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Ally Pickering

**Albert Gary** "**Ally**" **Pickering** (born 22 June 1967) is an English former professional footballer and manager. As a player, he played as a defender from 1989 until 2003 notably in the Premier League for Coventry City.

He has also played in the Football League for Rotherham United, Stoke City, Burnley, Chesterfield and Chester City.

## Playing career

Pickering was born in Manchester and began his career with non-league Buxton before becoming a professional with Rotherham United. He spent five seasons at Millmoor making 111 appearances scoring twice helping the side gain promotion in 1991–92. He earned a move to Premier League side Coventry City in October 1993 and was a regular for two seasons at Highfield Road making 75 appearances. He joined Stoke City in August 1996 and became the regular right back for the Potters making 45 appearances in 1996–97. In 1997–98 he was an ever-present playing in all of the club's 48 fixtures as Stoke suffered relegation. Pickering did score his only goal for Stoke in a 2–1 victory over Portsmouth on 11 April 1998. New Stoke manager Brian Little deemed him to surplus to requirements at the start of the 1998–99 campaign and he joined Burnley.

After a season at Turf Moor Pickering went on to play for Altrincham, Chesterfield and made seven appearances for Chester City. He then dropped into non-league football with Hyde United, Gainsborough Trinity and Mossley.

## Managerial career

From November 2001 to July 2003 Pickering was the manager of Mossley. A month after leaving he became assistant manager of Woodley Sports, becoming their manager in 2005. He left in February 2007.

He began a second spell as manager of Woodley Sports in May 2008 but left for a second time in December 2008. On 24 March 2010, Pickering took over as manager at New Mills, initially as caretaker until the end of the season.

Pickering remained at New Mills until October 2012, when he and the club parted company by mutual consent.

As of September 2013 he is the reserve manager at Hyde FC

## Career statistics

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## References

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## External links

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Brian Slater

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**John Brian Slater** (20 October 1932 – 10 September 1999) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as an inside forward.

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Ian Smith (footballer, born 1957)

This article is about the English fullback. For the Scottish forward, see Ian Smith (footballer born 1952).

**Ian Ralph Smith** (born 15 February 1957) is an English former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Rotherham United, Bishop's Stortford and represented England at schoolboy and youth level.

## Playing career

Smith joined Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice in April 1974. The full back went on to make two first team appearances for the *Lilies* in 1975. He transferred to Rotherham United in June 1976 where he featured in four matches. Smith went on to have a spell at non-league Bishops Stortford.

## Post-football career

Smith became assistant academy director at Ipswich Town. He left the Portman Road club by mutual agreement in April 2004.

## References

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1. ↑ Hugman, BJ (Ed) *The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005* (2005) Template:ISBN p571. Retrieved 6 July 2010
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3. ↑ News report Retrieved 19 July 2010
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Jack Shaw (footballer, born 1924)

**John Stephen Shaw** (10 April 1924 – April 2011) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Rotherham United and Sheffield Wednesday.

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1981 FA Cup Final

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The **1981 FA Cup Final** was the 100th final of the FA Cup, and was contested by Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City.

The original match took place on Saturday 9 May 1981 at Wembley, and finished 1–1 after extra-time. Tommy Hutchison opened the scoring for City in the 30th minute, but scored an own-goal in the 79th minute to bring Spurs level.

The replay took place five days later on Thursday 14 May 1981, and was the first replay since 1970 and the first to be staged at Wembley. Ricky Villa opened the scoring for Spurs in the eighth minute, before Steve MacKenzie equalised for City three minutes later. A Kevin Reeves penalty five minutes into the second half put the Manchester side ahead, before Garth Crooks brought Spurs level again in the 70th minute. Then, in the 76th minute, Tony Galvin passed to Villa 30 yards from City's goal, and the Argentinian proceeded to skip past four defenders before slotting the ball past City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan. This goal was voted Wembley Goal of the Century in 2001, and it won Tottenham the match, 3–2, and the FA Cup for the sixth time. The five goals in the replay made it the highest scoring FA Cup Final replay.

