver, having passed his Category C driving test with the Tyne &#038; Wear LGV Driver Training Centre. Amid uncertainty about his future at Newcastle, Ritchie expressed his gratitude for the support from the club and his eagerness to contribute to the team&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged the evolution of his role within the squad, emphasizing his readiness to contribute whenever called upon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links, and we will receive a commission from any sales generated through them. Newcastle star Matt Ritchie, who joined the club from Bournemouth in 2016, appears to be considering a career shift after recently passing his lorry driving test. Ritchie, a former Scotland international, has not started a Premier League game&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-matt-ritchie"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}