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| fullname = Christopher Martin Casper<ref name="hugman">{{Hugman|3235|accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref>
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| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]<ref name="hugman"/>
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]<ref name="hugman"/>
| currentclub = [[Salford City F.C.|Salford City]]<br>(Director of Football)
| currentclub = [[Salford City F.C.|Salford City]]<br>(Director of Football)
| youthyears1 = 1991–1993 |youthclubs1 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| youthyears1 = 1991–1993 |youthclubs1 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| years1 = 1993–1998 |clubs1 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] |caps1 = 2 |goals1 = 0
| years1 = 1993–1998 |clubs1 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] |caps1 = 2 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1996 |clubs2 = → [[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]] (loan) |caps2 = 16 |goals2 = 1
| years2 = 1996 |clubs2 = → [[AFC Bournemouth]] (loan) |caps2 = 16 |goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1997 |clubs3 = → [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] (loan) |caps3 = 10 |goals3 = 1
| years3 = 1997 |clubs3 = → [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] (loan) |caps3 = 10 |goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1998 |clubs4 = → [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] (loan) |caps4 = 8 |goals4 = 0
| years4 = 1998 |clubs4 = → [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] (loan) |caps4 = 8 |goals4 = 0
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| manageryears2 = 2005–2008 |managerclubs2 = [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]
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'''Christopher Martin Casper''' (born 28 April 1975) is an English [[association football|football]] manager and former player who is now the director of football at [[Football League Two|League Two]] side [[Salford City F.C.|Salford City]].
'''Christopher Martin Casper''' (born 28 April 1975) is an English [[association football|football]] manager and former player who is now the director of football at [[EFL League Two|League Two]] side [[Salford City F.C.|Salford City]].


As a player he was a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] who played in the [[Premier League]] for [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and in [[the Football League]] for [[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]], [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] and [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]. An injury forced him to retire from playing in 2000 at the age of 24. Casper proceeded into management and took charge of [[Team Bath F.C.|Team Bath]] in 2002 before moving to [[Football League Two]] club [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] for three years. At the time, he was the youngest manager in the top four tiers of the [[English football league system]]. However, a run of poor form in 2008 led to his departure from Bury. Casper then took backroom jobs at [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] and [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], before joining the [[FA Premier League]] as a club support manager.
As a player he was a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] who played in the [[Premier League]] for [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and in [[the Football League]] for [[AFC Bournemouth]], [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] and [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]. An injury forced him to retire from playing in 2000 at the age of 24.
Casper proceeded into management and took charge of [[Team Bath F.C.|Team Bath]] in 2002 before moving to [[Football League Two]] club [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] for three years. At the time, he was the youngest manager in the top four tiers of the [[English football league system]]. However, a run of poor form in 2008 led to his departure from Bury. Casper then took backroom jobs at [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] and [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], before joining the [[Premier League]] as a club support manager.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Casper was born in [[Burnley]], Lancashire, and attended the town's [[St Theodore's RC High School]].<ref>[http://www.burnleyexpress.net/burnleysport/Casper-steps-in-to-take.1200836.jp Burnley Express] Accessed 2010</ref> He is the son of former [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] [[Forward (association football)|forward]] [[Frank Casper (footballer)|Frank Casper]].
Casper was born in [[Burnley]], Lancashire, and attended the town's [[St Theodore's RC High School]].<ref>[http://www.burnleyexpress.net/burnleysport/Casper-steps-in-to-take.1200836.jp Burnley Express] Accessed 2010</ref> He is the son of former [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] [[Forward (association football)|forward]] and manager [[Frank Casper (footballer)|Frank Casper]].


