Nick Pickering

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Nick Pickering
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Pickering
Date of birth (1963-08-04) 4 August 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth South Shields, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1977–1981 Sunderland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1986 Sunderland 179 (18)
1986–1988 Coventry City 78 (9)
1988–1991 Derby County 45 (3)
1991–1993 Darlington 57 (7)
1993–1994 Burnley 4 (0)
Total363(37)
International career
1982–1986 England U21 15 (1)
1983 England 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicholas Pickering [2] (born 4 August 1963 in South Shields) [3] is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Sunderland, Coventry City, Derby County, Darlington and Burnley. [4] He was capped once for the England national team, against Australia in 1983. [5] He was part of the England U21 team that won the 1984 European under-21 championships [6] and reached the semi-final two years later. [7] As a Coventry City player he was on the winning side in the 1987 FA Cup Final. [8]

After retiring as a player he returned to his native north-east, where he was involved in youth coaching and radio work.

In his first season in Sunderland's first team he had the honour of being voted both the club's young player of the year and player of the year by the fans.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 138. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ↑ "England's Players - Page to Pym". England Football Online. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Past Players (N–Q)". Sunderland A.F.C. Archived from the original on 13 February 2005.
  4. ↑ "Nick Pickering". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Nick Pickering". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 16 October 2009. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (10 January 2004). "England - U-21 International Results 1976-1985 - Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  7. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (10 January 2004). "England - U-21 International Results 1986-1995 - Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  8. ↑ Carpenter, Steve (16 May 2015). "Sky Blues 1987 FA Cup anniversary – what the players said". Coventry Observer. Retrieved 25 August 2020.


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