## Match details

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## Cup final song

Tottenham's cup final song was "Ossie's dream", recorded by the musical duo Chas and Dave with the Tottenham squad. Argentine player Ossie Ardiles famously sang the line "In the cup for Tottingham". [1]

## References

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## External links

* Report on the Final and Final Replay
* Sporting Chronicle Team line-ups

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James Clarke (footballer, born 1913)

**James Henry Clarke** (born 1913) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside right.

## Career

Born in Broomhill, Clarke played for Mexborough Athletic, Bradford City and Goole Town. For Bradford City he made nine appearances in the Football League.

He later played for Rotherham United and Chesterfield.

## Sources

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Chris Holloway

**Christopher Holloway** (born 5 February 1980) is a Welsh footballer. He was born in Swansea.

## Career

A Welsh former under-21 and current Welsh semi-professional international, Holloway started his career at Exeter City where he made over 60 appearances before joining Rotherham United in 2001. He has also played for Newport County, Tiverton Town and Merthyr Tydfil, where he was voted 2005 player of the year, leaving to join Llanelli in May 2007. He left the club in June 2012 after being released. In July 2012, Holloway signed for Haverfordwest County.

## External links

* Template:Soccerbase
* Welsh Premier profile

## References

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1999–2000 Rotherham United F.C. season

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During the **1999–2000** English football season, Rotherham United Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 2nd position on 84 points and gained promotion to the Football League Second Division.

### League Cup

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### Football League Trophy

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Trophy

## First-team squad

*Appearances for competitive matches only*

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## See also

* 1999–2000 in English football

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Jimmy Mullen (footballer, born 1947)

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**James Mullen** (born 16 March 1947) is an English footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League.

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## External links

* Jimmy Mullen's Career

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Ernie Goldthorpe

**Ernest Holroyde Goldthorpe** (8 June 1898 – 5 November 1929) was an English footballer who played as a forward. He was born in Middleton, Leeds. During the First World War he served with the pay corps of the Coldstream Guards and while stationed in London he joined Tottenham Hotspur, before moving back north to Bradford City, where he played 19 games and scored six goals. He played two injury-hit seasons with Leeds United, appearing in the club's first ever game. A brief return to Bradford City, was followed by a move to Manchester United in 1922, making his debut at Old Trafford against Fulham in October 1922. He scored four goals against Notts County in 1923, and a total of 15 goals in 27 matches. In 1925, he was transferred to Rotherham United.

## Personal life

Ernie Goldthorpe was the son of Walter Goldthorpe who played rugby union and rugby league in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the nephew of the rugby league footballer Albert Goldthorpe. Goldthorpe's marriage to Laura C. (née Jagger) was registered in Halifax district between April and June 1921, and the birth of their daughter, Beryl O. Goldthorpe, was registered in Hunslet district between January and March 1926.

## Death

Goldthorpe died of a heart attack at the age of 31 while suffering from double pneumonia as he attended to his poultry on his way home to Woodville Mount, Hunslet Carr, after playing badminton at St Oswald's Institute, Hunslet Carr.

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4. ↑ Daughter's birth details at freebmd.org.uk. freebmd.org.uk (31 December 2011). Retrieved on January 1, 2012.
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## External links

* Profile at StretfordEnd.co.uk
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1911 FA Cup Final

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The **1911 FA Cup Final** was the 40th FA Cup final. It was contested by Bradford City and Newcastle United. The first game resulted in a goalless draw at Crystal Palace. A single goal scored by Jimmy Speirs for Bradford won the replay at Old Trafford.

