Bobby Saxton: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
RjwilmsiBot (talk | contribs) m →External links: Adding Persondata using AWB (7307) |
m BRFA, modified categories: English footballers → English men's footballers |
||
(42 intermediate revisions by 33 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{short description|English footballer, manager, coach, and scout}} |
|||
{{Football player infobox |
|||
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} |
|||
| playername = Bobby Saxton |
|||
{{Use British English|date=June 2012}} |
|||
| image = |
|||
{{BLP sources|date=March 2011}} |
|||
| fullname = Robert Saxton |
|||
{{Infobox football biography |
|||
| nickname = |
|||
| name = Bobby Saxton |
|||
| image = Bobby Saxton 05-05-2014 1.jpg |
|||
| image_size = 200 |
|||
| caption = Saxton in the dugout for [[Jody Craddock]]'s testimonial match in 2014 |
|||
| fullname = Robert Saxton<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|17523|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> |
|||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|9|6|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/> |
|||
| birth_place = [[Doncaster]], England |
|||
| height = |
| height = |
||
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] |
|||
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1943|9|6|df=y}} |
|||
| youthyears1 = |
|||
| cityofbirth = [[Doncaster]] |
|||
| youthclubs1 = |
|||
| countryofbirth = [[England]] |
|||
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1962 |
|||
| currentclub = |
|||
| years2 = 1962–1968 |
|||
| position = [[Defender (football)|Central defender]] |
|||
| years3 = 1968–1975 |
|||
| youthyears = |
|||
| years4 = 1975–1978 |
|||
| youthclubs = |
|||
| clubs1 = [[Denaby United F.C.|Denaby United]] |
|||
| years = <br>1962–1968<br>1968–1975<br>1975–1978 |
|||
| |
| clubs2 = [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] |
||
| clubs3 = [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] |
|||
| caps(goals) = {{0}}{{0}}? (?)<br>{{0}}96 (1)<br>231 (7)<br>{{0}}92 (3) |
|||
| clubs4 = [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] |
|||
| manageryears = 1977–1979<br>1979–1981<br>1981–1986<br>1987–1988 |
|||
| caps1 = |
|||
| managerclubs = [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]]<br>[[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]<br>[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]<br>[[York City F.C.|York City]] |
|||
| caps2 = 96 |
|||
| caps3 = 230 |
|||
| caps4 = 92 |
|||
| goals1 = |
|||
| goals2 = 1 |
|||
| goals3 = 7 |
|||
| goals4 = 3 |
|||
| totalcaps = 418 |
|||
| totalgoals = 11 |
|||
| manageryears1 = 1977–1979 |
|||
| manageryears2 = 1979–1981 |
|||
| manageryears3 = 1981–1986 |
|||
| manageryears4 = 1987–1988 |
|||
| manageryears5 = 1991 |
|||
| manageryears6 = 1995-2002 |
|||
| managerclubs1 = [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] |
|||
| managerclubs2 = [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] |
|||
| managerclubs3 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] |
|||
| managerclubs4 = [[York City F.C.|York City]] |
|||
| managerclubs5 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] (caretaker) |
|||
| managerclubs6 = [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] (assistant) |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Robert |
'''Robert Saxton''' (born 6 September 1943) is an English former professional [[Association football|footballer]], manager and coach. |
||
== |
==Career== |
||
Born in [[Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]],<ref name=Hugman/> Saxton managed [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] for five seasons after a playing career as a utility defender with several lower division clubs.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} During his managerial career, he also took charge of [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]], [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] and [[York City F.C.|York City]].{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} He later enjoyed a long career as a coach at various clubs including [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] and [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Later coaching career |url= http://www.yorkcitysouth.co.uk/xdb-saxton.htm}}</ref> |
|||
==Managerial statistics== |
|||
From 1995 until 2002 he was assistant manager to [[Peter Reid]] at [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], twice helping the Wearside club to the Division One title and promotion to the Premiership. He left at the end of [[2001-02 in English football|2001–02]] retiring from the game (temporarily it now turns out), just a few months before Reid was sacked. His successor was [[Adrian Heath]], who lasted just a few months on the club's payroll before he was sacked along with Reid. |
|||
He spent a brief spell thereafter scouting for [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] on a freelance basis as the Trotters made their way into European football for the first time ever but his involvement at the [[Reebok Stadium]] was much more low key than his previous jobs. |
|||
Saxton came out of retirement in 2006 to become assistant to [[Niall Quinn]] during his time as acting manager of Sunderland. The inexperienced Quinn had played under Reid and Saxton during his days at the [[Stadium of Light]], so he knew that Saxton's guidance and experience would suit his own ambitions for the club. Saxton reportedly asked "are we going to run the club right?" before accepting the position. When Quinn stepped back from the management role and brought in [[Roy Keane]] on 28 August 2006, Saxton agreed to stay on briefly as part of his coaching staff, before becoming Director of Scouting at the club two weeks later. He was later sacked as Keane brought in his own backroom staff. |
|||
When [[Sam Allardyce]] became manager of [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] in May 2007, Saxton was brought in as a scout, but left again when Allardyce was sacked in January 2008. |
|||
==Managerial stats== |
|||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
||
|- |
|- |
||
!rowspan="2"|Team |
!rowspan="2"|Team |
||
!rowspan="2"|Nat |
|||
!rowspan="2"|From |
!rowspan="2"|From |
||
!rowspan="2"|To |
!rowspan="2"|To |
||
!colspan="5"|Record |
!colspan="5"|Record |
||
|- |
|- |
||
!{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}} |
|||
!G!!W!!L!!D!!Win % |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|align=left|[[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] |
|align=left|[[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] |
||
|{{flagicon|England}} |
