Stewart Castledine

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Stewart Castledine
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-01-22) 22 January 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Wandsworth, London, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–2000 Wimbledon 28 (4)
1995–1996 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 7 (3)
2000–2002 Wycombe Wanderers 18 (0)
Total53(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stewart Castledine (born 22 January 1973) is an English former professional footballer, actor, model and television presenter.

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As a footballer, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Wimbledon before playing with Wycombe Wanderers in the Football League over two separate spells. Castledine made 28 league top flight appearances for the Dons.

Following retirement he worked as a TV presenter for the BBC and presented Big Strong Boys and Houses Behaving Badly. He also worked as a model for DKNY and Topman and had a role as an actor in the film Pink Panther.

Playing career

Educated at Teddington School, Castledine had a ten-year career as a professional footballer, playing in the Premier League for Wimbledon and in Division 1 for Wycombe Wanderers.

He began his career with Wimbledon as an apprentice in 1989, turning professional for the 1991-92 season and making his debut in the old Football League First Division against Norwich City in a 1–1 draw on 25 April 1992. He then scored in his full debut against Coventry City, went on score further Premier League goals against Everton and Leeds, and remained with the Dons in the Premier League for a further eight years, although he was never a regular member of the first team. During that time he played in matches against Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool amongst others.

He also had a loan spell with Wycombe Wanderers in the 1995-96 season, scoring three goals in seven Division Two games, and finally left the Dons on 7 July 2000. His departure coincided with Wimbledon's relegation from the Premier League after 14 years of top flight football. He then signed for Wycombe Wanderers, making 22 appearances over the next two seasons before finally retiring as a player at the age of 29. While at Adams Park, he played under his old Wimbledon teammate Lawrie Sanchez, who was Wycombe manager. [1]

Post-playing career

Immediately after his football career, Castledine become a television presenter, hosting BBC One's Big Strong Boys and Houses Behaving Badly. He also modelled for companies such as DKNY and Topman. Along with modelling Castledine had some time in the film industry with films such as Pink Panther starring him to be a French goalkeeper. [2]

Castledine then moved into the business sector of sport. He was director of football for Soccerex, and a director for sports marketing agency Sports Revolution. Castledine is now commercial director for the sports division of talent management agency James Grant. [3]

He later coached AFC Wimbledon Ladies.

Personal life

He is married to TV presenter Lucy Alexander; the couple have two children, Leo, who is a footballer for Chelsea and EastEnders actress Kitty, [4] having also played for Wimbledon F.C. [5] He has two sisters, Jenny and Ellen. His brother-in-law (Ian Claxton married to his youngest sister, Ellen) is from a rugby background with his father, Terrence Claxton playing rugby for Harlequins in the late 70’s, early 80’s with his brothers, Mickey and Gary.

Career statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
EnglandLeague FA Cup League Cup Total
1991-92 Wimbledon Football League First Division 20N/AN/A20
1992-93 FA Premier League -N/AN/A00
1993-94 31N/AN/A31
1994-95 61N/AN/A61
1995-96 41N/AN/A41
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) Football League Second Division 73N/AN/A73
1996-97 Wimbledon FA Premier League 61N/A1172
1997-98 603032122
1998-99 10--10
1999-00 -N/AN/A00
2000-01 Wycombe Wanderers Football League Second Division 1702031221
Career total52750746411

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References

  1. ↑ Football Heroes
  2. ↑ "Stewart Castledine". IMDb. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Our people
  4. ↑ "Lucy Alexander posts RARE photo of daughter Kitty and son Leo". 10 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Get to know Chelsea's new wonderkid". BBC Sport.
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