## Route to the final

Main article: 1910–11 FA Cup

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**Round 1:** New Brompton 0–1 Bradford City
**Round 2:** Bradford City 2–1 Norwich City
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**Round 4:** Bradford City 1–0 Burnley
**Semi-final:** Bradford City 3–0 Blackburn Rovers (at Bramall Lane, Sheffield)
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**Round 1:** Newcastle United 6–1 Bury
**Round 2:** Newcastle United 1–1 Northampton Town
**Round 2 replay:** Northampton Town 0–1 Newcastle United
**Round 3:** Newcastle United 3–2 Hull City
**Round 4:** Newcastle United 4–0 Derby County
**Semi-final:** Newcastle United 3–0 Chelsea (at St Andrews, Birmingham)

## Match summary

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Newcastle were defending the cup they had won the year before by defeating Barnsley 2–0. They faced a Bradford City side who had earned their highest position in the league. Newcastle's preparations were upset by long-term injuries to England international centre-forward Albert Shepherd and Peter McWilliam. Bradford's team showed just one surprise with Scottish centre-half Willie Gildea drafted in for just his 10th game for the club.

The first match at Crystal Palace ended goalless after 90 minutes, meaning for the second successive year the final went to a replay. City made one change to their team for the replay with Bob Torrance coming in for Gildea, who never played for City again. Newcastle's team remained unchanged. The replay, which took place at Old Trafford, was settled by a single goal for Bradford, a header scored by captain Jimmy Speirs.

It was a new trophy that Speirs lifted, appropriately made by Bradford jewellers Fattorini's. The cup triumph remains Bradford's only major honour.

## Match details

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John Mullin (footballer)

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**John Michael Mullin** (born 11 August 1975 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs including Sunderland, Rotherham United and Accrington Stanley, and is the brother of former Accrington and Morecambe player Paul Mullin. He is now a member of the coaching staff at Manchester City u18's.

## Career

Mullin's career began at Burnley, and has taken in spells at Sunderland (where he had the distinction of scoring the winning goal in a Premier League game against Manchester United in 1997, and the final goal at Roker Park in a 1–0 victory over Liverpool), a second spell at Burnley and Rotherham United. Mullin was released by Rotherham at the end of the 2005–06 season and joined the manager that brought him to the Millers, Ronnie Moore, at Tranmere Rovers on a two-year deal.

Whilst at Tranmere he had a reasonable season the first year but his second season on Merseyside brought injuries and subbed appearances. He was first choice centre-mid with Paul McLaren in his first year and netted 5 times. He scored a volley at home to Bristol City in the last minute in Tranmere's 1–0 win. He also scored against Yeovil Town, Northampton Town (twice) and Chesterfield.

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After being released by Tranmere at the end of the 2007–08 season, Mullin was signed by Accrington Stanley on a one-year contract. However, he was deemed surplus to requirements. He is now part of Burnley FC youth team coaching staff.

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Gordon Owen

**Gordon Owen** (born 14 June 1959) is an English former professional footballer who made 300 appearances in the Football League.

## Career

A much travelled player, Owen was born in Barnsley and began his career at Sheffield Wednesday, featuring in the club's promotion winning season under Jack Charlton in 1979–80. After falling out of favour at the club, spending spells on loan at Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield, he left to sign for Cardiff City in August 1983. His only season at Ninian Park saw him finish as the club's top scorer with 18 goals in all competitions but at the end of the season he decided to leave the club as he wanted to return north, signing for his hometown side Barnsley, again finishing as top scorer in his first season.

Owen left Barnsley the following year, signing for Bristol City where he played over 50 times before, after a short loan spell at Hull City, he signed for Mansfield Town. He would later finish his professional career at Blackpool, having loan spells at Carlisle United and Exeter City while at the club, before moving into non-league football.

## References

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John McGlashan (footballer)

**John McGlashan** (3 June 1967 – 10 January 2018) was a Scottish football player and manager.

## Playing career

In a long professional career, he played for nine clubs. He started his senior career in 1988 with Montrose, scoring some goals from a midfield position. This earned him a £50,000 move to London club Millwall in 1990. After loan spells with Fulham and Cambridge United, McGlashan moved to Peterborough United for £75,000 in 1993. A year later McGlashan moved to Rotherham United, where he stayed for three years. Whilst at Rotherham he was a part of the team that won the 1996 Football League Trophy Final. McGlashan returned to Scottish football in the summer of 1997, signing for Dundee. He made 11 appearances and scored two goals as Dundee won promotion to the Scottish Premier League in his first season with the club. Manager Jocky Scott made many changes to the squad after the club was promoted, and McGlashan was loaned to Arbroath and then moved to Ross County. He returned to Arbroath on a permanent basis in August 2000, and he made over 100 appearances in five years there.

