Ray Baverstock

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Ray Baverstock
Personal information
Full name Ray Baverstock
Date of birth (1963-12-03) 3 December 1963 (age 59)
Place of birth Southall, England
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Swindon Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1983 Swindon Town 17 (0)
1983–1990 Cheltenham Town
1990–1991 Gloucester City
1991–1992 Worcester City
1992 Bath City 2 (0)
1992 Moreton Town
1992–1993 Gloucester City
1993–???? Trowbridge Town
Forest Green Rovers
2002–2003 Cirencester Town
Swindon Supermarine
Managerial career
????–2002 Cirencester Town
2002 Devizes Town
2002–2003 Swindon Supermarine
2003–2004 Swindon Supermarine
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ray Baverstock (born 3 December 1963) is a former professional football midfielder.

Baverstock began his career as an apprentice with Swindon Town, turning professional in December 1981. [1] He made his debut on 4 September 1982 as Swindon lost 2–1 away to Blackpool. [2] He played seventeen times that season, but was released in May 1983 and joined Cheltenham Town. [1]

He played over 250 games for Cheltenham and had spells with Gloucester City and Worcester City before joining Bath City in July 1992. [3] He played the first two games of the following season, but left in August 1992 to join Moreton Town after disagreements over his wages with Bath. [3]

He went on to play for Gloucester City, Trowbridge Town, Forest Green Rovers and Cirencester Town, [4] before becoming manager of Cirencester Town and then Devizes Town from August 2002. [5] He left Devizes to take over as manager of Swindon Supermarine in November 2002, [6] and guided them to safety from relegation at the end of the season, albeit on the final day. [7] He resigned as manager in October 2003 due his increased business commitments, [7] but was reappointed just twelve days later. [8] He resigned again in January 2004. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player profile: Ray Baverstock". Swindon Town F.C. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Playing Record - Ray Baverstock". Swindon Town F.C. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[ dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "Past Players - B". Bath City F.C. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ray Baverstock". Tiger Roar. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Happy Ray". The Swindon Advertiser. 19 August 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Baverstock quits ahead of Vase tie". The Swindon Advertiser. 28 November 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. 1 2 "Marine shock". The Wiltshire Times. 15 October 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Baverstock in Marine U-turn". The Swindon Advertiser. 25 October 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Baverstock's final farewell". The Swindon Advertiser. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
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