Wayne Biggins

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Wayne Biggins
Personal information
Full name Wayne Biggins[1]
Date of birth (1961-11-20) 20 November 1961 (age 62)[1]
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker[1]
Youth career
Lincoln City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Lincoln City 8 (1)
1981–1982 Matlock Town
1982–1983 King's Lynn
1983–1984 Matlock Town
1984–1985 Burnley 78 (29)
1985–1988 Norwich City 79 (16)
1988–1989 Manchester City 32 (9)
1989–1992 Stoke City 122 (46)
1992–1993 Barnsley 47 (16)
1993–1994 Celtic 9 (0)
1994–1995 Stoke City 27 (6)
1995 → Luton Town (loan) 7 (1)
1995 Oxford United 10 (1)
1995–1997 Wigan Athletic 51 (5)
1997–1998 Leek Town
1998–2003 Stocksbridge Park Steels
2004–2005 Buxton
Total 470 (130)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Stocksbridge Park Steels
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wayne Biggins (born 20 November 1961) is an English former professional

the Football League and also played in the Scottish Football League.[2] He was a striker and was nicknamed "Bertie" throughout his career.[1][3]

Playing career

Biggins was a latecomer to league football, for although he began his career with

Ken Brown signed him in October 1985 for a transfer fee of £35,000.[5]

Norwich were re-building their squad after relegation from the first division and were looking to bounce back to the top flight at the first attempt. They succeeded, and Biggins ended the season with a second division championship medal.

1992 Football League Trophy Final.[1]

Not long into the

non-league football with Leek Town
.

Management and coaching

After leaving Leek Town, Biggins moved to Stocksbridge Park Steels, where he became assistant manager and then manager until November 2003. He later played for and coached Buxton.[3]

Personal life

He is the father of footballer Harrison Biggins.[9] Wayne, his wife, and Harrison all had COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Career statistics

Source:[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lincoln City 1980–81 Fourth Division 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Burnley 1983–84 Third Division 20 8 0 0 0 0 4[a] 3 24 11
1984–85 Third Division 46 18 3 1 4 0 3[a] 2 56 21
1985–86 Fourth Division 12 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 14 4
Total 78 29 3 1 6 1 7 5 94 36
Norwich City 1985–86 Second Division 28 7 1 0 0 0 4[b] 1 33 7
1986–87 First Division 31 4 3 0 3 1 3[c] 2 40 7
1987–88 First Division 20 5 0 0 3 1 1[c] 0 24 6
Total 79 16 4 0 6 2 8 3 97 21
Manchester City 1988–89 Second Division 32 9 2 0 4 1 0 0 38 10
Stoke City 1989–90 Second Division 35 10 1 0 0 0 2[c] 1 38 11
1990–91 Third Division 38 12 3 0 4 0 1[a] 0 46 12
1991–92 Third Division 41 22 2 0 4 2 7[d] 4 54 28
1992–93 Second Division 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 4
Total 122 46 6 0 10 4 10 5 148 55
Barnsley 1992–93 First Division 34 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 38 14
1993–94 First Division 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
Total 47 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 51 16
Celtic 1993–94 Scottish Premier Division 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Stoke City 1993–94 First Division 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4
1994–95 First Division 17 2 0 0 2 0 4[e] 2 23 4
Total 27 6 0 0 2 0 4 2 33 8
Luton Town (loan) 1994–95 First Division 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 2
Oxford United 1995–96 Second Division 10 1 0 0 4 1 1[a] 0 15 2
Wigan Athletic 1995–96 Third Division 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2
1996–97 Third Division 33 3 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 37 3
Total 51 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 55 5
Career total 470 130 23 2 34 9 31 15 558 156
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in Football League Super Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  4. ^ Five appearances and four goals in Football League Trophy and two appearances in Third Division play-offs
  5. ^ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup

Honours

Individual

Norwich

  • 2nd Division Championship 1985-86

Wigan

  • 3rd Division Championship 1996-97

Stoke

  • Football League Trophy Winner 1992

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-9524151-0-0
    .
  2. ^ "Wayne Biggins". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Wayne Biggins". Flown From The Nest. Steve Whitlam. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  4. ISBN 0-9521799-0-3
    .
  5. ^ "Biggins joins Norwich for £35,000". The Times. London. 12 October 1985.
  6. ^ Haylett, Trevor (25 March 1994). "Football: Peacock goes but Francis stays: Mixed day at Queen's Park Rangers while Limpar joins Everton and Beagrie hops to City". The Independent.
  7. ^ "Wayne Biggins". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  8. ^ "Latics A–Z : Neil Bailey to Tony Black". Ye Olde Tree And Crown. Bernard Ramsdale. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  9. ^ a b Smith, Peter (29 May 2020). "Stoke City hero Wayne Biggins reveals family trauma". stokesentinel.
  10. ^ Wayne Biggins at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  11. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.
  12. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 149.

External links

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