Sean Haslegrave
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sean Matthew Haslegrave[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 June 1951||
Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 22 November 2019[2] | (aged 68)||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1968–1970 | Stoke City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1976 | Stoke City | 113 | (5) |
1976–1977 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | (1) |
1977–1981 | Preston North End | 113 | (2) |
1981–1983 | Crewe Alexandra | 82 | (1) |
1983–1987 | York City | 142 | (0) |
1987–1989 | Torquay United | 36 | (1) |
Total | 493 | (10) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sean Matthew Haslegrave (7 June 1951 – 22 November 2019) was an English
Football career
Haslegrave was born in
However his move to Forest did not go according to plan as injury restricted his playing time and when Forest signed Scottish international Archie Gemmill in September 1977, Haslegrave was further down the pecking order. On 29 September 1977, Haslegrave left to join Preston North End, managed by England World Cup star Nobby Stiles for a fee of £25,000. At the end of the season Preston were promoted to the Second Division with Haslegrave a regular in midfield. After two successful seasons, Preston struggled in 1980–81 and were eventually relegated on the last day of the season. Stiles was sacked soon afterwards and Haslegrave was released. Haslegrave signed for Crewe Alexandra in August 1981 and after two seasons with a struggling Crewe side moved to York City, where his former Stoke teammate Denis Smith was manager. He helped York to promotion to the Third Division, with a record points haul, and made over 150 first team appearances in four seasons.
In August 1987, Haslegrave joined a Torquay side that had just avoided relegation out of the league in the last few minutes of the previous season. However, under new manager
Personal life
On retiring he returned to Preston North End to coach the youth team and became Director of the club's Centre of Excellence. On leaving North End he became Head Coach at Cardinal Newman College and subsequently was also invited to coach the English Colleges side. Haslegrave held a UEFA (A) coaching badge and was a representative of Anglo-Deities United, a Lancashire-based charity which deals with the elderly. He was football coach at Cardinal Newman College in Preston and head coach of the English Colleges Team.[6] In May 2012 he walked 1,500 miles to Spain for charity.[7]
Career statistics
Source:[8]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup
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Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stoke City | 1970–71 | First Division | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 26 | 0 |
1971–72 | First Division | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3[b] | 1 | 24 | 2 | |
1972–73 | First Division | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
1973–74 | First Division | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
1974–75 | First Division | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
1975–76 | First Division | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | ||
Total | 113 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 146 | 8 | ||
Nottingham Forest | 1976–77 | Second Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[e] | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Preston North End | 1977–78 | Third Division | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
1978–79 | Second Division | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[e] | 1 | 49 | 2 | |
1979–80 | Second Division | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[e] | 1 | 31 | 1 | |
1980–81 | Second Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
Total | 113 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 131 | 4 | ||
Crewe Alexandra | 1981–82 | Fourth Division | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 44 | 2 | |
1982–83 | Fourth Division | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | ||
Total | 82 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 89 | 2 | |||
York City | 1983–84 | Fourth Division | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 29 | 1 |
1984–85 | Third Division | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | 54 | 0 | |
1985–86 | Third Division | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
1986–87 | Third Division | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[f] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
Total | 142 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 172 | 2 | ||
Torquay United | 1987–88 | Fourth Division | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5[g] | 0 | 45 | 1 |
1988–89 | Fourth Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
Career Total | 493 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 599 | 16 |
- ^ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
- ^ Appearances in Texaco Cup
- ^ Two appearances in Texaco Cup and three in Watney Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearances in Anglo-Scottish Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearances in Associate Members' Cup
- ^ Three Appearances in Associate Members' Cup and two in Fourth Division play-offs
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ^ "Ex-Stoke City star Sean Haslegrave dies at 68". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ "The day Cloughie helped Sean make the most of a grave situation". The Sentinel. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ Extract from 'My Idea of Fun', Lee Sharpe's autobiography
- ^ College football coach scoops England job
- ^ "Former player aims for 1,500-mile goal". The Sentinel. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ Sean Haslegrave at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
External links
- Sean Haslegrave at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database