Eric Winstanley

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Eric Winstanley
Personal information
Full name Eric Winstanley
Date of birth November 15, 1944 (1944-11-15) (age 63)
Place of birth    Barnsley, England
Playing position Central defender
Club information
Current club York City (head coach)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1962–1973
1973–1976		 Barnsley
Chesterfield		 410 (35)
101 0(7)   
Teams managed
1999
2000–2001		 Barnsley (caretaker)
Barnsley (caretaker)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Eric Winstanley (born November 15, 1944 in Barnsley, England) is an English former footballer and is currently head coach at York City.

[edit] Career

During his playing career, Winstanley played for Barnsley and Chesterfield. After his retirement, he became a member of the coaching staff at Barnsley.[1]

Winstanley spent over 20 years on the coaching staff at Barnsley, but left in June 2001, which ended a 34 year association with the club.[2][3] He had two spells as caretaker-manager during this time.[3] He was given a testimonial by the club in November 2001 against Manchester United, which Barnsley won 1-0.[4]

Winstanley worked as youth team coach at Doncaster Rovers in the 2004–05 season.[1] Winstanley was brought into the Scarborough coaching staff as assistant manager in October 2005.[5][2] He left the position in the summer of 2006 and became York City's head of youth development in October 2006.[2][1] He worked in this role along with being Colin Walker's assistant since November 2007 until being appointed as head coach following Neil Redfearn being named as youth-team coach in February 2008.[6]

[edit] Managerial stats

As of 15 August 2007.[7]
Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Barnsley Flag of England April 19, 1999 May 27, 1999 3 2 0 1 66.66
Barnsley Flag of England December 19, 2000 January 8, 2001 5 1 3 1 20.00

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Meet The Team. York City FC. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
  2. ^ a b c "Winstanley to manage York youth", BBC Sport, 2006-11-01. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. 
  3. ^ a b "Winstanley's Barnsley affair ends", BBC Sport, 2001-06-01. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. 
  4. ^ "Barnsley honour Winstanley", BBC Sport, 2001-11-12. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. 
  5. ^ "Winstanley to help boss Redfearn", BBC Sport, 2005-10-25. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. 
  6. ^ "Redfearn gets York coaching role", BBC Sport, 2008-02-05. Retrieved on 2008-02-05. 
  7. ^ Eric Winstanley's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
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