Dave Swindlehurst
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| Dave Swindlehurst | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Swindlehurst | |
| Date of birth | January 6, 1956 | |
| Place of birth | Edgware, England | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Whyteleafe | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1973 – 1980 1980 – 1983 1983 – 1985 1985 – 1987 1987 1987 1988 1988 |
Crystal Palace Derby County West Ham United Sunderland Anorthosis Famagusta Wimbledon Colchester United → Peterborough United (loan) |
237 (73) 125 (32) 61 (15) 72 (11) ? 2 (0) 12 (6) 4 (1) |
| National team | ||
| ? | England U-21 | 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2006 – | Whyteleafe | |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dave Swindlehurst (born 6 January 1956 in Edgware, Middlesex) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He currently manages Isthmian League Division One South team Whyteleafe.
Swindlehurst came up through the ranks at Crystal Palace, playing youth football in the early 1970s with future West Ham United team-mate Alan Devonshire. Starting his senior career in 1973, he played for Palace for eight seasons and amassed 81 goals in 278 appearances.[1]
Swindlehurst first joined Derby County as a loan player, two months before his transfer was made permanent in April 1980. Derby paid £410,000, the first time the club had broken the £400,000 barrier.
A good record for Derby saw John Lyall take Swindlehurst to Upton Park for £160,000 in March 1983, but injuries hampered his chances of regular first-team football. He played his last game for West Ham on 27 April 1985 against Luton Town and got sent off, and after two seasons and 71 League and cup games for the East Londoners, he moved on to Sunderland.
After a spell in Cyprus with Anorthosis Famagusta, Swindlehurst returned to London to play for Wimbledon, but he managed just two appearances.[2] He later played for Colchester United and on loan at Peterborough United.
After spells playing and coaching at non-League Bromley and Molesey, he rejoined his old club Crystal Palace to take up a coaching role within the youth academy. He was promoted to reserve team manager in 2001, but was sacked in October 2002.[3]
Swindlehurst joined Crawley Town as assistant manager in 2003. He was sacked in September 2005 and won an unfair dismissal claim against the club the following year.[4]
He took the manager's job at Whyteleafe on 2 December 2006.[5]
[edit] References
- Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media, 197. ISBN 1 903135 50 8.
- David Swindlehurst, westhamstats.info, last accessed 2 June 2007
- Dave Swindlehurst, theStatCat, last accessed 2 June 2007
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| NAME | Swindlehurst, Dave |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1956 |
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