Friday, December 21, 2012

What Happened to the Everton 1995 FA Cup Winning Squad

As part of our continuing series of "Where are they now...", today we are looking at what has become of the Everton FC FA Cup winning team of 1994-95.

Neville Southall - Founder of  www.asknevillesouthall.com. A further biog can be found at the Premier League Heroes website HERE

Matt Jackson - Retired in 2008 after a long career at Wigan and Norwich. Upon retired he joined IMG as a football consultant and in 2011 he was appointed Operations Manager at Wigan Athletic

Dave Watson - Man of the Match in this game, Watson finally retired in 2001 after 15 years at Everton. He is now Under 18 Coach at Newcastle United

David Unsworth - Currently Head of Academy Coaching at Sheffield United. A further biog can be found at the Premier League Heroes website HERE

Gary Ablett - Passed away in 2012 after battling non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Previously coached the Liverpool Reserves and Stockport County

Anders Limpar - After finishing his playing career in his native Sweden in 2001, Limpar embarked on a coaching career and is currently Assistant Manager of Swedish Second Division Team Sollentuna United

Joe Parkinson - After battling numerous injuries Parkinson retired from the game at the age of 28. He has recently taken on a coaching role at former club Wigan Athletic

Barry Horne - After dropping down the leagues Horne retired in 2002 and took on a job as a teacher at a school in Chester as well as a bit of media work

Andy Hinchcliffe - Retired from playing in 2002 and is now currently working as a co-commentator for SkySports.

Graham Stuart - After leaving Everton Stuart had a long career with Charlton before retiring in 2005. Has done occasional work on SkySports

Paul Rideout - Ended his career in 2002 with Tranmere Rovers, Rideout went into coaching and is currently in the US working as Youth Team Coach at Sporting Kansas City.

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Duncan Ferguson - A cult figure on the terraces, Ferguson retired from playing in 2006 after his second spell with the club. He is currently coaching back at the club

Daniel Amokachi - Currently Assistant Manager of the Nigerian National side.

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

What Happened to the Leeds 1991-92 Championship Winning Team

I sat watching the Leeds United v Chelsea Capital One game last night and the camera panned onto Gary McAllister who was a spectator in the crowd. The commentator went on to say that McAllister was part of the First Division Championship winning team in the 1991-92 season which was the last one before the Premier League was introduced. I had completely forgotten about this fact and it got me thinking about who was in that winning squad and what they have been upto in the years since they won.


In a series of blog articles I am going to compile a "Where are they now...?" post which will give a brief bio of the players from various winning teams over the year.

We will start off with the Leeds First Division Title winning team of 1991-92

Mervyn Day - Retired in 1993 and went onto manage Carlisle United for a couple of years before joining forces with Alan Curbishley as First Team Coach at Charlton and West Ham. He is currently working at Brighton & Hove Albion as Scouting and Talent Identification Manager.

John Lukic  - Lukic left Leeds for the second time in his career in 1996 after Nigel Martyn joined the club and he retired from playing after a spell at Arsenal in 2001. He now works as a part time freelance goalkeeping coach and after dinner speaker

Chris Fairclough - After retiring in 2001whilst playing for York City, Fairclough went to Nottingham Forest and coached their U17 team but left in 2011. He is now Professional Development Phase Coach at Charlton Athletic for their U16-U18 team

Tony Dorigo - Biography can be seen HERE at the Premier League Heroes website

Jon Newsome - Unfortunately had to retire early due to injury, Newsome briefly worked as a scout before opening a prestige used car company in Sheffield/

Mel Sterland - Another player who fell foul of injury, Sterland had to cut his Leeds career short in 1994 but joined Boston United as a Player Manager for a couple of years in the mid 1990's. Has appeared in football film When Saturday Comes and also had his autobiography published.

Rod Wallace - After retiring at the end of the 2003-04 season, Wallace had a few years off before embarking on a coaching career at Kingstonian and then Molesley. He is now Reserve Team Coach at Epsom and Ewell.

David Wetherall - Biography can be seen HERE at the Premier League Heroes website

Chris Whyte - Whyte played up to his late 30's before retiring from the game. He is now a Senior Partner in a Professional Sports Agency called Old Pro Management

David Batty - Biography can be seen HERE at the Premier League Heroes website

Gary Speed - Biography can be seen HERE at the Premier League Heroes website

Gary McAllister - Biography can be seen HERE at the Premier League Heroes website

Gordon Strachan - Biography can be seen HERE at the Premier League Heroes website

Lee Chapman - Biography can be seen HERE at the Premier League Heroes website

Carl Shutt - A fan's favourite for his tireless workrate on the pitch, Shutt called time on his career in 2005 when he was released as Player/Manager by Bradford Park Avenue.

Eric Cantona - Biography can be seen HERE at the Premier League Heroes website

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