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Drew Coverdale

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Drew Coverdale
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-09-20) 20 September 1969 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Norton, County Durham,[2] England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Middlesbrough 0 (0)
1989–1992 Darlington 49 (4)
1992–1993 Boston United 13 (1)
1995–2001 Billingham Synthonia 127 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Drew Coverdale (born 20 September 1969) is an English former footballer who made 30 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Darlington in the 1990s. He began his career with Middlesbrough, without representing them in the League,[3] and went on to play non-league football for clubs including Boston United[4] and Billingham Synthonia.[5] He was a member of the Darlington team that won the 1989–90 Football Conference title and consequent promotion to the Football League Fourth Division.[6]

At the age of 24, Coverdale gave up full-time football to qualify as a physiotherapist. He went on to work in the NHS and in private practice.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 220. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
  2. ^ a b Weber, Shiela (1 September 2006). "'Why I swapped football for physio'". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. ^ Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 119, 127. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
  5. ^ "Synners dog unhappy Terriers". Hartlepool Mail. 20 March 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  6. ^ Harman, Alliance to Conference, p. 395.