Nicky Reid

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Nicholas Scott "Nicky" Reid (born October 30, 1960) was an English football centre back who was born in Davyhulme. He played 217 times for Manchester City F.C. and scored twice in two spells at the club between 1977 and 1982 and 1982 and 1987 before transfering to Blackburn Rovers F.C. in July 1987. Nicky was a finalist for City in the 100th FA Cup Final of 1981 with the likes of Ray Ranson and Tommy Caton. His brother Andy also played football for non league Altrincham, where he was known as 'Hagar The Horrible' and later played league football for Bury for 18 months until he returned to Altrincham in November 1993. Andy also played in the centre of defence. They also have two other brothers called Simon and Jonathan.

Reid signed for Sligo Rovers as a player in 1997, but took over as player-manager when Jimmy Mullen left in July 1997, In his first season he took the club on its' longest ever unbeaten run and saw them claim the League Cup in February 1998, beating Shelbourne over two legs in the final (Reid captained the side). His second season didn’t go as well and the club just escaped relegation from the top flight on the final day thanks to a 2-0 win against Derry City. Reid was then released from his contract and he went back to England where he went back to college to get his physiotherapy qualifications.

He had been working at Burnley but left them to take up a position with Manchester City where he stayed until 2005. He was part of Chief Physiotherapist Jim Webb’s staff and was involved mainly with the club’s reserve side. Nicky then joined Barrow AFC as their Physiotherapist and joined Bury FC as Chief Physiotherapist in February 2006. He also regularly appears with the City ‘Past Masters’ team.