Bill Dearden

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Bill Dearden
Personal information
Full name	William Dearden
Date of birth	11 February 1944 (1944-02-11) (age 64)
Place of birth	Oldham, England
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1963-1966 1966-1968 1968-1970 1970-1976 1976-1977 1977-1979	Oldham Athletic Crewe Alexandra Chester City Sheffield United Chester City Chesterfield	034 (2) 047 (7) 085 (22) 175 (61) 036 (7) 027 (2)
Teams managed
1999 1999-2002 2002-2004 2006-2008	Port Vale (caretaker) Mansfield Town Notts County Mansfield Town
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William (Bill) Dearden (born 11 February 1944 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is an English football manager, most recently at Mansfield Town before his departure on 8 March 2008. Dearden also managed the Stags between 1999 and 2002, and was named Mansfield manager for the second time on 28 December 2006.^[1] He has also managed Notts County, and had a four-day spell as joint caretaker manager of Port Vale in 1999.

Contents 1 The Player 2 The Manager 3 Managerial stats 4 References 5 External links

[edit] The Player

As a player, Dearden was a striker with hometown club Oldham Athletic, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City (two spells), Sheffield United and Chesterfield. His most successful spell as a player was arguably his six years at Sheffield United, where he scored 61 goals in 175 league appearances.^[2]

Dearden began in the junior teams at Oldham Athletic and made his league debut for the Latics in the 1964-65 season. In 1966, he moved to Crewe Alexandra and two years later he was on the move again to Chester City. His performances in the lower divisions prompted Sheffield United to invest £10,000 in his transfer in 1970. In season 1971-72, he was the Blades leading scorer with 18 goals, and topped the scoring list again a year later with 23. He then moved to a midfield role in the team and, after losing his place in 1975, he returned to Chester City. In 1977, he was transferred to Chesterfield where he completed his playing days.

[edit] The Manager

His coaching career began in the late 1970s when he was player-coach at Chesterfield. He joined Mansfield's coaching staff in 1983.

Dearden spent eleven years at Mansfield, first as youth-team coach, and later first-team coach. In 1994, he took up a similar position at Port Vale, and was briefly the club's caretaker manager following John Rudge's 1999 dismissal. He subsequently left Port Vale when Brian Horton was named manager. He returned to Mansfield later the same year when he was named caretaker manager and later full-time manager, following Steve Parkin's departure.

During his three-year stay as Mansfield manager, he brought up several talented youngsters from the youth team, including Liam Lawrence, Bobby Hassell and Lee Williamson, and signed key players such as Chris Greenacre and Wayne Corden, guiding the Stags to the verge of promotion. However, he left the club midway through the 2001/02 promotion season to take control of local rivals Notts County. It is rumoured that his departure came as a result of a dispute with Mansfield chairman Keith Haslam.

Dearden joined Notts County on January 7, 2002 with the club on the brink of relegation and suffering serious financial problems. Dearden successfully guided the Magpies to Division Two safety thanks to winning streak of eight wins in the club's final eleven games. This dramatic turnaround in form was nicknamed the "Great Escape" by the Magpies faithful and help earn Dearden Nottinghamshire's Sports Personality of the Year in 2003.^[3]

The remainder of his tenure at Meadow Lane was dominated by the club's financial problems. He was unable to make a single permanent signing but comfortably kept Notts County in Division Two during his first full season. He left the club by mutual consent on January 7, 2004 with the Magpies under new ownership.^[4] He later held coaching jobs at Blackpool and Milton Keynes Dons, but was out of work when he was named Mansfield manager for a second time in December 2006.

On 8 March 2008 Dearden left Mansfield by mutual consent, following 8 home games without a win.^[5]

[edit] Managerial stats

As of 10 June 2007.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Port Vale		January 18, 1999	January 22, 1999	0	0	0	0	00.00
Mansfield Town		June 18, 1999	January 6, 2002	134	49	57	28	36.56
Notts County		January 7, 2002	January 7, 2004	103	30	46	27	29.12
Mansfield Town		December 28, 2006	March 8, 2008	63	18	32	13	28.57

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bill Dearden management career stats at Soccerbase

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