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Craig Madden Personal information Full name Craig Anthony Madden Date of birth 25 September 1958 Place of birth Manchester, England Height 5 ft 8 in Playing position Striker (retired) Youth career 19??-1977 Northern Nomads Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1977-1986 Bury 297 (129) 1986-1987 West Brom 12 (3) 1987-1990 Blackpool 91 (24) 1990 → Wrexham (loan) 8 (0) 1990 → York City (loan) 4 (0) 1990-1992 Fleetwood Town ? (?) – Career 412 (156 ) Teams managed 2001 Stockport County (caretaker) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Craig Anthony Madden (born 25 September 1958 in Manchester) is an English former professional football striker. He is assistant manager at Fleetwood Town.
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Playing career
After playing for Northern Nomads, Madden began his professional career at Bury in 1977. He spent nine years at Gigg Lane, making almost 300 league appearances and scoring 129 goals. He still holds the record for the most goals (35) in a season (1981-82).
A short spell at West Brom followed, before he joined Blackpool, then under the guidance of Sam Ellis, in February 1987. At Bloomfield Road he began to fall prey to niggling injuries, and each time he dropped out of the team it became more difficult for him to break back in. On 11 November 1989, he opened the scoring in Blackpool's home League game against Brentford after just eighteen seconds, which was only seven seconds outside Bill Slater's all-time record for the club.[1] Midway through that disastrous 1989-90 season for Blackpool, Jimmy Mullen allowed him to move to non-league Fleetwood Town, where he found his scoring touch again and continued to enjoy the game.[2]
Madden maintained his connection with Blackpool, becoming the community officer at Bloomfield Road in April 1991. "I am delighted to have landed the job here at Bloomfield Road," he said at the time.[1] "I am looking forward to getting out and about and meeting people from different groups of the community. My immediate aims are to settle in and carry on with the same activities as before — but hopefully there will be some new ideas too, including two new summer schools for the children's holidays in the summer." He was succeeded in the position by his former Bury and Blackpool teammate Derek Spence.
Management
In 2001, Madden became caretaker manager of Stockport County after the dismissal of Andy Kilner. He is still at the club coaching Stockport's youth team having also helped with the first team in the past.
In June 2010 Madden was appointed assistant manager at newly promoted Fleetwood Town, alongside Micky Mellon.[3]
References
- ^ a b Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905411-50-2.
- ^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, p. 104. ISBN 1-873626-07-X
- ^ http://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/News/Archive/2010/June/018.php
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Categories:- 1958 births
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- People from Manchester
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- Wrexham F.C. players
- York City F.C. players
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