John Sainty (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Albert Sainty | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Poplar, London, England | ||
| Date of death | 1 April 2023 (aged 77) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1961–1963 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1967 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 1967–1970 | Reading | 71 | (19) |
| 1970–1974 | AFC Bournemouth | 118 | (20) |
| 1972 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1974–1976 | Aldershot | 29 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| England Schoolboys | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1982–1983 | Chester City | ||
| 1986–1987 | Armthorpe Welfare | ||
| 1987 | Mossley | ||
| 2004–? | Bemerton Heath Harlequins (head coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Albert Sainty (24 March 1946 – 1 April 2023) was an English professional footballer in the 1960s and 1970s who went on to manage Chester City.
Playing career
As a player, Sainty (a forward) progressed through the youth ranks at
Football League appearance. Over the next nine years Sainty played for Reading, AFC Bournemouth, Mansfield Town and Aldershot
. He ended his career with 221 Football League appearances and 39 goals to his name.
Coaching and managerial career
Sainty began a coaching career under John Bond.[1] The duo worked together at Norwich City and Manchester City before Sainty went alone by taking the Chester manager's job (initially on a caretaker basis) in November 1982 after Cliff Sear stepped down.
Sainty led the club to a mid-table finish in
League Cup
in the first round.
Sainty teamed up again with Bond at
Stockport County and worked as academy director at Southampton.[4] He then became head coach at Bemerton Heath Harlequins.[5]
Death
Sainty died on 1 April 2023, at the age of 77.[6][7][8]
Honours
AFC Bournemouth
- Football League Division Four runner-up: 1970–71
External links
References
- ISBN 1-873626-32-0.
- ISBN 1-874427-52-6.
- ISBN 1-874427-52-6.
- ^ "Webb was no reject!". This is Hampshire. 13 December 2000. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ "Norwich City profile". ex-cancaries.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ "Club Mourns Passing of 1970/71 Promotion Hero Sainty". AFCB. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Former Southampton FC scout John Sainty has died aged 77". Southern Daily Echo. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Sad to announce to the football community the passing of my father-in-law John Sainty on 1st April". Marc Brown on Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2023.