Keith Curle

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Keith Curle
Personal information
Full name Keith Curle
Date of birth November 14, 1963 (age 43)
Place of birth    Bristol, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1981-1983
1983-1984
1984-1987
1987-1988
1988-1991
1991-1996
1996-2000
2000-2002
2002
2002-2005		 Bristol Rovers
Torquay United
Bristol City
Reading
Wimbledon
Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United
Barnsley
Mansfield Town		 32 (4)
16 (5)
121 (1)
40 (0)
93 (3)
172 (11)
150 (10)
57 (1)
11 (0)
14 (0)   
National team
1992 England 3 (0)
Teams managed
2002-2005
2005-2006
2007-		 Mansfield Town (player-manager)
Chester City
Torquay United

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 31/3/2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Keith Curle (born 14 November 1963 in Bristol) is a former English professional football player who is currently Head Coach of Torquay United

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[edit] Club Career

Playing as a central defender, Curle was a part of the Wimbledon crazy gang and was also one of the players involved in the infamous Battle of Bramall Lane. Subsequently he played for Manchester City as well when he gained his 3 England caps.

Curle also played for current club Torquay as a player between November 1983 and March 1984. He also was club captain at Wolves.

As an ex-player, Curle represented Sheffield United in the 2006 Yorkshire Masters.

[edit] International Career

Curle was a member of the England squad for the 1992 European Football Championship.

[edit] Management Career

Curle was controversially sacked as Mansfield manager in December 2004 after allegations that he bullied a youth-team player. However, in August 2006, Curle won a case for wrongful dismissal against the club and was awarded undisclosed damages. The judge in the case cleared Curle of any wrongdoing, and described Mansfield's disciplinary process as a "sham".[1]

In 2005 Curle was appointed as manager of Chester City and began brightly with the club challenging for promotion from League Two and eliminating Nottingham Forest from the FA Cup.

In December, after being tipped to join as assistant to Neil Warnock at Portsmouth (Warnock turned the job down to remain as manager at Sheffield United), chairman Steve Vaughan was considering giving him an improved contract. However, on 18 February 2006, a disastrous losing run of 11 games in 12 cost Curle his job after just nine months in charge.

In February 2007, he was appointed as Head Coach at Torquay United, where he had played early in his career. He is on a short-term contract that ends in the summer of 2007.

Keith's son, Tom Curle, has played for him at Mansfield and Chester.

[edit] Clubs

[edit] References

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Torquay United F.C. - Current Squad

1 Rayner | 2 Andrews | 3 John | 4 Hockley | 5 Taylor | 6 Villis | 7 Kerry | 8 Williams | 9 Thorpe | 10 Mansell | 11 Hill | 12 Gordon | 14 Phillips | 15 Cooke | 16 Smith | 17 Angus | 18 Woods | 19 McPhee | 20 Horsell | 21 Oliver | 23 Robertson | 24 McKoy | 25 Wheeldon | 26 Graham | 27 Dickson | 28 Reid | 30 Robinson | Manager: Curle
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