Gavin Liddle

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Gavin Liddle
Personal information
Full name Gavin Liddle [1]
Date of birth (1963-05-09) 9 May 1963 (age 60) [1]
Place of birth Houghton-le-Spring, [1] England
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
Hartlepool United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1983 Darlington 33 (4)
– Spennymoor United
– Bishop Auckland
1994–1996 Harrogate Town
1996–1998 Birtley Town
1999 Washington Nissan
2000 Red House WMC
Managerial career
1996–1998 Birtley Town (player-manager)
1998–1999 Harrogate Town
2000–2003 Washington Nissan
2003–2005 Prudhoe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gavin Liddle (born 9 May 1963) is an English former footballer who made 33 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Darlington in the 1980s. He also played non-league football for clubs including Spennymoor United, [2] Bishop Auckland, [3] Harrogate Town, [4] Birtley Town, [5] Washington Nissan, [6] and Red House WMC. [7] He went into coaching and management at a local level, as player-manager of Birtley Town, [8] manager of Harrogate Town, [4] [9] coach and then for four years manager of Washington Nissan, with whom he won two Wearside League titles, [10] [11] and manager of Prudhoe. [12] [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gavin Liddle". The StatCat. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "New manager appointed". Harrogate Town FC. Paul Sumpton. 19 September 1998. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Birtley recovery hope". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle. 12 January 1998. p. 45.
  6. ↑ "Nissan Wearside League". The Journal. Newcastle. 28 August 1999. p. 102.
  7. ↑ "Herrington ready for huge test". Sunderland Echo. 14 January 2000. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Vaux Wearside League". The Journal. Newcastle. 19 September 1998. p. 92.
  9. ↑ "Liddle and Lormor resign". Harrogate Town FC. Paul Sumpton. 21 January 1999. Archived from the original on 16 November 1999.
  10. ↑ "Wearside League kicks off". Wakefield Express. 11 August 2000. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Albany Northern League round-up". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 20 May 2003. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "The Albany Northern League Today". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 15 August 2003. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Albany Northern League: Billingham boss Robinson joins Horden after Vase defeat". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 24 January 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2015.


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