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Darren Patterson 
Patterson with Oxford UnitedPersonal information Full name Darren James Patterson[1] Date of birth 15 October 1969 Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Playing position Defender Club information Current club Rotherham United (assistant manager) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1988–1989 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0) 1989–1992 Wigan Athletic 97 (6) 1992–1995 Crystal Palace 22 (1) 1995–1998 Luton Town 57 (0) 1996 → Preston North End (loan) 2 (0) 1998–2000 Dundee United 30 (0) 2000–2001 York City 6 (0) 2001–2002 Oxford United 20 (1) National team Northern Ireland U21 1 (0) Northern Ireland B 3 (0) 1994–1999 Northern Ireland 17 (1) Teams managed 2004 Oxford United (caretaker) 2006 Oxford United 2007–2008 Oxford United 2010–2011 Bristol Rovers (caretaker) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Darren James Patterson (born 15 October 1969) is a Northern Irish former footballer and manager. As a player he was primarily a central defender who could also play at full back or as a defensive midfielder. He is the interim assistant manager at Bristol Rovers,[2] where he has previously held the positions of Head of Youth, Assistant Manager and Caretaker Manager. On 10 June 2011, he became Rotherham United's assistant manager[3].
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Playing career
Patterson began his playing career with West Bromwich Albion around the time of their relegation from the First Division in 1986, but failed to make a first-team appearance and was signed by Bryan Hamilton for Wigan Athletic early in the 1989–90 season.
Patterson proved a success in defence for Wigan, making 57 Third Division appearances and scored five goals before being transferred to Crystal Palace at the end of the 1991–92 season. Patterson enjoyed a longer spell at Palace and played for the club in the FA Premier League before joining Luton Town in a £230,000 deal in August 1995. During his time at Selhurst Park, he had seen Palace relegated from the inaugural Premier League in 1992–93, promoted back as Division One champions in 1993–94, and relegated back in 1994–95 at the end of a dramatic season in which Palace also reached the semi-finals of both major domestic cup competitions. He was sent off in the FA Cup semi-final for fighting with Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane.
He made 66 appearances for Luton (and also had a loan spell at Preston North End) before leaving on a Bosman ruling free transfer in the Summer of 1998 to join Dundee United. At Kenilworth Road he endured the disappointment of relegation from Division One in his first season and playoff defeat in Division Two during his second.
He returned south of the border in December 2000 when he signed for Division Three strugglers York City. 14 months later he signed for his final club Oxford United.[4]
After his move to Crystal Palace, Patterson made his debut for the Northern Ireland national team. He went on to win 17 caps whilst at Palace, Luton and Dundee United.[5]
Managerial and coaching career
After retiring from the game Patterson remained at Oxford as youth team coach. He served as caretaker manager of the club following the departure of Graham Rix, although he was ultimately overlooked for the job in favour of Ramón Díaz.[6] He was finally appointed manager of the club on a full-time basis in March 2006 following the departure of Brian Talbot. However, no sooner had Patterson been appointed than he lost the job to Jim Smith following the sale of the club by Firoz Kassam to Nick Merry.[7] Patterson managed the club for only eight days, and in doing so became perhaps the shortest-serving manager in the history of the English league. While Bill Lambton and Tim Ward both had periods in charge of a club that lasted three and seven days respectively, but neither man actually signed a contract to manage the club, whereas Patterson did.[8] Leroy Rosenior later managed an even shorter stint at Torquay United in 2007, being fired only 10 minutes after signing his contract, but Torquay were no longer a League club by that point.
In December 2006, Patterson was offered the vacant manager's job at Brentford; however, caretaker manager Scott Fitzgerald was appointed on a permanent basis after Patterson declined their terms.[9]
After becoming first team coach in April 2007, he was appointed Oxford's manager once again on 9 November 2007 after Jim Smith resigned.[10] He was sacked on 30 November 2008 following a poor start to the 2008–09 season.[11]
In May 2009 Patterson was appointed Head of Youth at League One side Bristol Rovers, looking after all young players from eight to 18 years of age. Following the sacking of Lennie Lawrence he took over as assistant manager to Paul Trollope in May 2010.[12] He was appointed caretaker manager on 15 December following Trollope's sacking and he lasted in this position until 10 January 2011 when Dave Penney was appointed manager.[13][14] Patterson became the assistant manager of Rotherham United on 10th June 2011.
Managerial statistics
- As of 10 January 2011.
Team Nation From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win % Ref Oxford United (caretaker) 
England14 November 2004 9 December 2004 3 1 0 2 33.3 [15] Oxford United England14 March 2006 22 March 2006 3 1 2 0 33.3 [15] Oxford United England9 November 2007 30 November 2008 59 24 11 24 40.7 [15] Bristol Rovers (caretaker) England15 December 2010 10 January 2011 2 0 0 2 0.0 [15] Total 67 26 13 28 38.8 References
- ^ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 482. ISBN 1852916656.
- ^ "Bristol Rovers' boss Dave Penney hit by setback in search for assistant". Bristol Evening Post. 14 January 2011. http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/bristolrovers/bristolroversnews/Penney-hit-setback-search-assistant/article-3101295-detail/article.html. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ http://www.rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/patterson_appointed_assistant_manager_680900/index.shtml
- ^ Career stats
- ^ Profile
- ^ Managerial stats
- ^ 'Patterson targets return to winning ways'
- ^ "Football: Stress forces Coppell to quit City job". Find Articles(taken from The Independent). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19961109/ai_n14080437.[dead link]
- ^ 'You'll get team to be proud of'
- ^ 'Smith steps down as Oxford boss'. BBC Sport
- ^ "Manager Patterson axed by Oxford". BBC Sport. 2008-11-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7757765.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ^ "Darren Patterson is handed new role at Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 2010-05-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/8691676.stm. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ^ "Manager Paul Trollope sacked by Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 2010-12-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/9289644.stm. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ^ "Bristol Rovers appoint Dave Penney as their new manager". BBC Sport. 2011-01-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/9354951.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ^ a b c d "Darren Patterson's managerial career". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1925. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
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Oxford United F.C. – managers Thompson (1949–58) · Selection committee (1958–59) · Turner (1959–69) · Saunders (1969) · Summers (1969–75) · Brown (1975–79) · Asprey (1979–80) · Greaves (1980–82) · Barry (1982) · J. Smith (1982–85) · Evans (1985–88) · Lawrenson (1988) · Horton (1988–93) · Evans (1993) · D. Smith (1993–97) · Crosby (1997–98) · Shotton (1998–99) · Lewis (1999–2000) · D. Smith (2000) · Ford (2000) · Kemp (2000–01) · Ford (2001) · Wright (2001) · Atkins (2001–04) · Rix (2004) · Patterson (2004) · Díaz (2004–05) · Talbot (2005–06) · Patterson (2006) · J. Smith (2006–07) · Patterson (2007–08) · J. Smith (2008) · Wilder (2008–)
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