David Wetherall
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Wetherall[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 March 1971||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1991 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | (0) |
1991–1999 | Leeds United | 202 | (12) |
1999–2008 | Bradford City | 304 | (18) |
Total | 506 | (30) | |
Managerial career | |||
2003 | Bradford City (joint caretaker) | ||
2007 | Bradford City (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Wetherall (born 14 March 1971) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who is an academy strategic advisor at Huddersfield Town.
As a player, he was a
He had two spells as
Playing career
Early life and career
Wetherall was born in Sheffield, he supported
Leeds United
Wilkinson, by then Leeds United manager, returned to his former club in July 1991 to sign two young centre-backs, Jon Newsome first and Wetherall a few days later, for a combined fee of £275,000.[3][7] The 20-year-old Wetherall's first season at Leeds was the final year of his degree course, so he played for the reserves while training part-time.[3] He made a brief debut in the First Division, on 3 September 1991 at Elland Road as a late substitute against Arsenal; Leeds went on to win the 1991–92 league title.[8] He remembers it as "With 20 minutes to go, we were 2–1 down and I was on the touchline ready to go on, then Lee Chapman scored and the gaffer (Howard Wilkinson) told me to sit down again. But he threw me on for the last two minutes. I always tell people that made the difference in winning the title!"[3] As his teammates took the league trophy on a celebratory open top bus tour, Wetherall chose to revise for his examinations, a decision he came to regret, because "those experiences don't come around that often".[3] Though the revision bore fruit: he graduated with first-class honours.[2]
Wetherall made his first start for Leeds in the newly formed
In the 1996–97 season, Wetherall played less regularly as new manager
When David O'Leary replaced Graham as manager it became clear that his centre-back pairing of choice would be Lucas Radebe and the 18-year-old Jonathan Woodgate, so Wetherall decided to leave Leeds for a club where he could play regular first-team football.[15][20] A transfer to nearby Huddersfield Town fell through after terms had been agreed,[21] and the player's reluctance to move house while wife Caroline was heavily pregnant with their second son caused him to reject an offer from Southampton.[2] After eight years with Leeds, having scored 18 goals from 250 games in all competitions, he accepted an offer from fellow West Yorkshire club Bradford City.[10]
Bradford City
Bradford City signed Wetherall for a club record £1.4 million,
The
Wetherall's start to the
Wetherall was one of 19 senior first-team players to be laid off by chairman Richmond in May 2002,[44] after the club were put into administration and the players unpaid since April.[45] Those players went as far as taking strike action before a pre-season friendly at Hull City, even though Wetherall, as their Professional Footballers' Association representative, had initially denied they would do so,[46] before the club was saved and players reinstated.[45] Wetherall played in the club's opening game of the season as Bradford drew 0–0 with Wolverhampton Wanderers live on television,[47] but was again ruled out through an injury, this time to his hip.[48] A planned comeback was put off five weeks later,[49] before he sought the advice of a specialist in Denmark.[50] After sitting out another three months through injury, Wetherall made his return as a substitute against Gillingham in December 2002 but was again injured in a reserve team comeback three days later.[51] He again returned in February 2003 against Coventry City and played 15 games during the final three months of the season.
Wetherall kept off his injury problems and played in the first 15 games of the
Despite the club's relegation to
In October 2006, days after playing his 250th game for Bradford, he signed a new deal keeping him at the club until 2010 with a clause allowing him to move into a coaching role when his playing career ended or continue playing beyond 2010.
"Lots of players end their careers through injury or get left out and struggle. No, it is the right decision for me and the club. I have had a good and long career."
David Wetherall, when questioned about whether his career ended in the way he would have liked.[65]
When he took over as Bradford caretaker manager, Wetherall stepped down as captain and instead handed the armband to centre-back partner
Managerial career
Wetherall was one of four senior players to act as Bradford City manager for two weeks during November 2003, following the sacking of
Wetherall holds the
In September 2023, he became an academy strategic advisor at Huddersfield Town.[87]
Managerial statistics
- As of 5 February 2008.[79]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Bradford City | 12 February 2007 | 22 May 2007 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14.29 |
Personal life
Wetherall was inducted into
Honours
Leeds United
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External links
- David Wetherall at Soccerbase
- David Wetherall management career statistics at Soccerbase
- David Wetherall at Bantams Past: The Bradford City Football Club Museum (via archive.org)