==Playing career==
==Playing career==


===Manchester United===
===Manchester United===
Casper joined [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] as a trainee in 1991 and played in their [[FA Youth Cup]] winning team a year later. When still only 17, he signed professional terms in January 1993, making his United debut in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] game against [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] at [[Old Trafford (football)|Old Trafford]] on 5 October 1994. Casper was a product of the same United youth setup that sparked the highly successful careers of players such as [[David Beckham]], [[Paul Scholes]], [[Gary Neville]], [[Phil Neville]] and [[Nicky Butt]], who all spent a decade or more with the club, helping them win numerous trophies and also being regular members of the [[England national football team]].
Casper joined [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] as a trainee in 1991 and played in their [[FA Youth Cup]] winning team a year later. When still only 17, he signed professional terms in January 1993, making his United debut in the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] game against [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] at [[Old Trafford (football)|Old Trafford]] on 5 October 1994. Casper was a product of the same United youth setup that sparked the highly successful careers of players such as [[David Beckham]], [[Paul Scholes]], [[Gary Neville]], [[Phil Neville]] and [[Nicky Butt]], who all spent a decade or more with the club, helping them win numerous trophies and also being regular members of the [[England national football team]].


Casper served as captain of the England youth team, and was a member of the [[1993 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|UEFA European Under-18 Championship]] winning side in 1993. He also appeared for the [[England national under-21 football team|England under-21]] side in the [[Toulon Tournament]] against [[Malaysia national under-21 football team|Malaysia]] in June 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415020338/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html |archivedate=15 April 2020 |title=England's Matches the under-21's 1990−2000 |work=EnglandFootballOnline.com |publisher=England Football Online |first1=Chris |last1=Goodwin |first2=Glen |last2=Isherwood |accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref> Casper later had several spells on loan at [[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]] and [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] during the 1990s, but was unable to claim a regular place in the first team at [[Old Trafford]] and he was sold to Division Two side [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] in November 1998 for £300,000.<ref>[http://www.royals.org/player0001.html]</ref>
Casper served as captain of the England youth team, and was a member of the [[1993 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|UEFA European Under-18 Championship]] winning side in 1993. He also appeared for the [[England national under-21 football team|England under-21]] side in the [[Toulon Tournament]] against [[Malaysia national under-21 football team|Malaysia]] in June 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415020338/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html |archivedate=15 April 2020 |title=England's Matches the under-21's 1990−2000 |website=England Football Online |first1=Chris |last1=Goodwin |first2=Glen |last2=Isherwood |accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref> Casper later had several spells on loan at [[AFC Bournemouth]] and [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] during the 1990s, but was unable to claim a regular place in the first team at [[Old Trafford]] and he was sold to Division Two side [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] in November 1998 for £300,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royals.org/player0001.html|title=Reading Football Club Team Guide}}</ref>


=== Reading ===
===Reading===
He was playing for Reading against [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] in a [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]] fixture on Boxing Day 1999 when he suffered a double leg fracture. This was the last professional game that Casper, then aged 24, ever played, as he later announced his retirement the following year after failing to recover sufficiently from the injury. More than four years later, he secured undisclosed compensation in an out-of-court settlement with [[Richard Carpenter (footballer)|Richard Carpenter]], the Cardiff City player whose tackle had caused his career-ending injury. By this stage, Casper was a youth team coach at Bury.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/3628887.stm]</ref>
He was playing for Reading against [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] in a [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]] fixture on Boxing Day 1999 when he suffered a double leg fracture. This was the last professional game that Casper, then aged 24, ever played, as he later announced his retirement the following year after failing to recover sufficiently from the injury. More than four years later, he secured undisclosed compensation in an out-of-court settlement with [[Richard Carpenter (footballer)|Richard Carpenter]], the Cardiff City player whose tackle had caused his career-ending injury. By this stage, Casper was a youth team coach at Bury.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/3628887.stm|title=Casper wins settlement|date=15 April 2004}}</ref>


