Justin Edinburgh

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Justin Edinburgh
Personal information
Full nameJustin Charles Edinburgh
Date of birth (1969-12-18) 18 December 1969
Place of birthBasildon, England
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1988–1990Southend United37(0)
1990→ Tottenham Hotspur (loan)0(0)
1990–2000Tottenham Hotspur213(1)
2000→ Portsmouth (loan)1(0)
2000–2003Portsmouth34(1)
2003–2006Billericay Town1(0)
Total286(2)
Teams managed
2003–2006Billericay Town (player-manager)
2006Fisher Athletic
2007–2008Grays Athletic
2009–2011Rushden & Diamonds
2011–Newport County
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:55, 16 June 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Justin Charles Edinburgh (born 18 December 1969) is an English professional football manager and former player. He is currently manager of Newport County. Nicknamed 'Musselburgh',[1] he has previously played for, or managed, seven other clubs.

Playing career

A defender, usually employed as a left-back,[2] Edinburgh started his career as a trainee with Southend United, turning professional in August 1988. He helped the Shrimpers win promotion from the Football League Division Four in 1990. In total he played 47 games for the seaside club, scoring one goal.[3]

He moved to Tottenham Hotspur for £150,000 in January 1990, initially on loan. He joined Spurs permanently in July 1990, making his debut for them on 10 November 1990, as a substitute in a 4–2 win at home to Wimbledon. He played for Spurs for most of the 1990s. He won an FA Cup winner's medal in 1991 despite just previously starting only 12 league games.[1] He would also win a League Cup winner's medal with Spurs, in 1999. This second medal was awarded to Edinburgh despite his being sent off in the final for raising his arms to Robbie Savage, as the post-match analysis showed that Savage had distinctly over-reacted to a minimal contact and that the red card was unjustly awarded.[1] In total, he made 190 league appearances (and 23 as substitute) for Tottenham, scoring a solitary goal.

Edinburgh left London for Portsmouth in March 2000 for a fee of £175,000, playing 35 league games over the next two years, scoring once against Sheffield United,.[4] However, he did not play a single competitive game during Portsmouth's Division One title winning campaign (2002–03), and joined non-league Billericay Town as player-manager in July 2003. This was the club at which he would finally retire.

Managerial career

In January 2006, he left Billericay to become manager of semi-professional side Fisher Athletic. Fisher finished third in the Isthmian League Premier Division in season 2005–06 and beat Hampton & Richmond 3–0 in the play-off final to win promotion to Conference South. Edinburgh left Fisher by mutual consent in November 2006.[5]

He subsequently joined Grays Athletic as assistant manager to Andy King and took over as manager on 4 January 2007 after King's resignation.[6] However, Edinburgh's first match in charge ended in disappointment as his team lost 3–1 to Southport. His reign as manager of Grays Athletic came to an end on 20 February 2008, when his contract was terminated by mutual consent,[7] leaving the club 14th in the Conference National.

On 9 April 2008 it was announced that Edinburgh would become Colin Lippiatt's assistant at Woking following the departure of Frank Gray and Gerry Murphy. His contract was not renewed for the 2008–09 season.

Rushden & Diamonds

In October 2008, he became assistant manager at Rushden & Diamonds.[8] He was appointed as caretaker manager of Rushden following Garry Hill's resignation as manager.[9] On 24 April 2009, Edinburgh was appointed manager of Rushden & Diamonds on a permanent basis. He helped guide Rushden to their highest finish in a league table since the 2002–03 season. Just over a year later, Edinburgh secured a play-off spot within the Conference National and described it as his biggest achievement in management to date. Rushden were, however, unable to reach Wembley in the Conference Play-off Final after lacklustre performances in both games of the two legged tie against Oxford United. The games finished 1–1 and 2–0 to Oxford respectively. The following season saw Rushden secure a decent mid-table finish, though they never seriously challenged for promotion. That summer, the club was expelled from the Football Conference and subsequently went into liquidation, bringing Edinburgh's time at the club to an end.

Newport County

On 4 October 2011, Edinburgh was appointed manager of Newport County, taking over from Anthony Hudson with the team in 23rd place in the Conference National league.[10] Jimmy Dack was appointed as his assistant manager on 6 October 2011.[11] Newport County finished the 2011–12 season in 19th position hence avoiding relegation and reached the FA Trophy final at Wembley Stadium on 12 May 2012 which Newport lost 2–0 to York City.

In August 2012 Edinburgh was selected as Conference Manager of the Month after Newport County won all five of their opening matches of the 2012–13 season.[12] He led Newport to a 3rd place finish that season, reaching the Conference National playoffs. Newport County won the 2013 Conference Premier play-off Final versus Wrexham at Wembley stadium 2–0 to return to the Football League after a 25-year absence with promotion to Football League Two.[13] Edinburgh capped off a fine season in style, by being awarded with the accolade 'Blue Square Premier Manager of the Year Award' for his side's very impressive and successful season, being the only team in the division to never feature outside the top five places all season in the Conference National league.

On 2 December 2013, Newport County announced on their official website that they had rejected an approach from Edinburgh's former club Portsmouth to obtain his services and replace Guy Whittingham as Portsmouth manager.[14]

Personal life

Edinburgh also owns two Toni & Guy hair salons with his business partner, Jim Shaw.[15]

Honours

As a player

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

As a manager

Newport County win the Conference National play-off winners' trophy at Wembley
Fisher Athletic F.C.
  • 2005–06 Isthmian League Premier Division play-off Winners
Rushden and Diamonds F.C.
  • 2009–10 Football Conference play-off semi-finalists
  • October 2010 Conference National Manager of the Month Award
Newport County F.C.
  • 2011–12 FA Trophy Finalists
  • August 2012 Conference National Manager of the Month Award
  • 2012–13 Conference National play-off Final Winners
  • May 2013 Conference National Manager of the Month Award
  • 2012–13 Conference National Manager of the Year Award

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.portsmouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/sitepage.asp?a=104018
  2. ↑ http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=39721
  3. ↑ http://www.mehstg.com/justin.htm
  4. ↑ "Portsmouth 1–0 Sheff Utd". BBC. 20 October 2001. Retrieved 1 January 2010. 
  5. ↑ Edinburgh goes at Fisher, nonleaguedaily.com
  6. ↑ Edinburgh replaces King at Grays, BBC Sport
  7. ↑ Justin Leaves Grays Athletic, graysathletic.co.uk
  8. ↑ Edinburgh takes up Diamonds role, BBC Sport
  9. ↑ Hill resigns as Rushden manager, BBC Sport
  10. ↑ "Justin Edinburgh named Newport County manager". BBC Sport. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011. 
  11. ↑ Dack assistant to Edinburgh
  12. ↑ Conference Manager of the Month
  13. ↑ Hughes, Dewi (5 May 2013). "Wrexham 0–2 Newport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Portsmouth denied opportunity to speak to Justin". Newport County Official Website. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013. 
  15. ↑ Edinburgh, Justin (31 August 2008). "These are my men to take on all-comers". The Non-League Paper (440). p. 13 

External links

Newport County A.F.C. – current squad
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