David Partridge

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David Partridge
Personal information
Date of birth November 26, 1978 (1978-11-26) (age 29)
Place of birth    Westminster, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club St Patrick's Athletic
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996–1999
1999–2002
2002
2002–2005
2005–2007
2006
2006
2007
2007
2007-2008
2008-		 West Ham
Dundee United
→ Leyton Orient (loan)
Motherwell
Bristol City
→ MK Dons (loan)
→ Leyton Orient (loan)
→ Brentford (loan)
→ Swindon Town (loan)
Brentford
St Patrick's Athletic		 000 00(0)
062 00(0)
007 00(0)
076 00(2)
011 00(0)
018 00(0)
001 00(0)
003 00(0)
000 00(0)
000 00(0)
   
National team
1997
2005–2006		 Wales U21
Wales		 001 00(0)
007 00(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

David Partridge (born November 26, 1978 in Westminster) is a professional footballer currently playing for St Patrick's Athletic in the Eircom League of Ireland Premier Division. He plays as a defender and is a full Welsh international.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Dundee United

Partridge joined West Ham as an apprentice in August 1996 but did not break into the first-team and joined Dundee United for a fee of £40,000 in March 1999.[1] An agreed move to Plymouth Argyle, where he would have linked up with his former Dundee United manager, Paul Sturrock, in August 2001,[2] fell through and Partridge eventually joined English Division Three side Leyton Orient in January 2002 on a three-month loan, having made 75 league and cup appearances for Dundee United in three seasons.[1] He made a further eight appearances for Leyton Orient in his loan spell.[1]

[edit] Motherwell

Partridge joined Motherwell on a free transfer in July 2002.[3] Manager Terry Butcher had spotted Partridge playing for West Ham reserves and brought him to Dundee United where he was working at the time. When Butcher took over at Motherwell, he made Partridge his first signing.[4] His performances for Motherwell led to him being called up for the Wales national football squad in January 2005.[5] Butcher said of Partridge, "It just shows what players can achieve if they knuckle down and work hard [...] He's a left-footed centre-half and there are not many good ones about. If you do well at Scottish Premier level, which is still a good standard, then you have a great chance to show what you can do on the international stage. David is in a good position to go on from here and establish himself with Wales, I've always had a good feeling about him."[4] Partridge made a total of 86 league and cup appearances in three seasons for Motherwell.[1]

[edit] Bristol City

Partridge joined Bristol City for £150,000 at the start of the 2005-06 season, signing a three-year contract.[6] Manager Brian Tinnion described him as "..a left-sided central defender, a tough character who will inspire."[6] He made 13 league and cup appearances for Bristol City in the 2005-06 season[1] but following the arrival of Gary Johnson as manager and a breach of club discipline for which Partridge and other players were fined two weeks' wages after being arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following an incident in a nightclub in October 2005,[7] he was sent out on loan to Milton Keynes Dons in January 2006 until the end of the season.[8] He was transfer listed in May 2006 after returning from Milton Keynes Dons[9] and joined Leyton Orient on a one-month loan at the start of the 2006-07 season with a view to a permanent transfer.[10] However, in September 2006, he was sentenced to two months in prison alongside teammates Bradley Orr and Steve Brooker for his part in the "drink-fuelled brawl" at a nightclub in the previous October.[11] He was released after one month but was unable to win back a first-team place at Bristol City and joined Brentford on a one-month loan in January 2007.[12] On his third appearance for Brentford against Yeovil, he was sent off for headbutting and subsequently his loan spell was not extended.[13] Partridge returned to Bristol City and then joined Swindon Town on a one-month loan in March 2007.[14] His lack of fitness however meant that he did not make an appearance for Swindon and he returned to Bristol City the following month.[15] A broken hand suffered during the summer of 2007 meant that he missed all of pre-season training and was ruled out of the start of the 2007-08 season.[16] His contract with Bristol City was terminated by mutual consent In August 2007.[17]

[edit] Brentford

Partridge signed a one-month contract at Brentford on December 20, 2007 as a free agent.[18]. However, he made no appearances for the Football League Two side.

[edit] St Patrick's Athletic

Partridge signed for Eircom League of Ireland runners-up St Patrick's Athletic on January 29th, 2008.[19] Initially used at left back, he soon settled into a centre-half spot where he impressed greatly as a solid, no-nonsense defender with very good distribution of the ball out of defence, contributing to his new team's early pace-setting at the top of the Eircom League.

[edit] International career

Partridge qualifies to play for Wales through his father who was born in the Principality. He has represented Wales at Under-18 and Under-16 level, as well as securing an Under-21 cap against Turkey in 1997.[20][21] He was called up to the senior squad and made his debut in a 2-0 friendly win over Hungary in February 2005.[5][22] He went on to make further appearances in Wales' 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign against Austria,[23] Slovenia[24] England,[25] Poland[26] and Northern Ireland.[27] His last appearance for Wales was the friendly game against Trinidad & Tobago in May 2006.[28]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e David Partridge. Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
  2. ^ "Partridge departs for Plymouth", BBC Sport, 2001-08-11. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  3. ^ "Triple swoop for 'Well", BBC Sport, 2002-07-22. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  4. ^ a b "Partridge gets Butcher's backing", BBC Sport, 2005-01-27. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  5. ^ a b "Toshack welcomes new Wales faces", BBC Sport, 2005-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  6. ^ a b "Partridge seals Bristol City move", BBC Sport, 2005-07-25. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  7. ^ "Footballers quizzed after brawl", BBC Sport, 2005-10-13. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  8. ^ "Partridge joins MK Dons on loan", BBC Sport, 2006-01-19. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  9. ^ "Partridge listed by boss Johnson", BBC Sport, 2006-05-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  10. ^ "Partridge quits City for O's loan", BBC Sport, 2006-07-27. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  11. ^ "Football stars jailed over brawl", BBC Sport, 2006-09-01. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  12. ^ "Partridge seals Brentford switch", BBC Sport, 2007-01-03. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  13. ^ "Partridge's hopes of new start at Brentford are ended", Richmond and Twickenham Times, 2007-02-09. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  14. ^ "Robins swoop to sign four players", BBC Sport, 2007-03-23. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  15. ^ "Unfit Partridge back to Bristol", BBC Wiltshire, 2007-04-18. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  16. ^ "Defender's injury blow", Bristol City official site, 2007-08-03. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  17. ^ "Partridge ends Bristol City deal", BBC Sport, 2007-08-29. Retrieved on 2007-09-04. 
  18. ^ "Brentford clinch Partridge swoop", BBC Sport, 2007-12-20. Retrieved on 2007-12-20. 
  19. ^ Fitzmaurice, Aidan. "St Pats' magnificent seven", UEFA, 2008-02-08. Retrieved on 2008-03-07. 
  20. ^ Woods, Natasha. "Partridge finally prepares to spread his wings", The Sunday Herald, 2005-01-30. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  21. ^ "Tosh tracks Partridge", Sunday Mirror, 2004-12-19. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  22. ^ "Partridge revels in Wales debut", BBC Sport, 2005-02-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  23. ^ "Austria 1-0 Wales", BBC Sport, 2005-03-30. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  24. ^ "Wales 0-0 Slovenia", BBC Sport, 2005-08-17. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  25. ^ "Wales 0-1 England", BBC Sport, 2005-09-03. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  26. ^ "Poland 1-0 Wales", BBC Sport, 2005-09-07. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  27. ^ "N Ireland 2-3 Wales", BBC Sport, 2005-10-08. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  28. ^ "Wales 2-1 Trinidad & Tobago", BBC Sport, 2006-06-27. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 

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