Chris Todd

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Chris Todd
Personal information
Full name Christopher Richard Todd [1]
Date of birth (1981-08-22) 22 August 1981 (age 43) [1]
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Yeovil Town (assistant manager)
Youth career
Swansea City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2002 Swansea City 43 (4)
2002–2003 Drogheda United
2003–2007 Exeter City 154 (7)
2007–2010 Torquay United 67 (7)
2009 → Salisbury City (loan) 8 (1)
2009 → Salisbury City (loan) 4 (1)
2010 → Newport County (loan) 15 (3)
2010–2011 Newport County 46 (5)
2011–2013 Forest Green Rovers 2 (0)
2012 → Hereford United (loan) 5 (1)
2013–2016 Eastleigh 62 (4)
2016–2018 Truro City 12 (1)
Total418(34)
Managerial career
2015 Eastleigh (caretaker)
2015–2016 Eastleigh (player-manager)
2018–2019 Gloucester City
2019–2022 Torquay United (U18)
2022– Yeovil Town (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Richard Todd (born 22 August 1981) is a Welsh retired footballer who played as a defender and current assistant manager of Yeovil Town.

Contents

Playing career

Swansea City

Born in Swansea, [1] Todd began his career as a trainee with his home town club, Swansea City, turning professional in August 1999. He made his debut on 10 March 2001 at home in a 1–1 draw with Northampton Town, [2] going on to make 46 appearances before being released in June 2002.

Drogheda United

Todd then moved to Republic of Ireland, where he spent a season with Drogheda United.

Exeter City

He returned to English football with Exeter City in January 2003. [3] Although he was unable to prevent Exeter being relegated from the Football League that season, he remained with the club, and was consistently a first-team regular.

Upon Glenn Cronin's departure during the 2006 off-season, Todd was appointed captain of Exeter City for the 2006–07 season.

Torquay United

Todd joined local rivals Torquay United in June 2007 for a fee of £7,500. [4] and quickly became a regular in the newly relegated Conference National side.

First loan at Salisbury City

With his treatment for his leukaemia going well, Todd returned to training and on 2 February 2009, joined Salisbury City on loan to regain match fitness. [5]

Return to Torquay United

After a successful loan spell at Salisbury, he returned to Torquay for the last month of the 2008–09 season. Todd went straight back into the first team and, during this month, he won the 'Man of the Match' award for the Conference National Play-off Final, helping Torquay win the game and promotion to League Two.

Second loan at Salisbury City

However, the following season, Todd lost his place in the first team about a quarter of the way through the season and found himself sitting on the bench. This was when Salisbury took him back on loan, [6] after being given special dispensation by the Conference board due to an injury and suspension crisis.

Newport County

In January 2010, Todd joined Conference South leaders Newport County on loan for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. [7] Newport were crowned 2009–10 Conference South champions with a record 103 points, 28 points ahead of second placed Dover Athletic.

He was released by Torquay on 15 May 2010, along with six other players [8] and joined Newport County on a permanent deal. [9]

Forest Green Rovers

Todd signed a 2-year contract for Forest Green Rovers on 25 May 2011. [10] Todd made his Rovers league debut in the live televised fixture against Stockport County on 12 August 2011. [11] Todd failed to complete the match though as he left the pitch injured and it was later revealed he would need surgery to repair a torn hamstring that would keep him out for five months. [12] [13]

Loan at Hereford United

In October 2012, Todd joined Hereford United on a month-long loan. [14] He appeared 7 times in all competitions for Hereford and returned to Forest Green at the end of his loan spell in November. [15]

Eastleigh

On 10 January 2013, Todd left Forest Green and signed for Eastleigh on a free transfer, signing an 18-month contract. [16]

Truro City

On 14 October 2016, Todd signed a short-term contract with Truro City. [17]

Managerial career

On 15 October 2015, Todd was appointed player-manager of Eastleigh. The club finished the 2015–16 season in 7th place in the National League. On 17 August 2016, Todd was relieved of his duties as both manager and player after just four matches of the 2016–17 season. On 10 October 2018, Todd was announced as the new manager of National League South side Gloucester City, [18] but was sacked 3 January 2019 after 1 win 8 loses and 4 draws. [19]

On 21 September 2019, Todd returned to Torquay United as 1st team coach and manager for the club's U18 squad winning the quadruple. [20]

On 8 June 2022, Todd left Torquay to join Yeovil Town as assistant manager, reuniting him with his former team-mate Chris Hargreaves. [21]

Personal life

On 19 November 2008, it was announced that Todd had been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia [22] [23] He was able to return to football in February 2009.

In September 2011, Todd released a book titled "More Than Football; In The Blood". He wrote and published the book himself to raise money for leukaemia and lymphoma research. [24]

In September 2012, Todd sang as part of the 'Big C choir' at the Royal Albert Hall in the 2012 Sunflower Jam concert in aid of charities supporting cancer. A documentary, following the progress of the choir, aired on Channel 4 in October 2012. [25]

Todd has appeared in the short film Meet Again, as a soldier fighting in the Second World War. [24]

Career statistics

As of match played on 25 November 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
SeasonClubLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City 2000–01 [26] Second Division 111000000111
2001–02 [27] Third Division 333101000353
Swansea total444101000464
Drogheda United 2002–03 Irish Premier Division
Exeter City 2002–03 [28] Third Division 120000000120
2003–04 [29] Conference National 39140—00431
2004–05 [30] 27100—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0291
2005–06 [31] 41410—2 [lower-alpha 2] 1445
2006–07 [32] 38110—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0401
Exeter total15776000511688
Torquay United 2007–08 [33] Conference Premier 44522—3 [lower-alpha 2] 0497
2008–09 [34] 18100—00181
2009–10 [35] League Two 9100101 [lower-alpha 1] 0111
Torquay total717221040789
Salisbury City (loan) 2008–09 [34] Conference Premier 8100—0081
Salisbury City (loan) 2009–10 [35] Conference Premier 4100—0041
Newport County (loan) 2009–10 Conference Premier 15300—00153
Newport County 2010–11 Conference Premier 41510—3 [lower-alpha 2] 0455
Forest Green Rovers 2011–12 Conference Premier 2000—1 [lower-alpha 2] 030
Hereford United (loan) 2012–13 Conference Premier 5120—0071
Eastleigh 2012–13 Conference South 20200—00202
2013–14 33200—4 [lower-alpha 2] 0372
2014–15 Conference Premier 9000—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0100
2015–16 National League 1000—0010
Eastleigh total634000050684
Truro City 2016–17 National League South 7100—0071
2017–18 2000—0020
Truro City total9100000091
Career total419341222018145137
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in the FA Trophy

Managerial statistics

As of match played 1 January 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecordRef
PWDLWin %
Eastleigh (caretaker)23 September 201515 October 20154301075.00 [36]
Eastleigh (player-manager)15 October 201517 August 201641181112043.90 [36]
Gloucester City 10 October 20183 January 2018150411000.00 [37]
Total60211524035.00—

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  7. ↑ "Defender Chris Todd signs for Newport County". South Wales Argus. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
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  9. ↑ "County swoop for dynamic duo". South Wales Argus. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
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  15. ↑ "Dave Hockaday happy with Chris Todd return". BBC Sport. 11 November 2012.
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  18. ↑ "Gloucester City appoint Chris Todd as new manager". BBC Sport. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  19. ↑ Todd sacked by Gloucester
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  31. ↑ "Games played by Chris Todd in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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  33. ↑ "Games played by Chris Todd in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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