Draft:Pete Shuttleworth
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Comment: Fails WP:GNG. Needs secondary coverage of article subject to meet WP:SIGCOV. Also the section on early career still has no WP:INLINE sources. Demt1298 (talk) 14:46, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: The entire "early football career" and some of "professional" career needs references to support statements made. Also, all the links go to Wiktionary instead of Wikipedia? Reconrabbit 16:17, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
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Born in Derbyshire in 1979, Pete Shuttleworth’s career in football, as a player, manager, scout, performance analyst and coach, spans more than 30 years, beginning when he was signed to Nottingham Forest FC Academy, under manager BrianClough, playing for the U11 – 16 teams.
Early Career
[edit]Teacher, Triathlete, football manager
[edit]When he was a Physical Education and Sports Science undergraduate at Loughborough University Playing for Loughborough Students FC, Shuttleworth helped the team win a BUSA National Championship in 1999. It was also during his time at Loughborough University, that Shuttleworth was introduced to football coaching.
Qualifying as a secondary school teacher in 2002, Shuttleworth joined Tupton Hall School as a PE teacher. It was in this position that he successfully managed and coached the school’s U16s to the English Schools Football Association's National Schools Cup quarter-finals in 2004. The team included league players Lloyd Kerry, Nicky Law and Josh Law.
The competition brought Shuttleworth to the attention of non-league Shirebrook Town FC. Shuttleworth set up a third team for the club in 2005 comprising players from Tupton Hall’s U18s as feeder team into Shirebrook’s first and second teams. After one season, he joined the 1st team as assistant manager and subsequently was appointed Manager at the age of 27. During the season the club retaining its North East Counties Premier League Status. Shuttleworth managed Shirebrook Town’s first team while also continuing to work full time as a teacher.
Following Shirebrook, Shuttleworth went on to become the assistant manager at Sheffield FC, the world’s oldest football club. He joined the club for the 2011/12 season seeing the club reach the play offs in the Unibond 1st Division after a 4th place finish.
Shuttleworth then moved as Assistant Manager to Worksop Town FC for the 2013/14 season and again reached the play offs after a 4th place finish. The team scored 121 goals and broke the league record. After the season, Shuttleworth left football management to concentrate on his teaching career.
Triathlon Career
[edit]Becoming a Team GB Triathlete
[edit]In 2009 Shuttleworth began competing in Triathlon competitions, joining Belper TenTwenty Triathlon Club. His knowledge of sports science combined with his aptitude for the three disciplines, enabled him to earn a Team GB place for the 2012 World Championships in Auckland. He went on to represent GB in two World Championships and three European Championships...[1]
Achieving increasing success in Triathlon, alongside being the assistant manager of first Shirebrook Town [2] then Worksop Town, Shuttleworth left football management to focus on Triathlon training.
Shuttleworth subsequently achieved under two hours for the Olympic distance race at Bala in Wales. This earned him a second Team GB place to compete in the 2015 European Triathlon Championships in Geneva, where he achieved a new personal best and was ranked 6th for his age group in Europe[3]
| Year | Championship | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Barfoot and Thompson World Triathlon Age-Group Championships, Auckland | 54th place |
| 2013 | ITU World Triathlon Age-Group Championships, London | 24th place |
| 2014 | Kitzbuhel ETU Triathlon European Championships | 19th place |
| 2015 | Geneva ETU Triathlon European Championships | 8th place |
| 2016 | Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships | 14th place |
Professional Football Career
[edit]Making the move to full-time professional football
[edit]In 2015 Shuttleworth re-entered football as a part-time scout for Birmingham City, then under the management of Harry Redknapp. He remained in the part-time scout role for two years before Birmingham’s then new Director of Football (Jeff Vetere) approached him to head up the club’s Analysis Department full time. Shuttleworth subsequently left teaching in 2017 after 16 years as a frontline teacher and latterly a member of the school’s senior leadership team as Head of ITT Training.
He remained at Birmingham City for three seasons, under managers Harry Redknapp, Lee Carsley, Steve Cotterill, Garry Monk, and Aitor Karanka in roles including opposition analyst, in-game analyst and coach.
