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Nicky Eaden Personal information Full name Nicholas Jeremy Eaden Date of birth 12 December 1972 Place of birth Sheffield, England Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Playing position Full back Club information Current club Kettering Town (Assistant Manager) Youth career – Barnsley Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992–2000 Barnsley 293 (10) 2000–2002 Birmingham City 74 (4) 2002 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 5 (0) 2002–2005 Wigan Athletic 117 (0) 2005–2007 Nottingham Forest 28 (0) 2006 → Lincoln City (loan) 17 (0) 2007 → Lincoln City (loan) 16 (0) 2007 Halesowen Town 1 (0) 2007 Solihull Moors 1 (0) 2007–2009 Kettering TownA 28 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:28, 16 November 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Nicholas Jeremy "Nicky" Eaden (born 12 December 1972) is an English association football defender who is currently the assistant manager of Kettering Town. He played 550 matches in the Football League.
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Playing career
Born in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, Eaden started his career at local Barnsley F.C., contributing to their promotion to the Premiership before joining Birmingham City. Eaden also had a successful spell with Wigan Athletic, winning promotion from the then Division Two and then into the Premiership. Whilst at Birmingham he played in the 2001 Football League Cup Final.
Despite being successful with most of his previous clubs, he was not a favourite with Forest fans and caretaker managers Frank Barlow and Ian McParland did not include Nicky Eaden in the first matchday squad in the 2006–07 season after an indifferent debut season in the East Midlands, although he had been promoted with every club he had been at prior to joining Forest.
On 31 August 2006 he joined League Two side Lincoln City on loan, initially for a month,[1][2] which was later extended to the maximum 93-day total.[3] He then returned to Forest, but was again loaned to Lincoln in January 2007, this time for the rest of the season.[4]
Released by Forest, Eaden signed for Halesowen Town of the Southern League, making just one appearance.[5] In September 2007 Eaden signed for Solihull Moors of the Conference North;[6] after only one appearance he left Solihull and signed for fellow Conference North side Kettering Town, making his debut in the 1–1 draw at Nuneaton Borough on 20 October 2007.[7]
Coaching career
Eaden, initially a player-coach at Kettering, became manager Mark Cooper's assistant during the 2008–09 season.[8] In November 2009, Cooper was appointed manager of Championship club Peterborough United, and Eaden accompanied him, again as assistant manager.[9] On 25 November 2010, Eaden departed the club by mutual consent.[10]
On 22 March 2011, Eaden joined the coaching staff of Rotherham United on a contract until the end of the season, working under his one-time Barnsley teammate Andy Liddell.[11] With Liddell losing out to Andy Scott for the full time manager's role at the club, Eaden departed at the end of his contract[12] but was quickly back in work agreeing a two-year contract to become assistant manager to Marcus Law at Tamworth.[13] However, just a week later Eaden announced he had suffered a change of heart and would not be taking up the post,[14] instead taking up the same role at Kettering Town.[15]
Honours
- with Barnsley
- Division One (level 2) runners-up: 1996–97
- Division One (level 2) playoff finalists: 1999–2000
- with Birmingham City
- League Cup finalists: 2001
- Division One (level 2) playoff winners: 2001–02
- with Wigan Athletic
- Division Two (level 3) winners: 2002–03
- Championship (level 2) runners-up: 2004–05
- with Kettering Town
- Conference North (level 6) Champions: 2007–08
Notes
A. ^ The Kettering Town appearances and goals only cover the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons in the Conference National, not the 2007–08 season in the Conference North, which Soccerbase does not include.
References
- ^ "Lincoln seal loan deal for Eaden". BBC Sport. 2006-08-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/5301790.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Forest's Eaden stays at Lincoln". BBC Sport. 2006-10-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/5403814.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Macclesfield vs Lincoln City". Lincoln City F.C.. 2007-01-01. http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10440~32937,00.html. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Imps land Forest's Eaden on loan". BBC Sport. 2007-01-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/6316293.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Statistics". Halesowen Town F.C. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080328102005/http://www.halesowentownfc.co.uk/statistics.asp?offset=25. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Solihull Moors 0-1 Blyth Spartans". BBC Sport. 2007-09-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7012637.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Nicky Eaden". Kettering Town F.C. http://www.ketteringtownfc.co.uk/players/teams.asp?id=1&pid=59. Retrieved 2008-02-25.[dead link]
- ^ "Nicky Eaden". Kettering Town F.C. http://www.ketteringtownfc.co.uk/player.php?player_id=10. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Cooper confirmed as Posh manager". BBC Sport. 14 November 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/8354912.stm. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Official Club Statement". Peterborough United F.C. Official Website. 25 November 2010. http://www.theposh.com/page/OfficialWord/0,,10427~2230166,00.html. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ "Millers add Eaden to coaching staff". Rotherham United F.C. Official Website. 22 March 2011. http://www.themillers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10360~2322092,00.html. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ "Scott praise for departing Liddell". Rotherham United F.C. Official Website. 7 June 2011. http://www.themillers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10360~2372792,00.html. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Eaden is new Tamworth assistant". NonLeagueDaily.com. 16 June 2011. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=76158. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Eaden does a U-turn". NonLeague.Pitchero.com. 22 June 2011. http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/eaden-does-a-u-turn-4262/. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ "Kettering Town appoint Morell Maison and Nicky Eaden". BBC Sport. 24 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kettering_town/9521780.stm. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
External links
- Nicky Eaden career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
Awards 1996–97 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Alan Kelly · DF: Nicky Eaden · DF: Gerry Taggart · DF: Dean Richards · DF: Steve Froggatt · MF: Trevor Sinclair · MF: Alan Thompson · MF: Darren Eadie · MF: Georgi Kinkladze · FW: Mike Sheron · FW: John McGinlay2002–03 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year GK: John Filan · DF: Nicky Eaden · DF: Jason de Vos · DF: Fitz Hall · DF: Mickey Bell · MF: Scott Murray · MF: Jimmy Bullard · MF: Graham Kavanagh · MF: Martin Bullock · FW: Robert Earnshaw · FW: Rob HulseCategories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Sheffield
- English footballers
- Association football defenders
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- Halesowen Town F.C. players
- Solihull Moors F.C. players
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Premier League players
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