## Coaching career

McGlashan had a spell as manager of Millwall Lionesses during his time in London.

In the summer of 2005, McGlashan returned to Dundee Violet as player/manager. His father, also John, had been captain of Dundee Violet. In September 2005, Harry Cairney resigned as Arbroath manager and McGlashan was appointed as his replacement. The following month McGlashan made himself his first signing, re–registering as a player despite missing most of the previous season with a back injury. He made a further two league appearances for the club, over the next two seasons. He managed Arbroath for four years before resigning in October 2009.

McGlashan later managed Tayport and Dundee Violet.

McGlashan died on 10 January 2018 after a battle with Motor Neurone Disease.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 John McGlashan (1967-2018). Dundee FC (10 January 2018). Retrieved on January 10, 2018.
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5. ↑ Brown, John (24 June 2005). Blether with Brown. Evening Telegraph (Dundee). Archived from the original on October 3, 2006. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
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7. ↑ Parks, Gordon. Football: Arbroath gaffer John is ready to help on the field. *Daily Record*. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
8. ↑ Brown, Neil. John McGlashan. Post War English & Scottish Football League A-Z Player's Database. Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
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Jack Liggins

**John Granville Liggins** (26 March 1906 – 1976) was an English-born footballer who played as a centre forward. He played in The Football League for Leicester City and Burnley.

In the 1934–35 season he scored four league goals for Leicester.

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John Shepherd (footballer, born 1945)

**John Arthur Shepherd** (born 20 September 1945) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or as an inside forward in the Football League for Rotherham United, York City and Oxford United, in non-League football for Scarborough and Hereford United.

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2021-22 Rotherham United F.C. season

The **2021–22 season** is Rotherham United's 97th year in their history and first season back in League One since the 2019–20 season following relegation last season. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Pre-season

*The Millers* announced they would have friendly matches against Parkgate, Frickley Athletic, Rochdale, Harrogate Town, Grimsby Town, Newcastle United, Belper Town and Middlesbrough as part of their pre-season preparations.

## Competitions

#### League table

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: EFL Official Website

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Win

#### Matches

Rotherham United's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.

### EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

*The Millers* were drawn at home to Accrington Stanley in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

Rotherham were drawn into Northern Group E alongside Doncaster Rovers, Manchester City U21s and Scunthorpe United.
2021–22 EFL Trophy

## References

1. ↑ Millers to open pre-season campaign with annual Parkgate friendly. Rotherham United FC.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Millers to send young sides to Belper Town and Frickley Athletic in pre-season. Rotherham United F.C. (22 June 2021).
3. ↑ Millers to face Rochdale in pre-season fixture. Rotherham United FC.
4. ↑ Millers add away trip to Harrogate Town to pre-season preparations. Rotherham United FC.
5. ↑ Millers to travel to Grimsby in pre-season. Rotherham United F.C. (28 June 2021).
6. ↑ Home date booked with Newcastle as Millers continue to firm-up pre-season plans. Rotherham United FC.
7. ↑ Millers book home date with Middlesbrough. Rotherham United FC.
8. ↑ 2021/22 Sky Bet League One fixtures. Rotherham United FC.
9. ↑ Millers to host Accrington in Carabao Cup first round. Rotherham United FC. Retrieved on June 24, 2021.
10. ↑ Date and prices confirmed for Carabao Cup tie with Accrington. Rotherham United FC.
11. ↑ Man City U21s join Papa John's Trophy group alongside Doncaster and Scunthorpe. Rotherham United FC.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Retained list confirmed by Millers ahead of 2021/22 campaign. Rotherham United - Official Site.
13. ↑ Shaun MacDonald Joins Alex On Two-Year Deal. Crewe Alexandra FC.
14. ↑ Olosunde set for AESSEAL New York Stadium departure. Rotherham United FC.
15. ↑ Matthew Olosunde Seals Move To PNE. Preston North End FC.
16. ↑ Jamie Proctor joins the Valiants. Port Vale FC.
17. ↑ Clark Robertson: Portsmouth sign Rotherham United defender. BBC Sport (22 June 2021).
Jackie Bestall

