Keith Bertschin
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keith Edwin Bertschin[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 25 August 1956||
Place of birth | Enfield, England[1] | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Appsβ | (Gls)β |
1972β1973 | Barnet | ||
1973β1977 | Ipswich Town | 32 | (8) |
1977β1981 | Birmingham City | 118 | (29) |
1981β1984 | Norwich City | 114 | (29) |
1982 | β Jacksonville Tea Men (loan) | 14 | (3) |
1984β1987 | Stoke City | 88 | (29) |
1987β1988 | Sunderland | 36 | (7) |
1988β1990 | Walsall | 55 | (9) |
1990β1991 | Chester City | 19 | (0) |
1991β1992 | Aldershot | ||
1992β1993 | Solihull Borough | ||
1993β1994 | Evesham United | ||
1994 | Barry Town | ||
1994β1995 | Worcester City | ||
1995β1996 | Hednesford Town | ||
1996 | Tamworth | ||
1996β1998 | Stafford Rangers | ||
Total | 476 | (114) | |
National team | |||
1977β1978 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. β Appearances (Goals). |
Keith Edwin Bertschin (born 25 August 1956) is a former professional footballer and currently a first team coach at Hull City.
Bertschin, a striker, began his professional career with Ipswich Town (1973β1977), before playing for Birmingham City (1977β1981), Norwich City (1981β1982; 1982β1984), Stoke City (1984β1987), Sunderland (1987β1988), Walsall (1988β1990), Chester City (1990β1991) and Aldershot (1991β1992). He also played non-League football and had a short spell playing in the United States with the Jacksonville Tea Men in 1982.[1]
Playing career
Bertschin was born in Enfield and began his career with Barnet before joining Ipswich Town in 1973. He made a perfect start to professional football scoring on his debut scoring the winning goal in a 2β1 victory over Arsenal in April 1976. He scored again two days later against West Ham United. He became a full member of the squad in 1976β77 scoring six goals in 30 appearances as Ipswich finished in 3rd position. Bertschin joined Birmingham City in July 1977 for a fee of Β£135,000.[2] He spent four seasons at St Andrew's making 143 appearances scoring 41 goals and helped the club gain promotion in 1979β80. Bertschin joined Norwich City in August 1981 and helped the Canaries gain promotion to the First Division in 1981β82. He scored twice against his old club Birmingham in a 5β1 victory earning Norwich their first victory of the 1982β83 season.[3] He spent the summer of 1982 playing in the United States for Jacksonville Tea Men.
Bertschin left Carrow Road in November 1984 to join Stoke City.[1] Stoke were rock bottom of the table when Bertschin joined in 1984β85 and he could do little to prevent the side failing to an embarrassing relegation which saw Stoke go down with a then record low points tally. In 1985β86 had a fine season top-scoring with 23 goals, 19 coming in the league and he won the player of the year award.[1] Unfortunately for Stoke he was their only consistent goalscorer and the side finished in a mid-table position of 10th.[1] He scored eight goals in 27 appearance in 1986β87 before he was sold to Sunderland in March 1987.[1] He couldn't prevent Sunderland being relegated but played a major role in 1987β88 which saw the Black Cats win the Third Division title. Bertschin ended his professional career at Walsall, Chester City and Aldershot before dropping into non-league football.[1]
Bertschin played for Solihull Borough, Evesham United and was a member of the Barry Town team which won the Welsh Cup in 1994 with a 2β1 victory against Cardiff City.[4] He then went on to play for Worcester City, Hednesford Town, Tamworth and finally Stafford Rangers.[1]
Coaching career
After retiring from playing, he worked as an agent for a number of players before his appointment to the coaching staff at Birmingham City. In November 2007, when Birmingham manager Steve Bruce left to join Wigan Athletic, Bertschin and other members of Birmingham's backroom staff accompanied him.[5] In June 2009, when Bruce moved on to Sunderland, Bertschin again followed.[6] On 29 June 2012 it was announced that Bertschin had taken up the post of first team coach at Hull City.[7]
Honours
- Birmingham City
- Football League Second Division third-place promotion: 1979β80
- Norwich City
- Football League Second Division third-place promotion: 1981β82
- Stoke City
- Sunderland
- Football League Third Division champions: 1987β88
Career statistics
- Sourced from The English National Football Archive
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ipswich Town | 1975β76 | First Division | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
1976β77 | First Division | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
Total | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 8 | ||
Birmingham City | 1977β78 | First Division | 42 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 14 |
1978β79 | First Division | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
1979β80 | Second Division | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 18 | |
1980β81 | Second Division | 30 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
Total | 118 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 143 | 41 | ||
Norwich City | 1981β82 | Second Division | 36 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 |
1982β83 | First Division | 40 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 14 | |
1983β84 | First Division | 33 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 10 | |
1984β85 | First Division | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
Total | 114 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 38 | ||
Jacksonville Tea Men (loan) | 1982 | NASL | 14 | 3 | β | β | β | 14 | 3 | |||
Total | 14 | 3 | β | β | β | 14 | 3 | |||||
Stoke City | 1984β85 | First Division | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
1985β86 | Second Division | 42 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 23 | |
1986β87 | Second Division | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | |
Total | 88 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 103 | 33 | ||
Sunderland | 1986β87 | Second Division | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
1987β88 | Third Division | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 7 | |
Total | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 10 | ||
Walsall | 1988β89 | Second Division | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
1989β90 | Third Division | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 13 | |
1990β91 | Fourth Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 55 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 71 | 14 | ||
Chester City | 1990β91 | Third Division | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
Total | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
Career Total | 476 | 114 | 37 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 566 | 149 |
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy and Full Members Cup.
References
- General
- Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- "Keith Bertschin". Post War English & Scottish Football League A β Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
- "Players: Keith Bertschin". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
- Specific
- β 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era β A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
- β "Keith Bertschin". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- β "Magic Moment: 1982 β Keith Bertschin scores twice as Norwich City record first victory on return to Division One". Norwich Evening News 24. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- β "Football: Barry demolish Cardiff's dream". The Independent. 16 May 1994. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- β "Nigel Spink set to follow Steve Bruce to Wigan". Birmingham Mail (Trinity Mirror). 24 December 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
- β "Bruce named as Sunderland manager". BBC Sport (BBC). 3 June 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- β "New Staff Announcement". The Tigers Official Website (Hull City A.F.C.). 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
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