Martin Drury

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Martin Drury
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United (academy coach)
Youth career
Doncaster Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Doncaster Rovers 0 (0)
2004 → Gainsborough Trinity (loan)
2004–2006 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2006–2009 Gainsborough Trinity
2007 → Belper Town (loan)
2009–2014 Bradford (Park Avenue)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Bradford (Park Avenue)
2019 Bradford City (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Drury (born 10 April 1986) is an English football coach and former player who is an academy coach at Manchester United.

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Playing career

Born in Huddersfield, Drury played as a left back for Doncaster Rovers, Gainsborough Trinity, Sheffield Wednesday, Belper Town, and Bradford (Park Avenue). [1] [2] [3] He retired at the age of 28 due to injury. [4]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Drury worked for Bradford (Park Avenue) (as both assistant manager and then manager), and also as a coach at Boston United. [1]

At Park Avenue, he was appointed manager in April 2015, replacing John Deacey. [5] He left the club in March 2016, and was replaced by Darren Edmondson. [6]

Drury joined Bradford City in 2016, initially working in their Academy. [4] [7] In July 2017 he became a full-time youth coach at the club, [8] and in May 2018 he became Lead Development Coach for the club's entire youth set-up. [4]

He later worked as first-team coach under both Michael Collins and David Hopkin. [7] In February 2019, after the resignation of Hopkin, Drury was appointed as the club's caretaker manager. [7] A few days later he appointed Paul Caddis as club captain, replacing Anthony O'Connor. [9] Drury's first game in charge, on 2 March 2019, was a 5–1 away defeat against Portsmouth. After the game, Drury said that appointing a new permanent manager was a "matter of urgency". [10] Two days later, on 4 March 2019, Gary Bowyer was appointed as Bradford City manager until the end of the 2018–19 season. [11] Drury was retained by the club as a coach. [12] By August 2021 his role was 'Senior Technical and Tactical Coach'. [13] He became Head of Academy Coaching in March 2022, [14] and later that month spoke positively about the achievements of the youth team. [15]

In July 2022 he became an academy coach at Manchester United. [16]

Personal life

As of November 2012, Drury was married with two sons. [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ Ian Whiting (6 December 2012). "Martin Drury injury may prompt Bradford Park Avenue rethink". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Martin Drury at Soccerbase
  4. 1 2 3 "New Challenge For Drury". Bradford City A.F.C. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Steven Coney (28 April 2015). "Martin Drury steps up to replace John Deacey at Bradford PA". The Non-League Football Paper. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Ian Whiting (26 March 2016). "No regrets from Drury after being replaced as Park Avenue boss". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 Richard Sutcliffe (25 February 2019). "Martin Drury steps in at Portsmouth as Bradford City begin their search to replace David Hopkin". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "BANTAMS RECRUIT COACHING TRIO". Bradford City A.F.C. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. ↑ Simon Parker (28 February 2019). "Caddis named Bradford City captain". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  10. ↑ Simon Parker (4 March 2019). "Bantams poised to reveal new manager TODAY". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Gary Bowyer: Bradford City appoint former Blackburn and Blackpool boss as manager". BBC Sport. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  12. ↑ Simon Parker (9 March 2019). "Bradford City boss won't make coaching changes". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "Two new Bradford City coaches named in academy restructure". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  14. ↑ "Drury given new role in Bradford City academy after Nightingale joins Liverpool". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  15. ↑ "City set to hand out record number of deals as teen talents shine". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  16. ↑ "Bantams confirm Drury's departure for Manchester United". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  17. ↑ "Martin Drury". Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2019.


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