David Oldfield (footballer)

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David Oldfield
Personal information
Full name David Charles Oldfield
Date of birth (1968-05-30) 30 May 1968
Place of birth Perth, Australia
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Stoke Goldington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Luton Town 29 (4)
1989–1990 Manchester City 21 (6)
1990–1995 Leicester City 188 (26)
1995Millwall (loan) 17 (6)
1995–1998 Luton Town 120 (19)
1998–2000 Stoke City 65 (7)
2000–2002 Peterborough United 78 (4)
2002–2004 Oxford United 31 (2)
2005–2007 Stafford Rangers 22 (0)
2007 Tamworth 1 (0)
2007–2008 Brackley Town 0 (0)
Total 577 (74)
National team
1988 England U21 1 (0)
Teams managed
2007–2008 Brackley Town
2011 Peterborough United (caretaker manager)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


David Charles Oldfield (born 30 May 1968) is an English former professional footballer and current coach who played for several English clubs including Luton Town, Manchester City, Leicester City and Stoke City.

Playing career

Born in Australia, Oldfield moved to England with his family at a young age. He began playing football as a boy for North Buckinghamshire Village side Stoke Goldington, before being spotted by league outfit Luton Town in 1986, where he played 29 league games over the next three years, scoring four goals. While at Luton he received a call-up to the England under-21 squad, in March 1988.[1]

Oldfield moved to Manchester City for a fee of £600,000 in March 1989, choosing to join City ahead of West Ham United.[2] At City, Oldfield formed part of the squad that gained promotion to the First Division in 1988–89. Though Oldfield was at Maine Road for less than a year, he is fondly remembered for his two goals in the Manchester derby against local rivals United in September 1989 when City triumphed 5–1. Mel Machin, the manager who signed Oldfield for City, was sacked in November 1989. Less than a month after Howard Kendall was appointed as Machin's successor, Oldfield was sold. In an exchange valued at £650,000, Oldfield headed to Leicester City, and Wayne Clarke travelled in the opposite direction.[3]

Oldfield stayed at Leicester for five years. He helped them win promotion to the FA Premier League in 1994, winning the playoffs at Wembley after losing there in the two previous seasons. He then had a successful loan spell at Millwall, but the move was not made permanent and he returned to Luton Town instead. However, he was unable to prevent their relegation to Division Two in 1996 and signed for Stoke City two years later. He spent two years with Stoke before a two-year spell at Peterborough United and then a two-year spell at Oxford United before he played his last professional game in 2004. He came out of retirement the following year to sign for non-league Stafford Rangers, where he spent two years. Tamworth confirmed the signing of David Oldfield on 30 November 2007.[4] Oldfield made his debut for the club against Leigh RMI in a 2–0 home victory on 1 December 2007, just one day after signing.

Managerial career

Some three days after Oldfield made his Tamworth debut, he was appointed as the new first team manager of Brackley Town on 4 December 2007, replacing Roger Ashby.[5] In 2008 Oldfield was appointed as Reserve Team Manager at Peterborough United,[6] and on 11 January 2011 he took charge of the first team for one match in between the departure of manager Gary Johnson and the appointment of Darren Ferguson as his replacement,[7] a 2–1 home league win over Brentford.

In July 2011, Oldfield left Peterborough to join West Bromwich Albion as a development coach.[8] On 12 June 2014, Oldfield joined Milton Keynes Dons as Head of Academy Coaching [9] He was appointed assistant manager to Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink at Burton Albion in November 2014. On 4 December 2015, Oldfield left Burton Albion to join Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink at Queens Park Rangers.[10]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Luton Town 1987–88 First Division 83001022115
1988–89 First Division 211105210283
Total 294106232398
Manchester City 1988–89 Second Division 113000000113
1989–90 First Division 153003211196
Total 266003211309
Leicester City 1989–90 Second Division 205000000205
1990–91 Second Division 427102010467
1991–92 Second Division 414204061535
1992–93 First Division 445212040526
1993–94 First Division 274113131377
1994–95 Premier League 141111000162
Total 188267312114222132
Millwall (loan) 1994–95 First Division 176000000176
Total 176000000176
Luton Town 1995–96 First Division 342102020392
1996–97 Second Division 3861052434611
1997–98 Second Division 45101040315311
Total 11718301129414024
Stoke City 1998–99 Second Division 466202010516
1999–200 Second Division 191003010231
Total 657205020747
Peterborough United 1999–2000 Third Division 90003010130
2000–01 Second Division 393512000464
2001–02 Second Division 301501020381
Total 7841016030975
Oxford United 2002–03 Third Division 282212010333
2003–04 Third Division 3000100040
Total 312213010373
Career Total 5517325546733965594
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Full Members Cup.

References

  1. Clive White (22 October 1988). "Harford's loyalty to Luton goes against the trend". The Times.
  2. Ian Ross (11 March 1989). "Oldfield moves to Manchester City". The Times.
  3. Mihir Bose (7 January 1990). "Coventry and Spurs fall foul of their Cup curse". The Times.
  4. Clayton, Dave (30 November 2007). "Another new signing". TheLambs.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
  5. Clayton, Dave (6 December 2007). "Latest news from the Lamb". TheLambs.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  6. "Oldfield Takes Charge of Reserve Team". Peterborough United F.C. 5 March 2008.
  7. "Oldfield Takes Charge of Bees Fixture". Peterborough United F.C. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  8. "Oldfield leaves Posh for Albion". Sky Sports. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  9. "Academy make Oldfield appointment" (Press release). 12 June 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  10. "Former Potter David Oldfield named as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's assistant at Burton Albion". The Sentinel. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

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