- David Oldfield (footballer)
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David Oldfield 
Personal information Full name David Charles Oldfield Date of birth 30 May 1968 Place of birth Perth, Australia Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Peterborough United Youth career Stoke Goldington Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1986–1989 Luton Town 29 (4) 1989–1990 Manchester City 26 (6) 1990–1995 Leicester City 188 (26) 1995 → Millwall 17 (6) 1995–1998 Luton Town 120 (19) 1998–2000 Stoke City 65 (7) 2000–2002 Peterborough United 78 (4) 2002–2004 Oxford United 31 (2) 2005–2007 Stafford Rangers 22 (0) 2007 Tamworth 1 (0) 2007– Brackley Town 0 (0) Total 577 (74) National team 1988 England U21 1 (0) Teams managed 2007– Brackley Town 2011 Peterborough United Caretaker * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).David Charles Oldfield (born 30 May 1968 in Perth, Australia) is an ex-professional footballer, currently in charge of the reserve and U18 teams at Peterborough United. Oldfield attended Ousedale School in Newport Pagnell as his Secondary School and still holds the 100 metre record to this day.
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Playing career
Moving to England at an early age, Oldfield began playing football as a boy for North Buckinghamshire Village side Stoke Goldington, before being spotted by league outfit Luton Town in 1986, where he played 29 league games over the next three years, scoring four goals.
Oldfield enjoyed a short but successful spell at Manchester City from 1989-1990. He will always be remembered for his two goals in the famous Maine Road massacre against hated rivals United in September 1989 when City triumphed 5-1, a match that United manager Alex Ferguson later described as his worst ever in football.
He moved down a division the following year and signed for Leicester City, staying with them for five years and helping them win promotion to the FA Premier League in 1994, winning the playoffs at Wembley after losing there in the two previous seasons.
He then had a successful loan spell at Millwall, but the move was not made permanent and he returned to Luton Town instead. However, he was unable to prevent their relegation to Division Two in 1996 and signed for Stoke City two years later.
He spent two years with Stoke before a two-year spell at Peterborough United and then a two-year spell at Oxford United before he played his last professional game in 2004.
He came out of retirement the following year to sign for non-league Stafford Rangers, where he spent two years.
Tamworth confirmed the signing of David Oldfield on 30 November 2007.[1] Oldfield made his debut for the club against Leigh RMI in a 2-0 home victory on 1 December 2007, just one day after signing.
Managerial career
Brackley Town
Some three days after Oldfield made his Tamworth debut, he was appointed as the new first team manager of Brackley Town on 4 December 2007, replacing Roger Ashby.[2]
Peterborough United
In 2008 Oldfield was appointed as Reserve Team Manager at Peterborough United,[3] and on 11 January 2011 he took charge of the first team for one match in between the departure of manager Gary Johnson and the appointment of Darren Ferguson as his replacement,[4] a 2-1 home league win over Brentford.
References
- ^ Clayton, Dave (2007-11-30). "Another new signing". TheLambs.co.uk. http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/newsDetail.asp?secID=1&newsID=719. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ Clayton, Dave (2007-12-06). "Latest news from the Lamb". TheLambs.co.uk. http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/newsDetail.asp?secID=1&newsID=724. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ "Oldfield Takes Charge of Reserve Team". Peterborough United F.C.. 2008-03-05. http://www.theposh.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10427~1257718,00.html.
- ^ "Oldfield Takes Charge of Bees Fixture". Peterborough United F.C.. 2011-01-11. http://www.theposh.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10427~2264021,00.html. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
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Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- English footballers
- England under-21 international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- People from Perth, Western Australia
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Oxford United F.C. players
- Stafford Rangers F.C. players
- Tamworth F.C. players
- Brackley Town F.C. players
- Australian people of English descent
- The Football League players
- Premier League players
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