**John Gilbert "Jackie" Bestall**, (24 June 1900 – 11 April 1985) was an English international footballer, he also played top-division football and captained Grimsby Town, and later managed Doncaster Rovers and Blackburn Rovers.

## Rotherham County and Rotherham United

Bestall made his debut for Rotherham County towards the end of the 1924–25 season, playing the last two games. County finished bottom of Division Three (North) that season and merged with Rotherham Town to form the new club, Rotherham United, that took the place of County in Division Three (North) for 1925–26.

Jackie was an ever-present in the 1925–26 season and in scoring 12 goals he was instrumental in producing much better fortunes. He playing in the first 17 games of the 1926–27 season before being sold shortly before an FA Cup tie at Lincoln City to Grimsby Town due to financial difficulties.

## Grimsby Town

Bestall is regarded as *"perhaps the greatest name on Town's roll-call – a diminutive craftsman full of guile and possessed of outstanding constructive qualities"*. He had a lounge at Blundell Park and the smallest road in Grimsby and Cleethorpes named after him.

Bestall captained Grimsby to the 1933–34 Second Division title and back into the First Division after two seasons in the Second. This helped Bestall to earn his only England cap aged 34 years, 226 days against Northern Ireland on 6 February 1935. He is the sixth oldest player to make his England debut and was the first Grimsby player to be capped by England.

He played in Grimsby's first FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal, but was injured early in the game, which Arsenal won 1–0. Grimsby Town fans believed that Bestall was targeted by the Arsenal defenders in the hope of deliberately injuring him.

Bestall played 427 league games for Town, only ever beaten by Keith Jobling and latterly John McDermott.

## After retirement

When Bestall retired he had numerous jobs in football, coaching at Birmingham City and chief scout, chief scout at Doncaster Rovers, managing Blackburn Rovers and two spells as manager of Doncaster.

In tribute to his career at Grimsby Town, the town named a street after him.

## References

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2000–01 Rotherham United F.C. season

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The 2000–01 season saw Rotherham United compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 2nd position with 91 points and gained promotion to the Football League First Division.

### Football League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

### Football League Trophy

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Trophy

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* Rotherham United 2000–01 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

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Joe McBride (footballer, born 1960)

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**Joe McBride** (born 7 August 1960) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for several clubs, including Everton, Rotherham United, Hibernian, and Dundee. McBride's father, also named Joe, was a prolific goalscorer during the 1960s.

## Playing career

Born in Glasgow, McBride junior started his career with Everton in the late 1970s, and he scored on his debut for the club, against Bolton. After spells with Rotherham and Oldham, McBride signed for Hibernian in 1985. McBride's new manager was John Blackley, who had played with McBride's father for Hibs during the late 1960s and early 1970s. His most significant contribution for Hibs was scoring two goals in an Edinburgh derby at Tynecastle. McBride subsequently had spells with Dundee, East Fife, Albion Rovers, Livingston and Hamilton.

## Coaching career

McBride became a coach during his time at Albion Rovers, and was made caretaker manager when Jimmy Crease resigned as manager in December 1995. He subsequently became a youth coach at Celtic, developing players including Aiden McGeady,Template:Citation needed and Cillian Sheridan. A reorganisation of Celtic's coaching staff in 2008 meant that McBride left the club.

McBride subsequently assisted Willie McStay at Újpest FC in Budapest, Hungary and in June 2010, joined Watford as a youth coach, working under the management of fellow Scot Malky Mackay. McBride followed Mackay to Cardiff City and was appointed first team coach on 30 June 2011.

