Gordon Staniforth
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| Gordon Staniforth | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gordon Staniforth | |
| Date of birth | March 23, 1957 | |
| Place of birth | Hull, England | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -1974 | Hull City | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1974-1976 1976-1979 1979-1983 1983-1985 1985-1987 1987-1988 |
Hull City York City Carlisle United Plymouth Argyle Newport County York City |
12 (2) 128 (33) 126 (33) 91 (19) 87 (13) 19 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Gordon Staniforth (born March 23, 1957) is an English former professional footballer. He represented England at schoolboy international level.
Staniforth was born in Hull and attended Greatfield High School. He began his career as an apprentice with Hull City, making his league debut towards the end of the 1974-75 season. He moved to York City in December 1976, scoring 33 times in 128 league games.
In October 1979 he moved to Carlisle United, where again he was a regular goalscorer, for a fee of £120,000. He joined Plymouth Argyle in March 1983 and was part of the side that reached an FA Cup semi-final. In August 1985 he moved to Newport County before returning to York City in October 1987 on non-contract terms to end his professional career.
After retiring he worked as a regional director for the Professional Footballers Association before becoming a youth coach at Leeds United in October 1997. However, in May 1998 he was sacked after just seven months of a three-year contract[1].
He is currently co-ordinator at York College's Football Development Centre, alongside former York City goalkeeper Andy Leaning. The centre was awarded FA Charter status in 2005[2].
His son Tom (15 December 1980 - 20 August 2001) was also a footballer. He was a professional with Sheffield Wednesday, but never played a competitive first team game for the Owls. He died in York city centre on the night of 20 August 2001, having collapsed in the street after complaining of headaches[3]. On 31 January 2002, a local man called Miles Massey (a former York City youth team goalkeeper) was charged with supplying ecstasy to Staniforth. Mr Massey was later acquitted on this charge after the prosecution failed to offer any evidence against him.
Since Tom's death, Staniforth has since been involved in anti-drug campaigning[4].
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