|||
|align=left|1 January 1977 |
|align=left|1 January 1977 |
||
|align=left|5 January 1979 |
|align=left|5 January 1979 |
||
{{WDL|109|45|33|31|decimals=1}} |
|||
||95||40||27||28||42.10 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|align=left|[[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] |
|align=left|[[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] |
||
|{{flagicon|England}} |
|||
|align=left|5 January 1979 |
|align=left|5 January 1979 |
||
|align=left|31 May 1981 |
|align=left|31 May 1981 |
||
{{WDL|134|48|37|49|decimals=1}} |
|||
||116||43||41||32||37.06 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|align=left|[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] |
|align=left|[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] |
||
|{{flagicon|England}} |
|||
|align=left|31 May 1981 |
|align=left|31 May 1981 |
||
|align=left|30 December 1986 |
|align=left|30 December 1986 |
||
{{WDL|257|93|73|91|decimals=1}} |
|||
||246||90||85||71||36.58 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|align=left|[[York City F.C.|York City]] |
|align=left|[[York City F.C.|York City]] |
||
|{{flagicon|England}} |
|||
|align=left|9 June 1987 |
|align=left|9 June 1987 |
||
|align=left|30 September 1988 |
|align=left|30 September 1988 |
||
{{WDL|62|11|15|36|decimals=1}} |
|||
|} |
|} |
||
==References== |
|||
{{reflist}} |
|||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
{{commons category|Bobby Saxton}} |
|||
*{{soccerbase (manager)|240|Bobby Saxton}} |
|||
{{Navboxes |
|||
| title = Bobby Saxton managerial positions |
|||
| list1 = |
|||
{{Exeter City F.C. managers}} |
{{Exeter City F.C. managers}} |
||
{{Plymouth Argyle F.C. managers}} |
{{Plymouth Argyle F.C. managers}} |
||
{{Blackburn Rovers F.C. managers}} |
{{Blackburn Rovers F.C. managers}} |
||
{{York City F.C. managers}} |
{{York City F.C. managers}} |
||
{{Newcastle United F.C. managers}} |
|||
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
|||
| NAME = Saxton, Bobby |
|||
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
|||
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = |
|||
| DATE OF BIRTH = 6 September 1943 |
|||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Doncaster]], [[England]] |
|||
| DATE OF DEATH = |
|||
| PLACE OF DEATH = |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saxton, Bobby}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saxton, Bobby}} |
||
[[Category:1943 births]] |
[[Category:1943 births]] |
||
[[Category:Living people]] |
[[Category:Living people]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Footballers from Doncaster]] |
||
[[Category:English footballers]] |
[[Category:English men's footballers]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]] |
||
[[Category:Denaby United F.C. players]] |
|||
[[Category:Derby County F.C. players]] |
[[Category:Derby County F.C. players]] |
||
[[Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players]] |
[[Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players]] |
||
[[Category:Exeter City F.C. players]] |
[[Category:Exeter City F.C. players]] |
||
[[Category:English Football League players]] |
|||
[[Category:English football managers]] |
|||
[[Category:Exeter City F.C. managers]] |
[[Category:Exeter City F.C. managers]] |
||
[[Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. managers]] |
[[Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. managers]] |
||
[[Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. managers]] |
[[Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. managers]] |
||
[[Category:York City F.C. managers]] |
[[Category:York City F.C. managers]] |
||
[[Category:English Football League managers]] |
|||
[[Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff]] |
[[Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff]] |
||
[[Category:Newcastle United F.C. non-playing staff]] |
[[Category:Newcastle United F.C. non-playing staff]] |
||
[[Category:Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff]] |
|||
[[Category:Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff]] |
|||
{{England-footy-defender-1940s-stub}} |
Latest revision as of 20:22, 7 July 2023
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Robert Saxton[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 September 1943||
Place of birth | Doncaster, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1962 | Denaby United | ||
1962–1968 | Derby County | 96 | (1) |
1968–1975 | Plymouth Argyle | 230 | (7) |
1975–1978 | Exeter City | 92 | (3) |
Total | 418 | (11) | |
Managerial career | |||
1977–1979 | Exeter City | ||
1979–1981 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
1981–1986 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
1987–1988 | York City | ||
1991 | Newcastle United (caretaker) | ||
1995-2002 | Sunderland (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Saxton (born 6 September 1943) is an English former professional footballer, manager and coach.
Career[edit]
Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire,[1] Saxton managed Blackburn Rovers for five seasons after a playing career as a utility defender with several lower division clubs.[citation needed] During his managerial career, he also took charge of Exeter City, Plymouth Argyle and York City.[citation needed] He later enjoyed a long career as a coach at various clubs including Manchester City, Newcastle United and Sunderland.[2]
Managerial statistics[edit]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Exeter City | 1 January 1977 | 5 January 1979 | 109 | 45 | 33 | 31 | 41.3 |
Plymouth Argyle | 5 January 1979 | 31 May 1981 | 134 | 48 | 37 | 49 | 35.8 |
Blackburn Rovers | 31 May 1981 | 30 December 1986 | 257 | 93 | 73 | 91 | 36.2 |
York City | 9 June 1987 | 30 September 1988 | 62 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 17.7 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Bobby Saxton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Later coaching career".
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bobby Saxton.
Categories:
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Doncaster
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Denaby United F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English football managers
- Exeter City F.C. managers
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. managers
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. managers
- York City F.C. managers
- English Football League managers
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff
- Newcastle United F.C. non-playing staff
- Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff
- Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff