John Eustace

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John Eustace
Personal information
Full name	John Eustace
Date of birth	03/11/1979
Place of birth	Solihull, England
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hereford United (on loan from Stoke City)
Number	31
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-2003 1999 2003 2003- 2006	Coventry City → Dundee United (loan) → Middlesbrough (loan) Stoke City → Hereford United (loan)	85 (7) 11 (1) 1 (0) 34 (5) 5 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 22, 2006.

John Eustace (born 3 November 1979) is an English football player, currently playing for Stoke City F.C. as a midfielder.

Eustace was born in Solihull. He was a trainee at Coventry City F.C. but found life difficult and in his seven years at the club he only recorded 51 appearances, so when he went out on loan to Dundee United it surprised many Scots, who hadn't heard of the Englishman. He played eleven matches and scored one goal, becoming a firm favourite with United fans who voted him their young player of the year. He returned to Coventry but was quickly shipped out again, this time to struggling Middlesbrough F.C. but had a torrid month, making only 1 substitute appearance, away to Liverpool. So at the start of 2003, Eustace left Coventry for Stoke City.

Eustace's Stoke career started brightly, with the midfielder helping the side to 11th place in the Championship and scoring six goals. Unfortunately, injury problems have restricted him to a handful of appearances over the last two seasons. His last league appearance for the the Potters came in their 1-0 win over Wigan in February 2005 [1]. Eustace suffered a knee injury and was then substituted, in only his 8th appearance of the season. It later became clear that Eustace injury would keep him out for several months [2]. He missed all of the 05-06 campaign because of the injury. However, Eustace signed a 1 year contract extension at the beginning of the season, he is now contracted to Stoke City until the end of the 06-07 season.

Eustace returned from his long injury lay off in June 2006[3]. He made his first appearance for Stoke City in over 18 months in their 2-0 friendly win over local opposition Newcastle Town FC.

On 13 October 2006 he joined Hereford United on loan to gain first team football, as he continues his comeback. He has proved to be an excellent addition to the Hereford midfield, and his loan was duly extended for a further month.

Hereford United F.C. - Current Squad
1 Brown | 2 Travis | 3 MacKenzie | 4 Rose | 5 Mkandawire | 6 Purdie | 7 Wallis | 8 Ferrell | 9 Sills | 10 Fleetwood | 11 Sheldon | 12 Connell | 14 Thompson | 15 Gwynne | 16 Williams | 17 Giles | 18 McClenahan | 19 Palmer | 20 Jeannin | 21 Webb | 22 Fitzpatrick | 23 Gulliver | 28 Beckwith | 31 Eustace | Manager: Turner