On 3 October 2014, McBride was named as Hibernian under-20 player development coach.

As of 2018, he was the dedicated coach for the Scottish Football Association's *Performance Schools* project based at Holyrood Secondary School in south Glasgow.

## References

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2001–02 Rotherham United F.C. season

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During the 2001–02 English football season, Rotherham United F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

## Season summary

In Rotherham's first season in the second tier of English football since 1983, it was a huge struggle for Moore as the Millers started the season poorly by failing to win any of their opening 10 league games which saw them bottom with only 4 points and seemed destined for a return to the Second Division but from the start of October went on a decent run by picking up 15 points from the next 8 league games which saw them climb out of the relegation zone and kept themselves away from the drop for rest of the season despite failing to win any of their final 10 league matches.

## Final league table

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### League Cup

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## Players

### First-team squad

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Johnny Fantham

**John Fantham** (6 February 1939 – 25 June 2014) was an English footballer.

Fantham was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire. He is Sheffield Wednesday's leading post-war goalscorer with 166 goals. He was signed in 1956 and made his Wednesday debut two years later. Fantham firmly established himself as an able goalscorer in the English top flight for Wednesday, as his 23 goals helped the club to a second-place finish in 1960–61. The following season, he netted 24 times, earning him selection for the England under-23 team and his only England cap at full international level. He was an integral part of the Wednesday side that reached the 1966 FA Cup Final and two years later, he passed Redfern Froggatt's post war scoring record. Fantham made 435 appearances for the club, staying until 1969 when he joined Rotherham United.

## References

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## External links

* Template:NeilBrownPlayers
* England profile
* Sheffield stats

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Danny Williams (footballer, born 1924)

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**Daniel Williams** (20 November 1924 – 3 February 2019) was an English football player and manager.

## Playing career

Born in Thrybergh, Williams began his career with Silverwood Colliery and he spent his entire professional playing career with Rotherham United as either a left-half or inside-forward between 1943 and 1965. He made 461 league appearances, scoring 21 goals.

## Management career

He managed Rotherham United (1962-1965), Swindon Town (1965-1969) and (1974-1978), Sheffield Wednesday (1969-1971) and Mansfield Town (1971-1974).

He led Swindon to victory in the 1969 Football League Cup Final, the 1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup and the 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup.

After leaving his role as Swindon manager in 1978, he then worked as general manager until 1985.

## References

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5. ↑ OBITUARY - Danny Williams 1924–2019.
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Darren Carr

**Darren Carr** (born 4 September 1968) is an English retired football defender. In the 1996–97 season, he was part of Chesterfield's historic run to the FA Cup semi final, coming on as a substitute in both the semi final and semi final replay against Middlesbrough.

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* Unofficial Darren Carr Profile at The Forgotten Imp

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Jonathan Howard (footballer)

**Jonathan Howard** (born 7 October 1971) is a footballer who played in The Football League for Chesterfield and Rotherham United and was part of the Chesterfield FC side which enjoyed a famous FA Cup run during the 1996-97 football campaign.

## Career

Howard started his career at Rotherham United scoring 5 goals in 36 league games for the *Millers*. He joined Chesterfield in 1994 and went on to amass over 230 appearances for the club in over nine years. During his time with the Spireites, Howard was involved in the famous FA Cup run in the 1996–97 season which saw Chesterfield reach the semi-finals of the competition. He scored a brace as they knocked out Bristol City in the third round, and went on to win the decisive penalty which teammate Tom Curtis tucked away against Nottingham Forest in the fifth round of the competition. He also found himself at the centre of controversy when, in the semi-final which saw the Spireites up against Middlesbrough F.C at Old Trafford, he took a shot which hit the underside of the crossbar and appeared to cross the line and yet the goal was never given. Had it been awarded as a goal it would have put Chesterfield 3-1 up against 10 man Middlesbrough (after the earlier dismissal of Vladimír Kinder) with just over 20 minutes remaining. As it was, Middlesbrough equalised to make it 2-2 after 90 minutes, it finished 3-3 after extra time and Chesterfield lost the replay 3–0. Ironically, both the Forest and Middlesbrough games were refereed by David Elleray. He finished his career with Burton Albion.

