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Dean Holdsworth Personal information Full name Dean Christopher Holdsworth[1] Date of birth 8 November 1968 Place of birth Walthamstow, England Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Aldershot Town (manager) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1986–1989 Watford 16 (3) 1988 → Carlisle United (loan) 4 (1) 1988 → Port Vale (loan) 6 (2) 1988 → Swansea City (loan) 5 (1) 1988 → Brentford (loan) 7 (1) 1989–1992 Brentford 110 (53) 1992–1997 Wimbledon 169 (58) 1997–2003 Bolton Wanderers 158 (39) 2002 → Coventry City (loan) 6 (0) 2003 Coventry City 11 (0) 2003 Rushden & Diamonds 7 (2) 2003–2004 Wimbledon 28 (3) 2004–2005 Havant & Waterlooville 48 (25) 2005 Derby County 3 (0) 2006 Weymouth 5 (0) 2006–2007 Heybridge Swifts 9 (1) 2007 Cambridge United 3 (1) 2007 Newport County 12 (3) 2007–2008 Redbridge 3 (0) Total 610 (193) National team 1994 England B[2] 1 (1) Teams managed 2007–2008 Redbridge 2008–2011 Newport County 2011– Aldershot Town * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dean Christopher Holdsworth (born 8 November 1968 in Walthamstow, London) is an English former professional football player, now manager. As a striker he scored 193 goals in 610 league games over a 22 year career. Despite playing for 16 clubs in 19 spells the majority of his goals and appearances came at Brentford, Wimbledon, and Bolton Wanderers. He is currently manager of League Two side Aldershot Town.
As a player he started his career at Watford in 1986, where he spent three years before signing with Brentford, following a short loan spell. A highly successful three years followed before he was signed by Wimbledon in 1992. After another impressive three year spell he transferred to Bolton Wanderers. He spent six years at Bolton, before in 2003 joining Coventry City, Rushden & Diamonds and then back to Wimbledon. In 2004 he signed with Havant & Waterlooville, where he spent one season before joining Derby County. In 2006 he dropped out of the Football League for the final time, joining Weymouth. Short spells followed at Heybridge Swifts, Cambridge United, and Newport County.
His management career started at Redbridge in 2007. After one season there he took the reins at Newport County. In his second season with the club he took them to the Conference South title with 28 points to spare. In January 2011 he switched clubs to take charge at League Two side Aldershot Town.
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Playing career
Holdsworth primarily played as a striker, although in the latter part of his career he tended to play off the front man. He was a pacey striker with good shooting ability.
Holdsworth started his career at Watford and had several loan spells out of the club before joining Brentford.
At Brentford he was to prove himself as a prolific goalscorer, scoring 38 goals in the Third Division championship winning season of 1991–92, in a fruitful partnership with Gary Blissett. For this achievement he was named on the PFA Team of the Year. This proved to be his final season with the club, as his exploits led to much interest from higher level clubs.
He signed for Wimbledon in the summer of 1992 for £650,000, making an immediate impact in his first season at the Dons with 16 goals, forming a solid partnership with John Fashanu. He quickly established himself as one of the Premiership's top finishers in his first few seasons at the club. During his time at Wimbledon, club chairman Sam Hammam promised to buy Holdsworth a Ferrari sports car and even a camel if he managed to score 20 goals in a season. However, Holdsworth never quite managed to reach that target.[3]
However in his last few seasons at Selhurst Park he struggled to find his consistency and he signed for Bolton Wanderers in October 1997 for £3.5million, which was a record signing for Bolton at that time. He made 97 league appearances and scored 39 times for the Trotters.
After Bolton he signed for Coventry City, having previously been on loan at the club. At Coventry he failed to score in the league, but scored once in the FA Cup against Cardiff City.[4]
He also had a spell at Derby County, where he was signed as assistant manager,[5] but played as a striker during an injury crisis,[6] leaving the club when manager Phil Brown was sacked in January 2006.
Holdsworth joined Newport County on a short term contract in February 2007 and was released by manager Peter Beadle at the end of the 2006–07 season.
International career
Holdsworth earned an England B cap in the 4–2 win against Northern Ireland B on 10 May 1994 at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, scoring the 1st goal for England's B team.[2]
Managerial career
Holdsworth was appointed as player-manager of Isthmian League club Redbridge in July 2007.
He made a return to Newport County in May 2008 as their new manager in succession to Peter Beadle, after handing in his resignation at Redbridge. He also relocated to Worcester to accommodate his new role at Newport. After a poor start to the first season under Holdsworth, Newport improved in the second half of the season to finish tenth in the league. Holdsworth was awarded the Conference South Manager of the Month award for April 2009.