Shuttleworth then left the club to become the first team analyst at Derby County, initially working under former manager Phillip Cocu. It was at Derby County that Shuttleworth was first introduced to the former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney. Rooney initially joined Derby County as interim player manager manager during Shuttleworth’s first season in 2020, taking over from Cocu.
The former England and Manchester United star Rooney was subsequently appointed as the full-time Manager of Derby County in January 2021 following a successful stint as Interim Player-Manager where he navigated the club from the bottom of the English Championship table to safety, avoiding relegation by three points. Rooney increased Shuttleworth’s responsibilities[4]
In June 2022 Rooney resigned as Manager of Derby County[5]
The following month, Rooney was appointed as Head Coach at DC United. A month later Rooney brought Shuttleworth on board as Assistant Coach at DC United [6].
Speaking to Derbyshire Live of his decision to bring Shuttleworth to DC United, Rooney said: “Pete worked with me at Derby during my time as manager there and has experience with analysis, coaching and recruitment. He’s someone I trust very much and he has a lot of qualities to help make the team better. It’s good to have him come in with me, but it’s also good for the team and the club to get someone of Pete’s ability to help us improve moving forward.”[7]
Shuttleworth then accompanied Rooney to Birmingham City FC when he was appointed as manager in 2023. Following Birmingham's 3-0 defeat at Leeds on New Year's day, Rooney was sacked [8]. Shuttleworth stayed on at Birmingham for the remainder of the season, working under Tony Mowbray.
In May 2024, Rooney was appointed Head Coach of English second-tier Championship side Plymouth Argyle FC. Shortly after his appointment, Shuttleworth was named as Argyle’s new Assistant Head Coach[9]. Announcing him as Argyle’s new Assistant Head Coach, Rooney said of Shuttleworth: “He is an excellent coach with footballing ideals that match mine and Argyle’s but is also an outstanding motivator and has a real knowledge of tactical and performance analysis. Ultimately, he is a great person who holds all the values that the football club and I look for and he will complement our current group of coaching staff perfectly.”[10]
Alongside his Plymouth Argyle role, in 2024 Shuttleworth was appointed as Republic of Ireland's national football team's Interim Head Coach John O'Shea’s backroom staff for their games against Hungary (4 June) and Portugal (11 June)[11], and continued in this role for the National League games against England and Greece in September 2024.
Football Clubs
[edit]| Season | Club | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989/94 | Nottingham Forest Academy | Player |
| 2005/09 | Shirebrook Town | Player |
| 2011/12 | Sheffield FC | Assistant Manager |
| 2012/13 | Shirebrook Town FC | Assistant Manager |
| 2013/14 | Worksop Town FC | Assistant Manager |
| 2015/17 | Birmingham City FC | First Team Scout |
| 2017/20 | Birmingham City FC | Head of Performance Analysis - 1st Team Coach (post Covid) |
| 2020/22 | Derby County FC | Tactical Analyst - Set Play Coach |
| 2022/23 | DC United | Assistant Coach |
| 2023/24 | Birmingham City FC | Assistant Coach |
| 2024/- | Republic of Ireland | Technical Coach |
| 2024/- | Plymouth Argyle FC | Assistant Head Coach |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pete Shuttleworth (GBR)". Triathlon.org.
- ^ "Pete Shuttleworth - Triathlete". pitchero.com.
- ^ "Pete Shutts the door on football and becomes sixth best triathlete of his age in Europe". Worksop Guardian. 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Pete Shuttleworth: A Road Less Ordinary - Football Careers". Footballcareers.com. 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Wayne Rooney quits as Derby County boss - Sky Sports". 25 June 2022.
- ^ "D.C. United Appoint Pete Shuttleworth as Assistant Coach". DCunited.com. 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Wayne Rooney breaks silence over recruiting Derby County analyst". Derbyshire Live. 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Wayne Rooney: Is this the end of sacked Birmingham City boss as a manager?". BBC Sport. 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Wayne Rooney reunion confirmed ahead of Derby County return". www.derbytelegraph.co.uk. 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Pete Shuttleworth Named Assistant Head Coach | Plymouth Argyle - PAFC". www.pafc.co.uk. 12 June 2024.
- ^ "O'Shea adds Shuttleworth to his Ireland backroom team". www.rte.ie. 4 June 2024.
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