David Eyres

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David Eyres

Full name	David Eyres
Date of birth	February 26, 1964 (age 43)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5'11"
Nickname	Eyresy
Playing position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Mossley
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1993 1993-1997 1997-2000 2000-2006 2006 2006-	Blackpool Burnley Preston North End Oldham Athletic Hyde United Mossley Total	147 0(38) 171 0(37) 089 0(20) 181 0(33) 009 00(2) 00? 00(?) 595 (130)
Teams managed
2003-2004	Oldham Athletic (co-caretaker)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

David Eyres (born February 26, 1964 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English footballer.

A relative latecomer to the professional game, Eyres began his career at Welsh non-league side Rhyl before signing, in 1989 at the age of 25, professional terms with Blackpool for a fee of £10,000. He spent three seasons with the Seasiders, two of which ended with appearances at Wembley in the play-off finals (achieving promotion in 1992/93).

In the summer of 1993, Burnley and Jimmy Mullen (Eyres' former manager at Blackpool) came in for his services with an offer of £90,000. Eyres remained at Turf Moor for seven years, and then continued his tour of Lancashire by signing for Blackpool's arch-rivals, Preston North End, in 1997 for £80,000.

Eyres moved to Oldham in 2000 on a free transfer. During the 2003/4 season, Eyres and teammate John Sheridan took on joint caretaker manager roles after Iain Dowie's departure.

Eyres scored in his 234th and final appearance for Oldham in a 1-1 draw with Scunthorpe to close out the 2005/6 season and his 18-year playing career at the age of 42. He then joined Conference North side Hyde United in August 2006, but left the club by mutual consent two months later. On October 13, 2006, Eyres signed for Unibond team Mossley.