==Managerial and coaching career==
==Managerial and coaching career==
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===Grimsby Town===
===Grimsby Town===
On 1 December 2009, Casper was appointed assistant manager to [[Neil Woods]] at [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], replacing [[Brian Stein]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/8388884.stm |title=Chris Casper replaces Brian Stein at Grimsby Town |date=1 December 2009 |accessdate=30 June 2010 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] }}</ref> Town suffered relegation from the [[Football League]] and Casper stepped down as assistant manager at the end of the season.<ref name="current">{{cite web |title=Departure of Town number two Chris Casper a blow says Neil Woods |url=http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Casper-departure-real-blow-8211-Woods/article-2365970-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505144506/http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Casper-departure-real-blow-8211-Woods/article-2365970-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |publisher=Grimsby Telegraph |date=1 July 2010 |accessdate=7 April 2011 }}</ref>
On 1 December 2009, Casper was appointed assistant manager to [[Neil Woods]] at [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], replacing [[Brian Stein]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/8388884.stm |title=Chris Casper replaces Brian Stein at Grimsby Town |date=1 December 2009 |accessdate=30 June 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport }}</ref> Town suffered relegation from the [[Football League]] and Casper stepped down as assistant manager at the end of the season.<ref name="current">{{cite web |title=Departure of Town number two Chris Casper a blow says Neil Woods |url=http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Casper-departure-real-blow-8211-Woods/article-2365970-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505144506/http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Casper-departure-real-blow-8211-Woods/article-2365970-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |work=Grimsby Telegraph |date=1 July 2010 |accessdate=7 April 2011 }}</ref>


===FA Premier League===
===FA Premier League===
On 30 June 2010, Casper joined the [[Premier League]] as a club support manager working within the academy system.<ref name="current" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/sport/football/shakers/8259706.Casper_s_new_role_with_the_Premier_League/|title=Casper's new role with the Premier League|work=Bury Times|date=7 July 2010|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref> The role sees him working with the eight top-flight clubs in the north west to help them implement educational programmes and work with their academies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Casper-miss-Town/article-2370121-detail/article.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505083541/http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Casper-miss-Town/article-2370121-detail/article.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=Town's departing assistant manager Chris Casper says he will miss the club|work=Grimsby Telegraph|date=2 July 2011|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref>
On 30 June 2010, Casper joined the [[Premier League]] as a club support manager working within the academy system.<ref name="current" /><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/sport/football/shakers/8259706.Casper_s_new_role_with_the_Premier_League/
|title=Casper's new role with the Premier League
|publisher=Bury Times
|date=7 July 2010
|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref> The role sees him working with the eight top-flight clubs in the north west to help them implement educational programmes and work with their academies.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Casper-miss-Town/article-2370121-detail/article.html
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505083541/http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Casper-miss-Town/article-2370121-detail/article.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=5 May 2013
|title=Town's departing assistant manager Chris Casper says he will miss the club
|publisher=Grimsby Telegraph
|date=2 July 2011
|accessdate=7 April 2011
}}</ref>


==Managerial stats==
==Managerial statistics==
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Chris Casper
Personal information
Full name Christopher Martin Casper[1]
Date of birth (1975-04-28) 28 April 1975 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth Burnley, Lancashire, England[1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender[1]
Team information
Current team
 Salford City
(Director of Football)
Youth career
1991–1993 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 Manchester United 2 (0)
1996 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 16 (1)
1997 → Swindon Town (loan) 10 (1)
1998 → Reading (loan) 8 (0)
1998–2000 Reading 39 (0)
Total 75 (2)
International career
1992–1993 England U18 8 (0)
1995 England U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Team Bath
2005–2008 Bury
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Martin Casper (born 28 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player who is now the director of football at League Two side Salford City.

As a player he was a defender who played in the Premier League for Manchester United and in the Football League for AFC Bournemouth, Swindon Town and Reading. An injury forced him to retire from playing in 2000 at the age of 24.