Howard now works at Scout7, having had a brief spell back in the game with non-league outfits, Maltby Main and Dinnington Town.

## References

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3. ↑ Hewitt keeps the Chesterfield dream alive. Independent (14 April 1997). Retrieved on September 27, 2012.
4. ↑ Jonathan Howard. *Chesterfield F.C.*. Retrieved on November 17, 2011.
5. ↑ Where are they Now?. *Chesterfield F.C.*. Archived from the original on May 20, 2010. Retrieved on November 17, 2007.
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Dick Lee (footballer, born 1944)

**Richard Lee** (born 11 September 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Halifax Town and Mansfield Town.

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David Haggerty (footballer)

**David Patrick Haggerty** (born 28 March 1991) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

## Career

Born in Sheffield, Haggerty began his career with Rotherham United. He made his debut professional debut for them in the Football League in the last game of the 2007–08 season, in a 1–0 victory against Barnet on 3 May 2008. While at Rotherham, Haggerty spent a loan spell at Ilkeston Town in early 2009, making 3 appearances. He had also spent a loan spell with Sheffield. He signed a new one-year contract with the club in May 2009, but was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Haggerty joined non-league Eastwood Town on trial in July 2010, signing a one-year contract with the club later that month. He moved to F.C. Halifax Town in May 2011. He returned to Eastwood Town on an initial two-month loan in November 2011, making 21 league appearances for them. He spent the 2012–13 season with Buxton, making 44 appearances for them in all competitions. He moved to Matlock Town in June 2013. After making 54 appearances for the club in all competitions, he left in November 2014 to take a break away from football. While playing with Matlock as a semi-professional, Haggerty also worked as an administrator for a window company.

## References

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1. ↑ Profile. Rotherham United F.C.. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
2. ↑ Rotherham vs Barnet. Rotherham United F.C.. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
3. ↑ HI. Ilson Football. Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Haggerty Returns to Badgers. Pitchhero (10 November 2011). Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
5. ↑ Haggerty extends Millers stay. Sky Sports (13 May 2009). Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
6. ↑ Millers release six. Rotherham United F.C. (2 June 2010). Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
7. ↑ Haggerty to get Eastwood run-out at Armthorpe. Nottingham Post (3 July 2010). Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
8. ↑ Haggerty pens Eastwood deal, Hollis could follow. Nottingham Post (14 July 2010). Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
9. ↑ One In And One Out. F.C. Halifax Town (28 May 2011). Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
10. ↑ Template:Soccerway
11. ↑ Ilkeston v Matlock Town - matchday programme. Ilkeston F.C. (8 March 2014). Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
12. ↑ Atkins signs trio ahead of pre season. Matlock Town F.C. (21 June 2013). Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
13. ↑ David Haggerty departs the Autoworld Arena. Matlock Town F.C. (12 November 2014). Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
14. ↑ MATLOCK TOWN: Fans' player of the year David Haggerty leaves Gladiators. Derby Telegraph (13 November 2014). Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
15. ↑ DAVID HAGGERTY – In The Spotlight. Matlock Town F.C. (7 September 2013). Retrieved on January 9, 2015.
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John Haselden

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**John James Haselden** (3 August 1943 – 30 March 2020) was an English professional footballer and football manager, he was also a physiotherapist. As a player, he was a central defender.

## Playing career

Haselden played the professional game for 13 years and played for Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United and had a loan spell at Mansfield Town.

### Rotherham United

Haselden started his career at Rotherham United in 1961. He spent 7 years at Rotherham and played 99 games. He then moved to hometown club Doncaster Rovers in 1968.

### Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers were Haselden's hometown club and he was to make 172 appearances in the next 6 years. He also scored 20 goals. He also had a loan spell at Mansfield between 1971 and 1972 where he played 4 games. In 1974, he retired from the game and joined Mansfield Town's coaching staff.

### Reading

In 1987, Haselden had a run-out in a friendly at Reading, where he was working as a coach, at the age of 45.

## Coaching career

### Mansfield Town

Haselden was Mansfield Town's First Team Coach and in his first season as coach Mansfield won the Fourth Division title.

### Huddersfield Town

Haselden joined Huddersfield Town in 1976 as a physiotherapist/coach under Tom Johnston and was promoted to the manager's role in 1977 when the club's board voted him into the hot-seat. This role only lasted six months, though as Johnston came back to Huddersfield for a third time in 1977. In 1978 and when Johnston took Town to 91st in The Football League he retired and Mick Buxton was brought in as caretaker manager. When Buxton was given the role full-time he made Haselden his assistant manager and in their full season at the helm Town won the Fourth Division title. Town also gained promotion from Division Three in 1983. In 1986 Haselden was sacked by Town to free up the club's wage bill.

### Reading

In 1986 Haselden joined Reading's coaching staff. He took caretaker charge of Reading in 1991 for a couple of weeks. He left Reading in 1993 to join Nottingham Forest.

#### Managerial statistics

*As of 9 April 2009.*

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### Nottingham Forest

Haselden joined Forest as a physiotherapist where he worked for nine years before leaving to join Aston Villa in 2002. He left in 2004 for Notts County. He spent 4 years at Notts before being replaced by Paul Smith in July 2008.

## Honours

### Player

**Doncaster Rovers**

* Fourth Division champions: 1968–69

### Coach/physio

**Mansfield Town**

* Fourth Division champions: 1974–75

**Huddersfield Town**

* Third Division runners-up: 1982–83
* Fourth Division champions: 1979–80

**Reading**

* Simod Cup: 1987–88

**Nottingham Forest**

* First Division runners-up: 1993–94

## External links

* Profile on a Huddersfield Town fansite (via archive.org)

## References

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John McGinley (footballer)

For the Scottish footballer, see John McGinlay.

**John McGinley** (born 11 June 1959) is an English professional footballer who scored 18 goals from 131 appearances in the Football League playing on the left wing or as a forward for Sunderland, Lincoln City, Rotherham United, Hartlepool United and Doncaster Rovers.

## Football career

McGinley was born in Rowlands Gill, then in County Durham. He played non-League football for Ashington and Gateshead before signing for First Division club Sunderland in early 1982. McGinley made his Football League debut on 10 February 1982 in the starting eleven for a 2–0 home defeat to Stoke City, but spent only four months with Sunderland, making just three first-team appearances, before rejoining Gateshead.

He played in Belgium for Charleroi before returning to England for two spells with Lincoln City either side of brief appearances for Rotherham United and Hartlepool United. Lincoln were relegated from the Fourth Division in 1987, but returned to the League at their first attempt, winning the Conference title in the 1987–88 season; McGinley and Phil Brown were their joint leading scorers with 20 goals apiece in all competitions. McGinley finished his League career in the 1989–90 season with Doncaster Rovers, then played for Boston United in the Conference.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John McGinley. *The Lincoln City FC Archive*. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved on April 21, 2010. Access individual season statistics via Season Stats dropdown menu.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 John McGinley. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on April 21, 2010.
3. ↑ Famous Players from Ashington. Ashington A.F.C. Retrieved on April 21, 2010.
4. ↑ Gateshead F.C. 1980/81. *Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database*. Alan Percival. Retrieved on April 21, 2010.
5. ↑ Players A to Z 1979–1990. *Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database*. Alan Percival. Retrieved on April 21, 2010.
6. ↑ Player details: John McGinley. The Statcat. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved on April 21, 2010.
7. ↑ On This Day: May. Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved on April 21, 2010.
8. ↑ Boston United Roll Call. *Boston United FC – The Original Website*. Ken Fox. Retrieved on April 21, 2010.
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