Ross Weatherstone

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Ross Weatherstone
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-05-16) 16 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Reading, Berkshire, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Binfield (manager)
Youth career
1997–1999 Oxford United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2001 Oxford United 19 (0)
2001–2003 Boston United 66 (1)
2003 Nuneaton Borough 9 (0)
2003–2004 Farnborough Town 29 (2)
2004 Stevenage Brough 6 (0)
2006 Didcot Town 25 (4)
Total154(7)
Managerial career
2022 Hartley Wintney
2023– Binfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ross Weatherstone (born 16 May 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Oxford United and Boston United. He is currently the manager of Binfield.

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Playing career

Weatherstone started his career at Oxford United, making his debut live on Sky TV against Reading. His brother Simon was also an Oxford player and they became the first brothers to play for Oxford United since Ron Atkinson and Graham Atkinson in a competitive fixture.

In February 2001 Weatherstone and his brother signed for Boston United. They helped Boston United win the Football Conference in 2002, earning promotion to the Football League, with Ross captained the side for a handful of games.

Weatherstone left Boston United and joined Nuneaton Borough for a short spell at the end of the 2002–03 season. At the start 2003–04 season he signed for Farnborough Town, before joining Stevenage Brough midway through the season.

He retired from the professional game in 2005 after multiple operations to his left lateral meniscus. He made a brief comeback in 2006 when he signed for Didcot Town, [1] officially retiring from playing the game in 2007.

Coaching career

Having coached at Bracknell Town and Binfield, in May 2022 Weatherstone was appointed joint manager of Hartley Wintney alongside Ty Newton. [2] The management duo resigned from their roles on 20 October 2022. [3]

On 22 December 2023 he was announced as the new manager of Binfield. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Latest Peace Agreement". Didcot Town FC. 28 July 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Newton and Weatherstone named managers of Hartley Wintney Basingstoke Gazette, 23 May 2022
  3. ↑ "CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT: Caretaker Management Team takes the reins after Weatherstone and Newton Resign". www.hartyleyfc.com. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Club Statement: New first team manager Binfield F.C.
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