Dave Swindlehurst

Dave Swindlehurst

Personal information
Full name	David Swindlehurst
Date of birth	6 January 1956 (1956-01-06) (age 55)
Place of birth	Edgware, England
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1973–1980	Crystal Palace	237	(73)
1980–1983	Derby County	125	(32)
1983–1985	West Ham United	61	(15)
1985–1987	Sunderland	72	(11)
1987	Anorthosis Famagusta	?
1987	Wimbledon	2	(0)
1988	Colchester United	12	(6)
1988	→ Peterborough United (loan)	4	(1)
National team
1976	England U-21	1	(0)
	England B	1	(0)
Teams managed
2006–2008	Whyteleafe
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

David "Dave" Swindlehurst (born 6 January 1956 in Edgware, Middlesex) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.

He came up through the ranks at Crystal Palace, playing youth football in the early 1970s with future West Ham United team-mate Alan Devonshire. Starting his senior career in 1973, he played for Palace for eight seasons and amassed 81 goals in 278 appearances.^[1] Swindlehurst first joined Derby County as a loan player, two months before his transfer was made permanent in April 1980. Derby paid £410,000, the first time the club had broken the £400,000 barrier.^{[citation needed]}

A good record for Derby saw John Lyall take Swindlehurst to Upton Park for £160,000 in March 1983, but injuries hampered his chances of regular first-team football. He played his last game for West Ham on 27 April 1985 against Luton Town and got sent off, and after two seasons and 71 League and cup games for the East Londoners, he moved on to Sunderland.

After a spell in Cyprus with Anorthosis Famagusta, Swindlehurst returned to London to play for Wimbledon, but he managed just two appearances in the season they got to the 1988 FA Cup Final.^[2] He later played for Colchester United, and on loan at Peterborough United.

After spells playing and coaching at non-League Bromley and Molesey, he rejoined his old club Crystal Palace to take up a coaching role within the youth academy. He was promoted to reserve team manager in 2001, but was sacked in October 2002.^[3]

Swindlehurst joined Crawley Town as assistant manager in 2003. He was sacked in September 2005 and won an unfair dismissal claim against the club the following year.^[4] He took the manager's job at Isthmian League Division One South side Whyteleafe in December 2006, and remained there until the end of the following season. He now coaches football at the Harrodian School in London.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

• Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 197. ISBN 1-903135-50-8. 
• Swindlehurst profile, last accessed 2 June 2007
• Swindlehurst statistics, last accessed 2 June 2007

References

1. ^ http://www.cpfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/PalaceLegendsP-T/0,,10323~676785,00.html
2. ^ AFC Wimbledon
3. ^ Swindlehurst sacked - Crystal Palace FC Supporters' Website
4. ^ Swindlehurst hits out

Persondata
Name	Swindlehurst, David
Alternative names	Swindlehurst, Dave
Short description	English footballer
Date of birth	6 January 1956 (1956-01-06) (age 55)
Place of birth	Edgware, England, UK
Date of death
Place of death