Dave Challinor

Dave Challinor
Dave Challinor
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Personal information
Full name David Paul Challinor
Date of birth 2 October 1975 (1975-10-02) (age 36)
Place of birth Chester, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club AFC Fylde (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2002 Tranmere Rovers 140 (6)
2002–2004 Stockport County 81 (1)
2004 Bury (loan) 15 (0)
2004–2008 Bury 148 (2)
2008–2011 Colwyn Bay
Teams managed
2010–2011 Colwyn Bay
2011– AFC Fylde
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

David Paul "Dave" Challinor (born 2 October 1975) is an English former footballer who is currently the manager of AFC Fylde. He played in the Football League as a professional from 1994 until 2008 with Tranmere Rovers, Stockport County and Bury.

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Playing career

The central defender, who has played for Tranmere Rovers and Stockport County, previously held the world record for the longest throw in football. This was 46.34 metres in a special challenge set-up at Prenton Park in 1998, beating the previous record held by Cardiff City's Andy Legg.[2][3] When at Tranmere, he played in the 2000 Football League Cup Final.

He was transferred to Stockport County for a fee of £120,000 in January 2002. Whilst playing for Stockport County against Grimsby Town, Challinor's tackle on striker Martin Pringle broke the leg of Pringle in two places, and effectively ended his career. Though Challinor only received a yellow card, Carlton Palmer, Stockport’s player-manager, fined Challinor two weeks’ wages and called the tackle “horrendous”.[4][5]

Challinor joined Bury on loan for three months in January 2004 and the move was made permanent during the summer. After spending four seasons at Bury as captain, he was forced to retire from professional football in May 2008 due to a knee injury.

In October 2008, Challinor joined Colwyn Bay in the Northern Premier League Division One North, he captained the side to the play-offs in his first season where they lost out to Newcastle Blue Star on penalties. The following season the team, again captained by Challinor reached the play-offs and this time were promoted thanks to a 1-0 victory at Lancaster City in the final.

Management career

Challinor was promoted to Player-Manager at Colwyn Bay in 2010, in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.

He was assisted by former teammate Colin Woodthorpe. During their first season in management, they led Colwyn Bay to runners-up in the Northern Premier League Premier Division and a place in the play-offs. Victories over North Ferriby United and FC United of Manchester secured the club promotion to the Conference North. The club also won the North Wales Coast Cup, with victory over Flint Town United in the final on penalties. The club won the Fair Play Award for least amount of disciplinary points through the season and Challinor was named manager of the month for March, April and May 2011.

On 1 November 2011 it was announced that Challinor had been appointed the new manager of AFC Fylde, in the Northern Premier League Division One North.[6]

Personal life

He is currently a student at Salford University and is training to be a physiotherapist.

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