Dave Cusack

Dave Cusack
Personal information
Full name	David Stephen Cusack^[1]
Date of birth	(1956-06-06) 6 June 1956^[1]
Place of birth	Thurcroft, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1978	Sheffield Wednesday	95	(1)
1978–1983	Southend United	186	(17)
1983–1985	Millwall	98	(9)
1985–1987	Doncaster Rovers	100	(4)
1987–1988	Rotherham United	18	(0)
1988–1990	Boston United	56	(1)
1990	Doncaster Rovers	1	(0)
1990–1991	Boston United	31	(0)
Teams managed
1985–1987	Doncaster Rovers
1987–1988	Rotherham United
1990–1992	Boston United
1992	Kettering Town
1994–1995	Dagenham & Redbridge
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

David Stephen "Dave" Cusack (born 6 June 1956) is an English former footballer and manager who is currently a director of Essex Senior League club Basildon United.^[2] A central defender, he made over 500 appearances in a career spanning 16 years.^[3]

Early life

Born in Thurcroft, as a child Cusack attended school in Thurcroft and later went to Wales High School.^[2]

Career

Cusack began his career with Sheffield Wednesday, making his way through the club's youth system and also captaining the reserve side. After making 95 league appearances for the side, he moved to Southend United in 1978 for a then club record £50,000, where he would win the Fourth Division championship in 1981. A move to Millwall followed the following year for £30,000.^[4]

He moved to Doncaster Rovers as player-manager in 1985, replacing Billy Bremner. The 1985–86 season would see Doncaster emerge as promotion contenders before eventually finishing 11th place, which would be one of Doncaster's highest placings in the league since relegation from the Second Division in 1958 and until recent times. Another mid-table finish (following a promising start) came the following season but Doncaster were facing relegation by 1988 and Cusack left the club during the season. Cusack took over at Rotherham United with the Millers in mid-table, but left in April and a slide down the league led to a promotion/relegation play-off with Swansea City which was lost.

He later became player-manager at Boston United. In 1992, he spent a short spell as manager of Kettering Town but, with the club in financial turmoil, Cusack was sacked following the appointment of new owners after taking charge of just seven games.^[5]

He is currently a director at Basildon United.

Managerial statistics

Team	Country	From	To	Record
Team	Country	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Doncaster Rovers		1 October 1985	7 December 1987	114	34	33	47	29.82
Rotherham United		23 December 1987	1 April 1988	17	5	8	4	29.41
Kettering Town		June 1992	September 1992	7	3	1	3	42.86
Total				138	42	42	54	30.43

References

1 2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 152. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
1 2 "David Cusack". Basildon United F.C. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
↑ "Dave Cusack". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
↑ "Boston United Roll Call". Boston United F.C. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
↑ "Dave Cusack". Poppies fans. Retrieved 25 June 2010.

External links

Dave Cusack management career statistics at Soccerbase

1980–81 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year

GK: Mervyn Cawston DF: Ces Podd DF: Trevor Peake DF: Dave Cusack DF: Steve Sherlock MF: Billy Kellock MF: Alan Little MF: Anton Otulakowski FW: Robbie Cooke FW: Derek Spence FW: Steve Phillips

1984–85 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year

GK: Tony Norman DF: Gerry Forrest DF: Peter Skipper DF: Dave Cusack DF: Kenny Mower MF: Ian Snodin MF: Stuart McCall MF: David Williams FW: Tony Cascarino FW: Bobby Campbell FW: Bobby Davison

Doncaster Rovers F.C. – managers

Calder (1920)
Porter (1920–21)
Tufnell (1921–22)
Porter (1922–23)
Ray (1923–27)
Menzies (1928–36)
Emery (1936–40)
Marsden (1944–46)
Bestall (1946–49)
Doherty (1949–58)
Bycroft (1958)
Hodgson (1958)
Crayston (1958–59)
Bestall (1959–60)
Curtis (1960–61)
Malloy (1961–62)
Marshall (1962)
Hold (1962–64)
Leivers (1964–66)
Kettleborough (1966–67)
Raynor (1967–68)
McMenemy (1968–71)
Setters (1971–74)
Anderson (1975–78)
Bremner (1978–85)
Cusack (1985–87)
Mackay (1987–89)
Bremner (1989–91)
Beaglehole (1991–93)
I. Atkins (1993–94)
Chung (1994–96)
Dixon (1996–97)
Weaver (1997)
Cowling (1997)
Bergara (1997)
Weaver (1997–98)
Snodin (1998–2000)
M. Atkins (2000)
Penney^p (2000)
Wignall (2000–01)
Penney^p (2001–02)
Penney (2002–06)
Walker (2006)
O'Driscoll (2006–11)
Saunders (2011–13)
Flynn (2013)
Dickov (2013–15)
Jones^p (2015)
Ferguson (2015–)

