Justin Edinburgh

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Personal information
Justin Edinburgh
Full name	Justin Edinburgh
Date of birth	December 18, 1969 (age 37)
Place of birth	Brentwood, England
Height	5'9"
Nickname	Musselburgh
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Club information
Current club	Grays Athletic (manager)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1990 1990 1990-2000 2000 2000-2002 2003-2006	Southend United → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) Tottenham Hotspur → Portsmouth (loan) Portsmouth Billericay Town	37 (0) 0 (0) 215 (1) 1 (0) 34 (1)
Teams managed
2003-2006 2006 2007-	Billericay Town (player-manager) Fisher Athletic Grays Athletic
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 5, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Justin Edinburgh (born December 18, 1969 in Brentwood, Essex) is a former English professional football player. He is currently manager of Conference side Grays Athletic.

A defender, usually employed as a left-back, Edinburgh started his career as a trainee with Southend United, turning professional in August 1988. He moved to Tottenham Hotspur for £150,000 in January 1990, initially on loan so that he could stay at Southend for the remainder of their successful promotion challenge. He joined Spurs permanently in July 1990, making his debut for them on November 10, 1990, as a substitute in a 4-2 win at home to Wimbledon. He played for Spurs for most of the 1990s, winning an FA Cup winner's medal in 1991 and a League Cup winner's medal in 1999. This second medal was awarded to Edinburgh despite his being sent off in the final.

In total, he made 190 league appearances (and 23 as substitute) for Tottenham, scoring a solitary goal.

Edinburgh left London for Portsmouth in March 2000 for a fee of £175,000, playing 35 league games before joining non-league Billericay Town as player-manager in July 2003. In January 2006 he left Billericay to become manager of semi-professional side Fisher Athletic. Fisher finished third in the Isthmian League Premier Division in season 2005-06 and beat Hampton & Richmond 3-0 in the play-off final to win promotion to Conference South.

Edinburgh left Fisher by mutual consent in November 2006^[1]. He subsequently joined Grays Athletic as assistant manager to Andy King and took over as manager on January 4, 2007 after King's resignation. ^[2] However, Edinburgh's first match in charge ended in disaster as his team lost 3-1 to Southport.

[edit] Trivia

He acquired the nickname "Musselburgh" as a player because Musselburgh is 'just in Edinburgh'.
In 2006, Edinburgh was a coach in the sports reality TV show Football Saved My Life.

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Preceded by Andy King	Grays Athletic Manager 2007-Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Grays Athletic F.C. - Current Squad
1 Bayes \| 2 Sambrook \| 3 El-Kholti \| 4 Stuart \| 5 Downer \| 6 Thurgood \| 7 Oli \| 8 O'Connor \| 9 Boylan \| 10 Martin \| 11 Griffiths \| 12 Williamson \| 15 Knowles \| 16 Kemp \| 17 Smith \| 19 Molango \| 20 Mawer \| 21 Cowan \| 22 Nicholls \| 23 Poole \| 25 Comyn-Platt \| 27 Fernandez \| 30 Harding \| 36 Joseph-Dubois \| 37 Howell \| 38 Grant \| 39 Wilkinson \| 40 Eribenne \| Rhodes \| Manager: Edinburgh