Derek Fazackerley

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Derek Fazackerley
Full name	Derek William Fazackerley
Date of birth	November 5, 1951 (1951-11-05) (age 56)
Place of birth	Preston, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Central defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969-1987 1987-1988 1988 1988	Blackburn Rovers Chester City York City Bury	596 (23) 066 0(0) 016 0(0) 014 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Derek William Fazackerley (born November 5, 1951 in Preston, England) is an English former footballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for Blackburn Rovers.

[edit] Playing career

Derek Fazackerley made a record 539 League appearances for Blackburn in 17 years between 1969 and 1986, passing Ronnie Clayton's record of 529. Including cup games, he made a total 674 appearances for Rovers.

As a defender, he scored only 23 league goals but perhaps the most important came on 19th March 1973 against Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park. It was the only goal of local derby game.

[edit] Coaching career

In January 1987, he joined Chester City as a player and as assistant manager. The long-term plan was for Fazackerley to succeed Harry McNally as manager but ultimately he moved on in 1988 to York City to assist ex-Rovers manager Bobby Saxton. In February 1989, he moved to Bury where Martin Dobson was manager and ended the season helping run the side after Dobson departed. This was his final playing season in professional football.

In May 1990, he became player-manager of Kumu in Finland before moving to Newcastle United as first team coach. He was involved in the England setup under Kevin Keegan, alongside Les Reed.

He has since coached at other clubs, including Blackburn, Bolton Wanderers and Barnsley. He is now a scout for Manchester City and has sat alongside Sven-Göran Eriksson on the bench at City's matches this season.