In September 2009 Holdsworth was again awarded the Conference South Manager of the Month after Newport County started the 2008–09 season with a run of 13 league matches unbeaten. He also won the awards for November 2009 and February 2010. On 15 March 2010, Newport County achieved promotion to the Conference National as champions with seven matches remaining and completed the season with a record 103 points, 28 points ahead of second placed Dover Athletic.
In June 2010, Holdsworth signed a new two year contract with Newport,[7] and was also awarded the Conference South Manager of the Year Award. Holdsworth was selected as Conference National Manager of the Month for September 2010 after a run of five consecutive wins for Newport County.[8] He left the club with Newport County lying in the play-off zone of the Conference National.
In January 2011 he was announced as the new manager of League Two side Aldershot Town.[9]
Football administration
Dean Holdsworth is a former chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association and founder of the Non League Footballers Association (NLFA).[10]
Outside football
Holdsworth was involved in tabloid scandal in 1996 when he had a highly publicised extramarital affair with topless model Linsey Dawn McKenzie, who was then aged 17.[11] In December 1999 he was sentenced to 18 months probation for punching his wife Samantha Holdsworth.[12]
Holdsworth appeared in reality television series Deadline where ten celebrities had to produce their own weekly celebrity magazine. He was the sixth celebrity to be sacked by Janet Street-Porter. He also participated in the second series of Sky1 reality TV series Cirque de Celebrité. He was voted out by the judges in the first episode on 7 October 2007. Tamara (another contestant) joined him in the bottom two, but was voted to stay in the competition by the three judges. However, because of a technical fault with the voting, Dean was asked to re-join the show.
Holdsworth remarried to Susanna Cobham and they live in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire.
David Holdsworth, who was also a professional footballer and now manager of Lincoln F.C., is Dean's twin brother. On 18 September 2010, they became the first twins to manage against each other in the top five divisions of English football, when Dean was manager of Newport County and David manager of Mansfield Town.[13]
Honours
as a Player
- with Brentford
- Football League Third Division champion: 1991–92
as a Manager
- with Newport County
- Conference South Manager of the Month Award: April 2009, September 2009, November 2009 & February 2010
- Conference South Manager of the Year Award: 2009–10
- Conference South champion: 2009–10
- Conference National Manager of the Month Award: September 2010
- with Aldershot Town
- Football League Two Manager of the Month Award: March 2011
References
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 139. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.
- ^ a b "England – International Results B-Team – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
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- ^ "Coventry sink Cardiff". BBC. 15 January 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/2648507.stm. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ thefootballnetwork.net (31 December 2007). "Derby County Preview". http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s474/st124175.htm.
- ^ Guardian Football (30 January 2006). "Colchester prepare to keep predators away from Danns the man". The Guardian (London). http://football.guardian.co.uk/Match_Report/0,,-61341,00.html.
- ^ "Manager Dean Holdsworth signs new Newport County deal". BBC Sport. 12 June 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newport_county/8736971.stm. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ^ Holdsworth Manager of the Month Sep 2010
- ^ "Newport boss Holdsworth to take Aldershot Town job". BBC Sport. 11 January 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aldershot/9358562.stm. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ The NLFA
- ^ Aizlewood, John (15 January 2006). "The top 10 footballers' Page 3 playmates". London: The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2094-1986466,00.html. Retrieved 27 December 2006.
- ^ "Probation for Holdsworth". BBC. 9 December 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/556830.stm. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
- ^ "Newport County 1-0 Mansfield Town". BBC Sport. 18 September 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8989578.stm. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
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1991–92 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Chris Turner · DF: Scott Hiley · DF: Terry Evans · DF: Vince Overson · DF: Simon Charlton · MF: Chris Marsden · MF: Tony Kelly · MF: Nigel Gleghorn · FW: Wayne Biggins · FW: Dean Holdsworth · FW: Iwan RobertsAldershot Town F.C. – current squad 1 Young · 2 Herd · 3 Straker · 4 Guttridge · 5 Jones · 6 A. Brown · 7 McGlashan · 8 Collins · 9 Rankine · 10 Hylton · 11 Rodman · 12 Bubb · 14 Pulis · 15 Morris · 16 Montgomery · 17 Mekki · 18 Bergqvist · 19 Connolly · 21 Worner · 22 Breimyr · 23 Vincenti · 29 Worsfold · 30 Panther · 31 Clement · 33 Davies · Manager: Holdsworth
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