Dave Hockaday
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Hockaday[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 November 1957||
Place of birth | Sedgefield, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Winger / Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Billingham Synthonia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1983 | Blackpool | 147 | (24) |
1983–1990 | Swindon Town | 245 | (7) |
1990–1993 | Hull City | 72 | (2) |
1993 | → Stoke City (loan) | 7 | (0) |
1993–1995 | Shrewsbury Town | 48 | (0) |
1995 | Cirencester Town | ||
Total | 519 | (33) | |
Managerial career | |||
2009–2013 | Forest Green Rovers | ||
2014 | Leeds United | ||
2015 | Coventry City (caretaker) | ||
2015–2016 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Hockaday (born 9 November 1957) is an English professional footballer who is currently Head of Male Football at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College. He has previously worked as a manager at Leeds United, Forest Green Rovers, Kidderminster Harriers and in a caretaker capacity at Coventry City.
A former professional
In June 2014, Hockaday became the new head coach of
Playing career
Blackpool
Hockaday was born in
Also on 30 September, this time in 1981, Hockaday was amongst the scorers in Blackpool's 7–1 rout of Halifax Town at Bloomfield Road. In his final season in Lancashire, he made 40 league appearances and scored eight goals, but was unable to prevent Blackpool from finishing fourth from bottom and needing to seek re-election. In his eight seasons at Blackpool he made over 190 first-team appearances, scoring 27 goals.[2]
Swindon Town
In June 1983, he moved on a free transfer to fellow
Later career
At Hull City he was part of the side which suffered relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1990–91 season. He played 15 times for Hull the following season and spent the end of the 1992–93 campaign on loan at Stoke City where he played seven times helping the Potters win the Second Division title.[3] After a third season at Hull he moved on to Shrewsbury Town. He was a member of the Shrewsbury team who won the Third Division title at the end of his first season, before he dropped out of league football, moving to Cirencester Town in 1995.[citation needed]
Coaching career
In 1996, Hockaday established one of the first football academies in the country at
In January 2007, as Watford struggled to avoid relegation, he was sacked by manager
On 19 June 2007, it was announced that he would be joining Southampton as youth team coach replacing Georges Prost,[9] he was put on gardening leave by the club in January 2009 and was released from his contract in May of the same year.[10] Hockaday again linked up with Martin Allen at his new club Cheltenham Town for a very short period on a non-contract basis however left the club when John Schofield was appointed as the club's assistant manager in March 2009.[11]
Managerial career
Forest Green Rovers
In September 2009 Hockaday became the first team manager at
His first season as manager ended with relegation from the
In his third season as Forest Green manager the club finished the season in 10th place. Hockaday's fourth season as manager of the club again ended with another 10th-place finish in the
After a disappointing start to the 2013–14 season, and after a run which saw Forest Green suffer seven defeats in eight games, Hockaday left the club by mutual consent on 21 October 2013.[21]
Leeds United
On 19 June 2014, Hockaday was appointed as head coach of Leeds United on a two-year contract. Junior Lewis was hired as Hockaday's assistant. The appointment was both a surprise and a great disappointment to a large majority of Leeds United fans. Hockaday was widely ridiculed on social media and became known as "The Hock", partly due to the pronouncements of a fake Twitter account set up in his name.[22][23][24] His annual salary was reported as being about £90,000, compared to the £750,000 paid to his predecessor Brian McDermott.[25]
Hockaday took his team to Italy for a two-week training camp, and his first pre-season game as head coach resulted in a 16–0 victory against Italian amateur minnows FC Gherdeina. After the sixteenth goal had been scored, United's new goalkeeper Marco Silvestri was allowed to switch sides and play for the amateur team until the end of the game.[26] A second match in Italy was planned but failed to take place because the opposition did not show up. After returning to England, Leeds played several friendlies against lower league opposition, starting with a 2–0 win over local side Guiseley (who play in the sixth tier of English football) on 19 July, with goals coming from Matt Smith and Jason Pearce.[27] The final game of pre-season resulted in a creditable win over Scottish Premiership side Dundee United at Elland Road. Hockaday referred to his team as a "work in progress", praised his players for "putting a shift in" and said that they were improving with every game.
However, Leeds lost their first game of the new season 2–0, away at Millwall on 9 August.[28] Hockaday's first and only league victory was against Middlesbrough at Elland Road on 16 August, with new striker Billy Sharp scoring a late winner on his debut.[29][30]
Two more defeats followed, 2–0 against
On 28 August 2014, Hockaday and assistant Lewis were sacked by Cellino, having been in the job for only 70 days.[34][35]
Swindon Supermarine
In November 2014, he was appointed to an advisory role at non-league side Swindon Supermarine.[36] Later that month, he took on the role of assistant manager at Swindon Supermarine on a temporary basis, with club director Jez Webb describing Hockaday's appointment as "humbling."[37][38][39]
Coventry City
Following his temporary role with Swindon Supermarine,
On 23 February following the departure of Steven Pressley, Hockaday took on the role of joint caretaker manager with Neil MacFarlane. They were in charge of two games, a 2–1 victory over Milton Keynes Dons and a 1–0 defeat at Barnsley.[41] On 3 March 2015, Tony Mowbray was appointed manager of Coventry City on a deal until the end of the 2014–15 season.[42]
Kidderminster Harriers
In October 2015,
After leaving Kidderminster he opened his own football academy for young footballers based in Wiltshire.[46] In October 2016, he was appointed the new head of male football at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College.[47]
Career statistics
Source:[48]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Blackpool | 1976–77 | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
1977–78 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1978–79 | Third Division | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
1979–80 | Third Division | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
1980–81 | Third Division | 36 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 7 | |
1981–82 | Fourth Division | 41 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 7 | |
1982–83 | Fourth Division | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8 | |
Total | 147 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 192 | 27 | ||
Swindon Town | 1983–84 | Fourth Division | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 4 |
1984–85 | Fourth Division | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
1985–86 | Fourth Division | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 3 | |
1986–87 | Third Division | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 57 | 2 | |
1987–88 | Second Division | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 1 | |
1988–89 | Second Division | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 0 | |
1989–90 | Second Division | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
1990–91 | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 245 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 311 | 11 | ||
Hull City | 1990–91 | Second Division | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
1991–92 | Third Division | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
1992–93 | Second Division | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
Total | 72 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 3 | ||
Stoke City (loan) | 1992–93 | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Shrewsbury Town | 1993–94 | Third Division | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
1994–95 | Second Division | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Total | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 0 | ||
Career total | 519 | 33 | 39 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 654 | 41 |
- A. Full Members Cup.
Managerial statistics
- As of 7 January 2016.[49] Forest Green League Managerial Record confirmed by Sky Sports Yearbook[50]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Forest Green Rovers | 9 September 2009 | 21 October 2013 | 206 | 70 | 53 | 83 | 34.0 |
Leeds United | 19 June 2014 | 28 August 2014 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.3 |
Coventry City (caretaker) | 23 February 2015 | 3 March 2015 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 |
Kidderminster Harriers | 9 October 2015 | 7 January 2016 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15.4 |
Total | 227 | 75 | 54 | 98 | 33.0 |
Honours
Swindon Town
Stoke City
Shrewsbury Town
- Football League Third Division: 1993–94
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External links
- "Hornets are stirred up by their academy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2007.
- Dave Hockaday at Soccerbase