Casper proceeded into management and took charge of Team Bath in 2002 before moving to Football League Two club Bury for three years. At the time, he was the youngest manager in the top four tiers of the English football league system. However, a run of poor form in 2008 led to his departure from Bury. Casper then took backroom jobs at Bradford City and Grimsby Town, before joining the Premier League as a club support manager.

Early life[edit]

Casper was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and attended the town's St Theodore's RC High School.[2] He is the son of former Burnley forward and manager Frank Casper.

Playing career[edit]

Manchester United[edit]

Casper joined Manchester United as a trainee in 1991 and played in their FA Youth Cup winning team a year later. When still only 17, he signed professional terms in January 1993, making his United debut in the League Cup game against Port Vale at Old Trafford on 5 October 1994. Casper was a product of the same United youth setup that sparked the highly successful careers of players such as David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt, who all spent a decade or more with the club, helping them win numerous trophies and also being regular members of the England national football team.

Casper served as captain of the England youth team, and was a member of the UEFA European Under-18 Championship winning side in 1993. He also appeared for the England under-21 side in the Toulon Tournament against Malaysia in June 1995.[3] Casper later had several spells on loan at AFC Bournemouth and Swindon Town during the 1990s, but was unable to claim a regular place in the first team at Old Trafford and he was sold to Division Two side Reading in November 1998 for £300,000.[4]

Reading[edit]

He was playing for Reading against Cardiff City in a Division Two fixture on Boxing Day 1999 when he suffered a double leg fracture. This was the last professional game that Casper, then aged 24, ever played, as he later announced his retirement the following year after failing to recover sufficiently from the injury. More than four years later, he secured undisclosed compensation in an out-of-court settlement with Richard Carpenter, the Cardiff City player whose tackle had caused his career-ending injury. By this stage, Casper was a youth team coach at Bury.[5]

Managerial and coaching career[edit]

Team Bath[edit]

While undergoing rehabilitation at the University of Bath, he coached Team Bath along with Paul Tisdale, and it was that side that reached the first round of the FA Cup in 2002–03.

Bury[edit]

He left to join Bury as youth coach before taking charge of the reserves in the 2004–05 season. At the beginning of the 2005–06 season, with six defeats from the first nine games, he replaced Graham Barrow as manager. Casper offered to resign in 2006 when Bury were thrown out of the FA Cup in the 2006–07 season for fielding an ineligible player, but this was rejected by the club's board. After a run of poor results he was fired in January 2008.

Bradford City[edit]

Five months later, he was appointed youth team coach at fellow League Two side Bradford City, taking over from Jon Pepper.[6]

Grimsby Town[edit]

On 1 December 2009, Casper was appointed assistant manager to Neil Woods at Grimsby Town, replacing Brian Stein.[7] Town suffered relegation from the Football League and Casper stepped down as assistant manager at the end of the season.[8]

FA Premier League[edit]

On 30 June 2010, Casper joined the Premier League as a club support manager working within the academy system.[8][9] The role sees him working with the eight top-flight clubs in the north west to help them implement educational programmes and work with their academies.[10]

Managerial statistics[edit]

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Bury England 19 September 2005 14 January 2008 113 36 33 44 27.06

Honours[edit]

Manchester United

England U18

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Chris Casper". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ Burnley Express Accessed 2010
  3. ^ Goodwin, Chris; Isherwood, Glen. "England's Matches the under-21's 1990−2000". England Football Online. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Reading Football Club Team Guide".
  5. ^ "Casper wins settlement". 15 April 2004.
  6. ^ "Casper gets Bradford youth role". BBC Sport. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  7. ^ "Chris Casper replaces Brian Stein at Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Departure of Town number two Chris Casper a blow says Neil Woods". Grimsby Telegraph. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Casper's new role with the Premier League". Bury Times. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Town's departing assistant manager Chris Casper says he will miss the club". Grimsby Telegraph. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  11. ^ "The forgotten story of… England's class of '93". The Guardian. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

External links[edit]

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