Ian Butterworth
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| Ian Butterworth | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Ian Stuart Butterworth | |
| Date of birth | January 25, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Crewe, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hartlepool United | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981–1985 1985–1986 1986 1986–1994 1995 1996 1997 1997 1998 |
Coventry City Nottingham Forest → Norwich City (loan) Norwich City King's Lynn Colorado Rapids IK Brage Stafford Rangers Cobh Ramblers Total |
90 (0) 27 (0) 4 (0) 231 (4) ? (?) ? (?) 11 (0) ? (?) ? (?) 363 (4) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1997 1998 1998–2000 2000–2004 2005 2006– |
IK Brage Cobh Ramblers Darlington (assistant) Cardiff (assistant) Bristol Rovers (coach) Hartlepool United (reserve team) |
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Ian Stuart Butterworth (born 25 January 1964 in Nantwich) is a former professional footballer and currently reserve team manager at Hartlepool United.
Butterworth was a central defender who started his career at Coventry City then joined Nottingham Forest as part of a deal that also took future England international Stuart Pearce to Forest from Coventry. At the start of the 1986-87 season Butterworth spent a month on loan at Norwich City before signing for the club permanently for a fee of £160,000.
He was a regular for 8 years at Norwich in the centre of defence until knee injuries forced him to retire. An attempt to resurrect his career at King's Lynn failed and Ian moved to the USA to play for the Colorado Rapids.
Butterworth restarted his career in Sweden with IK Brage (11 apps 0 goals) and in September 1997 he became Player Manager but wanted to return home and joined Stafford Rangers as a player. In the early part of 1998 He joined Cobh Ramblers as Player Manager.
In May 1998 he joined Darlington as assistant manager but resigned on 2 July 2000. In October 2000 he joined Cardiff as assistant he was there to 2004 until Sam Hammam sacked him.[1]
He had a stint as coach at Bristol Rovers and the FA before joining Hartlepool United as reserve team manager.[2]
In 2004, Norwich supporters voted Butterworth into the club's Hall of Fame.
