David Felgate
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| Dave Felgate | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Felgate | |
| Date of birth | March 4, 1960 | |
| Place of birth | Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper (retired) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1979–1980 1978 1979 1980 |
Bolton → Rochdale (loan) → Crewe Alexandra (loan) → Rochdale (loan) |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1980–1985 1984 1985–1987 1987 1987–1993 1993 1993 1993–1995 1995–1996 1998–2002 2001–2002 2002–2003 2004 2004–2005 |
Lincoln City → Cardiff City (loan) Grimsby Town → Bolton (loan) Bolton Bury Wolverhampton Chester City Wigan Leigh RMI → Hyde United (loan) Radcliffe Borough reserves Chorley Bacup Borough |
198 (0) 4 (0) 36 (0) 15 (0) 223 (0) 71 (1) 3 (0) 30 (2) 1 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1983 | Wales | 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2005–2006 2006– |
Rossendale United assistant manager Stockport County goalkeepers coach |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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David Felgate (born 6 March 1960, Blaenau Ffestiniog) is a charismatic former Welsh football goalkeeper.[1] Due to his stature, many supporters affectionately nicknamed him "the fat goalie".[2] Felgate had a long professional career from 1978 to 1995, making a total of 612 Football League appearances. Of the league appearances, 238 came with the Bolton Wanderers and he also turned out for league sides Rochdale, Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, Grimsby Town, Cardiff City, Chester City, and Wigan Athletic.[3]
He also had spells with Bury and Wolverhampton Wanderers without making any league appearances for these clubs, and Felgate later continued to play non-league football for clubs including Leigh RMI, Hyde United, and Bacup Borough until he was in his mid-40s.[4]
Felgate is perhaps best known for his performance in net for Leigh RMI against Fulham in the 1998/99 FA Cup at Craven Cottage.[2] Non-league Leigh achieved a 1-1 draw against the southwest London side, and thereby attention of the British media. In particular, Felgate, who was then 38 years old, received wide-spread plaudits for his performance in the match, which prompted then-Fulham boss Kevin Keegan to declare that Felgate's goalkeeping was "the best I've ever seen at any level."[5]
Felgate won a solitary full Welsh international cap in 1983,[1] having earlier played for his nation's schoolboys team. The keeper came on as a substitution for the legendary Neville Southall in a friendly against Romania.[4] Felgate would have had an additional international cap had Wales's scheduled match against Northern Ireland two years earlier in 1981 not been canceled to Bobby Sands's hunger strike.[6]
After his retirement from playing, Felgate first acted as Manchester City's Academy Goalkeeping Coach and later became the assistant manager for the sem-professional Rossendale United club. He is currently Stockport County's first team Goalkeeping Coach in League 2.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Courtney, Barrie (2004-05-20). Wales - International Results 1980-1989 - Details. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ a b Meat pie, sausage roll, hefty Dave's great in goal!. The Bolton News (1998-11-18). Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
- ^ Goalkeeper Coaching in Lancashire. Just4Keepers. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ a b Bacup feeling safe in keeper Felgate's hands. Lancashire Evening Telegraph (2004-09-18). Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ Felgate's finest hour. The Bolton News (1998-11-16). Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
- ^ Longmore, Andrew (1998-11-08). Football: Bring on the aristocrats. The Independent. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ Felgate takes full-time job at Stockport. Rossendale Free Press (2006-03-06). Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
