Dean Greygoose

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Dean Greygoose
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-12-18) 18 December 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Torquay, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1985 Cambridge United 26 (0)
1985Lincoln City (loan) 8 (0)
1985–1986 Leyton Orient 1 (0)
1986–1987 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1987–1993 Crewe Alexandra 205 (0)
1993–1999 Northwich Victoria 189 (0)
1999–2000 Altrincham 18 (0)
2000–2001 Chester City 2 (0)
2001–2002 Stevenage Borough 18 (0)
2002–2003 Canvey Island 0 (0)
2002–2003 King's Lynn 20 (0)
2002–2005 AFC Sudbury 87 (0)
2005–2006 Soham Town Rangers
2006–2009 Bury Town 59 (0)
Total 633 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2010 Team Bury
2013–2014 Haverhill Rovers
2014–2018 Mildenhall Town
2019-2020 Eynesbury Rovers
2020–2023 Godmanchester Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dean Greygoose (born 18 December 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several Football League clubs – most notably Crewe Alexandra, where he played 205 games between 1987 and 1993.

Playing career[edit]

Greygoose began his long football career at Cambridge United, where he signed a professional contract in November 1982 and made his debut during the 1983-84 season. In total, he played 26 league games for Cambridge, but was mostly the team's reserve goalkeeper, behind Malcolm Webster and later Keith Branagan. Spells at Leyton Orient and Crystal Palace followed, before signing for Crewe in August 1987, where he spent six seasons as the first-choice goalkeeper.

In 1993, Greygoose was released by Crewe and joined Conference side Northwich Victoria where he spent another six seasons before leaving at the end of the 1998-99 season. He then played for several non-league clubs, including Altrincham, Chester City, Stevenage Borough, AFC Sudbury, and Soham Town Rangers. Greygoose joined Bury Town during the 2006-07 season and played for the club until retiring in July 2009.[2]

Coaching career[edit]

Greygoose also worked as a goalkeeping coach at Bury Town and was joint manager of Team Bury from 2009 until July 2010, when he joined Histon as a goalkeeping coach.[3] In June 2012 he joined Kettering Town as assistant manager to John Beck and goalkeeping coach.[4] He joined Haverhill Rovers as a manager in May 2013 but left in August 2014.[5] In 2014 he was appointed manager of Mildenhall Town.[6] The club won the Eastern Counties League Premier Division title in 2016–17, earning promotion to Division One North of the Isthmian League. Greygoose left the club in December 2018.[7] During the 2019–20 season, he became a goalkeeping coach at Eynesbury Rovers and was appointed joint manager of the club in January 2020.[8] In December 2020, he was appointed manager at Godmanchester Rovers.[9] After a bad run of results, Greygoose was released by Godmanchester Rovers on 16 September 2023.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ Popular keeper hangs up his gloves Green 'Un, 27 July 2009
  3. ^ Football: Reader steps down as Team Bury boss Bury Free Press, 15 July 2010
  4. ^ "Stutes get safe pair of Hands at the helm". Cambridge News. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  5. ^ Dean Greygoose Flown From the Nest
  6. ^ Former Team Bury joint-boss Dean Greygoose appointed new manager at Mildenhall Town East Anglian Daily Times, 26 November 2014
  7. ^ Former Crewe keeper will leave Mildenhall 'with his head held high' Cambridge News, 21 December 2018
  8. ^ NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: New managerial trio given the Eynesbury Rovers reins The Hunts Post, 20 January 2020
  9. ^ Godmanchester Rovers appoint Dean Greygoose as new boss The Hunts Post, 6 January 2021

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