Julian Darby

Infobox Football biography
playername = Julian Darby


fullname = Julian Timothy Darby
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|10|3
cityofbirth = Farnworth, Lancashire
countryofbirth = England
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height = height|ft=6|in=0
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position = Midfielder
currentclub = Derby County
(First team Coach)
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years = 1986–1993
1993–1995
1995–1997
1997–2000
1998
2000–2001
clubs = Bolton Wanderers
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
Preston North End
→ Rotherham United (loan)
Carlisle United
caps(goals) = 270 (36)
055 0(5)
039 0(1)
036 0(1)
003 0(0)
018 0(1)
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Julian Timothy Darby (born in Farnworth on 3 October 1967) is an English footballer who played for his local club Bolton Wanderers from 1986 to 1993, scoring 36 goals in 270 appearances. He scored in the 1989 Sherpa Van Trophy final, Bolton beating Torquay United 4-1 at Wembley, in a side captained by future Derby boss Phil Brown. He subsequently joined Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion, Preston North End, Rotherham United and Carlisle United before retiring as a player in 2001.

He started his coaching career at Preston and became first-team coach. He joined Billy Davies as first-team coach at Derby County in 2006. Goalkeeping coach Pete Williams, physiotherapist Andrew Balderston, Academy manager Kevin Thelwell and assistant Academy manager Glyn Salmon also followed Davies to Derby.

Trivia

Frank Worthington scored a famous goal for Bolton Wanderers against Ipswich Town on 21 April1979 which won Goal of the Season. The ball boy seen celebrating in a video of the goal is 11-year-old Julian.Fact|date=October 2007

External links

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=1908 Soccerbase profile]