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Derek Fazackerley Personal information Full name Derek William Fazackerley Date of birth 5 November 1951 Place of birth Preston, England Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Playing position Central defender Youth career Blackburn Rovers Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1969–1987 Blackburn Rovers 596 (23) 1987–1988 Chester City 66 (0) 1988 York City 16 (0) 1988 Bury 14 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Derek William Fazackerley (born 5 November 1951 in Preston, England) is a former English footballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for Blackburn Rovers.
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Playing career
Fazackerley made a record 596 League appearances for Blackburn in 17 years between 1969 and 1986, passing Ronnie Clayton's record of 529. Including cup games, he made a total 674 appearances for Rovers.
As a defender, he scored only 23 league goals but perhaps the most important came on 19 March 1973 against Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park. It was the only goal of local derby game.
Coaching career
In January 1987, he joined Chester City as a player and assistant manager. The long-term plan was for qualified coach Fazackerley to succeed Harry McNally as manager,[1] but he grew unhappy at the lack of progress at the club.[2] He moved on in the summer of 1988 to York City to assist ex-Rovers manager Bobby Saxton. In February 1989, he joined Bury where Martin Dobson was manager and ended the season helping run the side after Dobson departed. This was his final playing season in professional football.
In May 1990, he became player-manager of Kumu in Finland before moving to Newcastle United as first team coach. He was involved in the England setup as assistant manager under Kevin Keegan, working alongside Les Reed.
He has since coached at other clubs, including Blackburn, Bolton Wanderers and Barnsley.
He was a scout for Manchester City and sat alongside Sven-Göran Eriksson on the bench at City's matches during his only season in charge. His position at the club was placed under review following Sven-Göran Eriksson's departure,[3] and left in July after Mark Hughes was appointed as manager.[4]
On 11 December 2008, he was made the new first team coach at Football League One side Huddersfield Town, following the appointment of Lee Clark as manager.
On 4 October 2010, he was made the new assistant manager at Football League Championship side Leicester City, following the appointment of Sven-Göran Eriksson as manager.
On 25 October 2011, First-team coach Derek Fazackerly has also left the club.
Notes
- ^ Sumner (1997), p 103
- ^ Sumner (1997), p 105
- ^ "Sven-Goran Eriksson expected to leave Manchester City next week". London: Times Online. 2008-05-30. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_city/article4034954.ece. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ^ "Coach Fazackerley leaves Man City". BBC Sport. 2008-07-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7494439.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
Bibliography
- Sumner, Chas (1997). On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City F.C. 1885–1997. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1-874427-52-0.
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Categories:- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Preston, Lancashire
- English footballers
- Association football central defenders
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- York City F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Chester City F.C. non-playing staff
- Newcastle United F.C. non-playing staff
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff
- Huddersfield Town F.C. non-playing staff
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