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Which team did the player David Holdsworth belong to from 1999 to 2002?
David Holdsworth David Gary Holdsworth ( born 8 November 1968 ) is an English former professional footballer turned manager . As a player , he was a defender who played between 1986 and 2005 for Watford , Sheffield United , Birmingham City , Walsall , Bolton Wanderers and Gretna . In 2008 , he moved into management and has since been in charge of Ilkeston Town , Mansfield Town , Lincoln City and Goole . Playing career . Watford . Holdsworth started his career at Watford in the mid 1980s , going on to make more than 250 league appearances for the club . At Watford he played alongside his brother Dean Holdsworth . Sheffield United . In October 1996 , he left Watford for a new challenge at Sheffield United . In his first season , he helped United to the 1997 Football League First Division play-off Final but they were defeated by Crystal Palace . He also helped them to the 1997-98 FA Cup semi final at Old Trafford where they were defeated by Newcastle United . In the quarter final replay against Coventry City , United found themselves 1-0 down at Bramall Lane with 2 minutes left . Holdsworth popped up to equalise from a corner , sending the game to extra time and then penalties , which United went on to win . Birmingham City . In March 1999 Holdsworth transferred to Birmingham City . He helped Birmingham to the play offs at the end of that season where they faced his former club Watford . However Holdsworth was sent off as they lost on penalties . He spent three full seasons there , helping them to the 2001 League Cup Final in which he was an unused substitute in the defeat to Liverpool . In January 2002 he went on loan to Walsall . At Walsall he scored once against Coventry but was sent off twice in 3-0 defeats to Sheffield Wednesday and Wolves . Later career . After being released by Birmingham in 2002 , he joined Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer where he played alongside his brother Dean again . However , he only made one appearance for the Trotters : in a League Cup defeat to Bury ( David started and his brother Dean came on as a substitute ) . Shortly afterwards he joined Scarborough in the Football Conference and then Scottish club Gretna where he retired . Whilst at Gretna he scored once , his goal coming in the Scottish Cup against Dumbarton . International career . He was capped once for England at Under-21 level . Managerial career . After retiring from playing he became reserve team manager at Gretna , where he was appointed director of youth development in May 2006 , but was sacked in a cost-cutting exercise a few months later . On 20 May 2008 , Holdsworth was appointed to his first managerial role , taking over at Northern Premier League Premier Division side Ilkeston Town from Nigel Jemson , the first appointment of new owner Check Whyte . On 29 December 2008 Holdsworth was appointed as the new manager of Conference National club Mansfield Town having led Ilkeston to sixth in the Northern Premier League Premier Division , ten points off first placed Hednesford Town with two games in hand . On 18 November 2010 , it was announced that Holdsworth had agreed to leave Field Mill by mutual consent after less than two years with the club . On 24 October 2011 , Holdsworth was named Lincoln City manager until the end of the 2011–12 season , replacing Steve Tilson . He left the club by mutual consent on Sunday 17 February 2013 , leaving Lincoln 18th in the Conference Premier . On 14 October 2013 , he returned to management with Goole with his former Sheffield United teammate Curtis Woodhouse acting as his assistant . Holdsworth stepped down as Goole manager on 27 January 2014 with Woodhouse taking over the role . On 3 August 2018 Holdsworth was appointed as director of football at Carlisle United . Personal life . His twin brother Dean Holdsworth is also a footballer turned football manager . On 18 September 2010 , they became the first twins to manage against each other in the top five divisions of English football , when Dean was manager of Newport County and David manager of Mansfield Town . Newport won the match 1–0 . David Holdsworths house was featured on an episode of Through the Keyhole . External links . - Profile at Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Players Database