fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place height totalcaps position birth_date totalgoals article_title name
john steele deary 1989-1995 1995-1997 1997-2000 burnley rochdale southport 285 209 87 5 18 6 1 0 ormskirk , england 5 9 586 midfielder -lrb- retired -rrb- 18 october 1962 25 john deary
 john deary
john deary

john steele deary -lrb- born october 18 , 1962 in ormskirk , lancashire -rrb- is an english former professional football player .
he played as a midfielder .
deary began his career with alan ball 's young blackpool team in 1980 .
unlike the rest , however , he went on to appear in over 300 games for the club .
he started as an apprentice , signing for the seasiders in march 1980 .
he made his debut on september 5 , 1980 , in a 2 -- 1 victory at fulham .
the management seemed uncertain whether to play deary in the heart of defence or deep in midfield , but he eventually established himself in the latter position .
deary scored his first league goal on september 29 , 1982 , in a 2 -- 1 victory at chester city .
the following season , 1983 -- 84 , he scored a hat-trick in a 3 -- 1 victory over hereford united at bloomfield road on april 28 , 1984 .
a tough tackler who enjoyed pushing forwards , deary was blackpool 's top scorer during their 1984 -- 85 promotion season , with fifteen goals in all competitions .
at the end of the 1988 -- 89 season , deary decided to move on , his place now coming under pressure .
blackpool 's neighbours , burnley , snapped him up for # 30,000 .
after six years at turf moor , deary spent two years with rochdale , before finishing his career with a short spell at southport .
he scored a goal in each of his first four games for southport , but was sent off in his fifth and final game for the club , before injury forced him to retire .
