Justin Edinburgh

Justin Charles Edinburgh (18 December 1969 – 8 June 2019) was an English professional football player and manager. He played as a left back.

Life and career
Edinburgh was born in Basildon. He started his playing career at Southend United in 1988. He was loaned to Tottenham Hotspur in 1990 and signed a contract with the club that same year. During his time at Totteham between 1990 and 2000, Edinburgh made 258 appearances for the club and scored once. He also won two trophies with Spurs, the 1990–91 FA Cup and the 1998–99 Football League Cup. He signed for Portsmouth in 2000. He left the club in 2003 to become player-manager of Billericay Town.

After retiring from playing, Edinburgh moved into full-time management, starting in 2006. He managed many lower-league and non-league clubs, including Rushden & Diamonds, Newport County, Gillingham and Northampton Town. He was the manager of Leyton Orient at the time of his death in June 2019.

Edinburgh was married and had two children. He died of a cardiac arrest on 8 June 2019, at the age of 49.

Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordGrays Athletic5 January 200720 February 2008 Rushden & Diamonds10 February 20097 July 2011 Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.Newport County4 October 20117 February 2015Gillingham7 February 20153 January 2017Northampton Town16 January 201731 August 2017Leyton Orient29 November 20178 June 2019Total—

Honours
As a player
Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup: 1990–91
FA Charity Shield: 1991 (shared)
Football League Cup: 1998–99

As a manager
Newport County
FA Trophy runner-up: 2011–12
Conference Premier play-offs: 2013

Leyton Orient
National League: 2018–19
FA Trophy runner-up: 2018–19

Individual
Conference Premier/National League Manager of the Month: April/May 2013, November 2018, March 2019
Leyton Orient Hall of Fame

References

Other websites

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Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest
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Category:English football managers
Category:Portsmouth F.C. players
Category:Sportspeople from Essex
Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Category:Premier League players