David Kerslake

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David Kerslake
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Kerslake in 2013 with Cardiff City
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-06-19) 19 June 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Stepney, London, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Ebbsfleet United (assistant manager)
Youth career
1982–1984 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1989 Queens Park Rangers 58 (6)
1989–1993 Swindon Town 135 (1)
1993 Leeds United 8 (0)
1993–1997 Tottenham Hotspur 37 (0)
1996–1997 → Swindon Town (loan) 8 (0)
1997 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
1997–1998 Ipswich Town 7 (0)
1997–1998 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 10 (0)
1998–1999 Swindon Town 24 (0)
Canvey Island
Total287(7)
International career
England Schoolboys
1982 England U17 4 (1)
1982–1983 England Youth 21 (4)
1985 England U19 4 (1)
1985 England U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Cardiff City (caretaker)
2017 Northampton Town (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Kerslake (born 19 June 1966) is an English football coach and former player. He is currently assistant manager of Ebbsfleet United.

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As a player, Kerslake was a right-back who notably played in the Premier League for Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur. He also played in the Football League with Queens Park Rangers, Swindon Town, Ipswich Town and Wycombe Wanderers. He retired with non-league side Canvey Island. [2] He was capped once by England U21.

Since retiring, Kerslake has worked as a coach for Northampton Town, Nottingham Forest and Cardiff City. In 2013 he had a brief spell as caretaker manager at Cardiff until the arrival of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He went on to work at Gillingham before returning to Northampton Town, where, in 2017, he was temporarily the first-team manager.

Playing career

Kerslake made his debut for Queens Park Rangers against Newcastle United in April 1985. He went on to play 58 league games for Rangers, scoring six goals. He was transferred to Swindon Town in November 1989.

He moved to Leeds United, for whom he made eight appearances before moving to Tottenham Hotspur three months later. Spurs paid £450,000 for him, and he made 34 appearances over four years. He was sent on loan to Swindon and Charlton Athletic before being released, whereupon he joined Ipswich Town in 1997.

He only made a handful of appearances for Ipswich, moving on to Wycombe Wanderers and then finishing his career back at Swindon.

Coaching career

Kerslake moved into coaching in 2003, becoming assistant manager at Northampton Town to former teammate Colin Calderwood. The pair reached the playoff semi finals in each of the first two seasons at the club, and in 2005–2006, their third and final season at the club, achieved automatic promotion into League One, finishing with a club-record for clean sheets with 25. He then followed Calderwood to Nottingham Forest, again as assistant manager, in the summer on 2006 after the Scot was named as Gary Megson's successor. The duo again reached the playoffs in their first season in charge (2006–2007) but were beaten on aggregate by Yeovil Town in the semi-final. Forest achieved automatic promotion to the Championship in the 2007–2008 season with a run of six wins from their remaining seven games and in the process overcame a nine-point gap with four games to go on the teams in the automatic places. Kerslake left Nottingham Forest after Calderwood's sacking in December 2008.

He was appointed first-team coach at Watford, but on 30 June 2011 was announced the new coach of Cardiff City, working as assistant manager to Malky Mackay. [3] Following the sacking of Mackay in December 2013, Kerslake and Joe McBride were placed in charge of the first team. [4] They were in charge until 2 January 2014, when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed as the new Cardiff City manager. [5]

On 6 July 2015, Gillingham appointed Kerslake as Justin Edinburgh's new assistant manager. [6]

On 15 January 2017, he was hired again by Edinburgh to be the assistant manager at Northampton Town. [7] On 27 September 2019, he was brought in by Michael Appleton to serve as the new assistant manager of Lincoln City. On 10 June 2022, he left Lincoln City following Appleton's departure as manager. [8] He became Appleton's assistant head coach, alongside Richard O'Donnell, at Blackpool on 21 June. [9]

On 18 January 2023, Blackpool sacked Kerslake along with head coach Appleton.

On 12 September 2024, Kerslake was appointed assistant manager of National League club Ebbsfleet United, supporting Harry Watling. [10]

Honours

Individual

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References

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  2. ↑ "David Kerslake". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Malky Mackay's New Appointments". Cardiff City F.C. Official Site. Cardiff City Football Club. 30 June 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Kerslake and McBride in charge". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Cardiff City hire former Man Utd striker as boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Gillingham FC name David Kerslake as Assistant Manager". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "DAVID KERSLAKE APPOINTED AS JUSTIN EDINBURGH'S NUMBER 2 AS NEW MANAGER MAKES STAFF CHANGES". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Kerslake and O'Donnell leave roles". Lincoln City Official Site. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  9. ↑ FC, Blackpool. "Kerslake and O'Donnell Join As Assistant Head Coaches". Blackpool FC. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Fleet announce new manager". ebbsfleetunited.co.uk. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.
  12. 1 2 Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 149.
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