(p) = player-manager

Rotherham United F.C. – managers

Heald (1925–29)
Davies (1929–30)
Heald (1930–33)
Freeman (1934–52)
Smailes (1952–58)
Johnston (1958–62)
Williams (1962–65)
Mansell (1965–67)
Docherty (1967–68)
McAnearney (1968–73)
McGuigan (1973–79)
Porterfield (1979–81)
Hughes (1981–83)
Kerr (1983–85)
Hunter (1985–87)
Breckin (1987)
Cusack (1987–88)
McEwan (1988–91)
Henson (1991–94)
Gemmill & McGovern (1994–96)
Bergara (1996–97)
Moore (1997–2005)
Knill (2005)
Harford (2005)
Knill (2005–07)
Robins (2007–09)
Moore (2009–11)
Scott (2011–12)
Evans (2012–15)
Redfearn (2015–16)
Warnock (2016)
Stubbs (2016)
Jackett (2016–)

Boston United F.C. – managers

Cringan (1934–35)
Vaughton (1935–36)
Greaves (1936–37)
Tunstall (1937–48)
McGrahan (1948–49)
Ithell (1950–52)
Tunstall (1952–54)
Middleton (1954–57)
King (1957–60)
Middleton (1960–61)
Todd (1961–64)
Tunstall (1964–65)
Donovan (1965–69)
Smith (1969–72)
Jobling (1972–75)
Wilkinson (1975–76)
F. Taylor & Bolland (1976–77)
Walker (1977–79)
Phelan (1979–81)
Froggatt (1981–84)
Mann (1984–86)
O'Brien (1986–87)
Kerr (1987–90)
Cusack (1990–92)
Morris (1992–94)
Sterland (1994–96)
Fee (1996–98)
Evans (1998–2002)
Thompson (2002–04)
Rodwell^c (2004)
Evans (2004–07)
T. Taylor (2007–08)
Welsh (2008–09)
Hurst & Scott (2009–11)
Lee & Canoville (2011–12)
Lee (2012)
Drury (2012–13)
Greene (2013–)

Kettering Town F.C. – managers

York (1922–24)
Matthews (1924–25)
Collier (1925–30)
Cawthorne (1930)
Dainty (1931–32)
Loasby (1932–35)
Potter (1937–38)
Riches (1938–39)
Molloy (1945–47)
Riches (1948–49)
Calder (1950–56)
Lawton (1956–57)
Mather (1957–58)
Froggatt (1958–61)
Akers (1961–63)
Lawton (1963–64)
White (1964–65)
Swindin (1965)
Gammon (1965–71)
Atkinson (1971–74)
Vowden (1974–75)
Dougan (1975–77)
Jones (1977–79)
Clarke (1979–82)
Conde (1982–83)
Masson (1983)
Needham (1983–86)
Buckley (1986–88)
Morris (1988–92)
Cusack (1992)
Carr (1992–95)
Johnson (1995–96)
Berry (1996–98)
Morris (1998–2001)
Shutt (2001–03)
Genovese (2003)
Platnauer (2003)
Wilson (2003–05)
Gascoigne (2005)
Wilson (2005–06)
Maison (2006–07)
Westley (2007)
Cooper (2007–09)
Harper (2009–10)
Law (2010–11)
Stimson (2011–12)
Cooper (2012)
Westwood (2012)
Beck (2012)
Doyle (2012–13)
Baillie (2013)
Thomas (2013–14)
Baillie & Machin (2014–15)
Law (2015–)

Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. – managers

Still (1992–94) Cusack (1994–95) Carr (1995–96) Hardy (1996–99) Bennett^c (1999) Hill (1999–2004) Still (2004–13) Burnett (2013–15) Hackett^c (2015) Still (2016–) (c) = caretaker manager

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