David Sadler

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David Sadler
Personnel
birthday February 5, 1946
place of birth Yalding ,  England
position Defender , striker
Juniors
Years station
until 1962 Maidstone United
1962-1963 Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1963-1973 Manchester United 272 (22)
1973 Miami Toros 1 0(0)
1973-1977 Preston North End 105 0(3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1967-1969 England U-23 3 0(0)
1967-1970 England 4 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

David Sadler (born February 5, 1946 in Yalding ) is a retired English football player . Frequently acting in the center of the defense, but also applicable in other positions due to his all-round skills, he won the English championship with Manchester United in 1967 and the European Cup in 1968 .

Athletic career

Club career

Sadler was exceptional for a Manchester United player in the 1960s. Unlike many teammates, he did not come from the immediate vicinity, but from the county of Kent . However, as a youth international - in the position of the half-striker - he was in the sights of numerous prominent clubs and finally in November 1962 his way from the lower-class Maidstone United to Manchester should lead him. In February 1963 Sadler, who also played two games in the English amateur selection, was promoted to the first team and he came to his first regular appearances in the 1963/64 season as a replacement for David Herd in the storm center. In addition, he won the FA Youth Cup together with George Best in 1964 and in the final against Swindon Town , Sadler scored a hat trick in the second leg . Overall, he performed well, but his sporting perspective would probably have been significantly worse if he had remained fixated on the offensive center - with just six league appearances he made little contribution to the English championship in 1965. Instead, coach Matt Busby used him more and more often in the defense center and he often helped out in midfield.

Sadler's style of playing was always characterized by a certain serenity. It was described as unspectacular and effective and, unlike some more extroverted fellow players, he did not demonstrate his technical skills. This made him viewed as archetypal for the amateur sportsmanship. He was a key player in the team that again won the English championship title in 1967 and the European Cup a year later . In the European Cup, he was particularly accurate in the semi-final second leg at Real Madrid when he paved the way for his team to progress in the interim score of 1: 3 with the next goal in the 72nd minute (final score 3: 3, first leg 1: 0) . Busby turned him into an attacker at halftime. He played a total of 333 competitive games for United by November 1973, before moving to the second division to Preston North End for a transfer fee of 25,000 pounds . There he was relegated to the third division in 1974 , where he remained until his resignation in 1977.

After retiring from active sports, he worked as a branch manager for a building society in Hale . To do this, he began to get involved in the association of ex-Manchester United players.

English national team

Sadler completed the first of his four full international matches for England on November 22, 1967 against Northern Ireland . The game was won 2-0 and in his three other appearances until 1970 he was not on the losing side. In a final tournament - especially at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico - he never took part.

Title / Awards

Web links

Individual references / footnotes

  1. ^ "England - U-23 International Results- Details" (RSSSF)
  2. ^ A b Hayes, Dean P .: England! England! The Complete Who's Who of Players since 1946 . Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7509-3234-1 , pp. 194-195 .
  3. ^ Ponting, Ivan: Manchester United Player by Player . Hamlyn, London 1998, ISBN 0-600-59496-3 , pp. 78 .
  4. ↑ Football: "Where are they now ... from Stepney to Bestie" (The Independent)
personal data
SURNAME Sadler, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Yalding , England