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Sean Haslegrave
English footballer

Sean Haslegrave

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English footballer
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Stoke-on-Trent
Age
73 years
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Biography

Sean Matthew Haslegrave (born 7 June 1951) is a former English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Preston North End, Crewe Alexandra, York City and Torquay United.

Football career

Haslegrave was born in Stoke-on-Trent and began his career with local side Stoke City in 1968 signing on a professional contract in 1970. He made his debut against Derby County in December 1970 and went on to make 22 appearances in 1970–71. He played in 24 games in 1971–72 scoring twice but was restricted to six appearances in 1972–73 due to injury and on his return made 37 appearances in 1973–74. In 1974–75 he played in 24 matches, in a UEFA Cup match against Ajax Haslegrave was involved with a dispute with manager Tony Waddington which led to his move to Nottingham Forest. Brian Clough who was at the time out of work was invited by Waddington to watch Stoke play in Amsterdam. With Stoke struggling to break down the resolute Ajax defence Waddington substituted Haslegrave win favour of winger Terry Conroy. A furious Haslegrave exchanged words with Waddington and pushed him. Before Haslegrave could apologise Clough stepped in to say how much he enjoyed his altercation and once he was back in management he would sign him. He spent the 1975–76 season at the Victoria Ground making 29 appearances before he joined Clough at Nottingham Forest in July 1976 for a fee of £50,000.

However his move to Forest did not go according to plan as injury restricted his playing time and when Forest signed Scottish international Archie Gemmill in September 1977, Haslegrave was further down the pecking order. On 29 September 1977, Haslegrave left to join Preston North End, managed by England World Cup star Nobby Stiles for a fee of £25,000. At the end of the season Preston were promoted to the Second Division with Haslegrave a regular in midfield. After two successful seasons, Preston struggled in 1980–81 and were eventually relegated on the last day of the season. Stiles was sacked soon afterwards and Haslegrave was released. Haslegrave signed for Crewe Alexandra in August 1981 and after two seasons with a struggling Crewe side moved to York City, where his former Stoke teammate Denis Smith was manager. He helped York to promotion to the Third Division, with a record points haul, and made over 150 first team appearances in four seasons.

In August 1987, Haslegrave joined a Torquay side that had just avoided relegation out of the league in the last few minutes of the previous season. However, under new manager Cyril Knowles the side was transformed and reached the Fourth Division play-offs and the Football League Trophy final at Wembley. Haslegrave began coaching at Torquay and by the time he left in 1989 had become Knowles' assistant. He was described in an autobiography by former England player Lee Sharpe, who had joined Torquay as an apprentice during Haslegrave's first season at the club, as the 'ultimate midfield terrier'.

Personal life

On retiring he returned to Preston North End to coach the youth team and became Director of the club's Centre of Excellence. On leaving North End he became Head Coach at Cardinal Newman College and subsequently was also invited to coach the English Colleges side. Haslegrave holds a UEFA (A) coaching badge and is a representative of Anglo-Deities United, a Lancashire-based charity which deals with the elderly. He is currently football coach at Cardinal Newman College in Preston and head coach of the English Colleges Team. In May 2012 he walked 1,500 miles to Spain for charity.

Career statistics

  • Sourced from Sean Haslegrave profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther[A]Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City1970–71First Division150700040260
1971–72First Division180003131242
1972–73First Division6200000062
1973–74First Division271114050372
1974–75First Division191003020241
1975–76First Division281001000291
Total1135811111411468
Nottingham Forest1976–77Second Division71000060131
Preston North End1977–78Third Division380200000400
1978–79Second Division411203031492
1979–80Second Division250101041311
1980–81Second Division81000020101
Total11325040921314
Crewe Alexandra1981–82Fourth Division401212000442
1982–83Fourth Division420102000450
Total821314000892
York City1983–84Fourth Division261002010291
1984–85Third Division420604020540
1985–86Third Division390404010480
1986–87Third Division350102030410
Total1420110120701722
Torquay United1987–88Fourth Division331304050451
1988–89Fourth Division2000100030
Total361305050471
Career Total4931029236141359916
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, Football League play-offs, Texaco Cup, Football League Trophy, UEFA Cup, Watney Cup.

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