Dean Greygoose Explained

Dean Greygoose
Birth Date:18 December 1964
Birth Place:Torquay, England
Position:Goalkeeper
Height:5 ft 11 in[1]
Years1:1982–1985
Years2:1985
Years3:1985–1986
Years4:1986–1987
Years5:1987–1993
Years6:1993–1999
Years7:1999–2000
Years8:2000–2001
Years9:2001–2002
Years10:2002–2003
Years11:2002–2003
Years12:2002–2005
Years13:2005–2006
Years14:2006–2009
Clubs1:Cambridge United
Clubs2:Lincoln City (loan)
Clubs3:Leyton Orient
Clubs4:Crystal Palace
Clubs5:Crewe Alexandra
Clubs6:Northwich Victoria
Clubs7:Altrincham
Clubs8:Chester City
Clubs9:Stevenage Borough
Clubs10:Canvey Island
Clubs11:King's Lynn
Clubs12:AFC Sudbury
Clubs13:Soham Town Rangers
Clubs14:Bury Town
Caps1:26
Caps2:8
Caps3:1
Caps4:0
Caps5:205
Caps6:189
Caps7:18
Caps8:2
Caps9:18
Caps10:0
Caps11:20
Caps12:87
Caps14:59
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:0
Goals12:0
Goals14:0
Totalcaps:633
Totalgoals:0
Manageryears1:2009–2010
Managerclubs1:Team Bury
Manageryears2:2013–2014
Managerclubs2:Haverhill Rovers
Manageryears3:2014–2018
Managerclubs3:Mildenhall Town
Manageryears4:2019-2020
Managerclubs4:Eynesbury Rovers
Manageryears5:2020–2023
Managerclubs5:Godmanchester Rovers

Dean Greygoose (born 18 December 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several Football League clubs – most notably Crewe Alexandra, where he played 205 games between 1987 and 1993.

Playing career

Greygoose began his long football career at Cambridge United, where he signed a professional contract in November 1982 and made his debut during the 1983-84 season. In total, he played 26 league games for Cambridge, but was mostly the team's reserve goalkeeper, behind Malcolm Webster and later Keith Branagan. Spells at Leyton Orient and Crystal Palace followed, before signing for Crewe in August 1987, where he spent six seasons as the first-choice goalkeeper.

In 1993, Greygoose was released by Crewe and joined Conference side Northwich Victoria where he spent another six seasons before leaving at the end of the 1998-99 season. He then played for several non-league clubs, including Altrincham, Chester City, Stevenage Borough, AFC Sudbury, and Soham Town Rangers. Greygoose joined Bury Town during the 2006-07 season and played for the club until retiring in July 2009.[2]

Coaching career

Greygoose also worked as a goalkeeping coach at Bury Town and was joint manager of Team Bury from 2009 until July 2010, when he joined Histon as a goalkeeping coach.[3] In June 2012 he joined Kettering Town as assistant manager to John Beck and goalkeeping coach.[4] He joined Haverhill Rovers as a manager in May 2013 but left in August 2014.[5] In 2014 he was appointed manager of Mildenhall Town.[6] The club won the Eastern Counties League Premier Division title in 2016–17, earning promotion to Division One North of the Isthmian League. Greygoose left the club in December 2018.[7] During the 2019–20 season, he became a goalkeeping coach at Eynesbury Rovers and was appointed joint manager of the club in January 2020.[8] In December 2020, he was appointed manager at Godmanchester Rovers.[9] After a bad run of results, Greygoose was released by Godmanchester Rovers on 16 September 2023.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 . Peter . Dunk . Queen Anne Press . London . 1987 . 146 . 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. http://www.greenun24.co.uk/content/greenun/sport/football/non-league/story.aspx?brand=GreenunOnline&category=NonLeague&tBrand=GreenunOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED27%20Jul%202009%2014%3A31%3A16%3A400 Popular keeper hangs up his gloves
  3. http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/sport/football-reader-steps-down-as-team-bury-boss-1-709223 Football: Reader steps down as Team Bury boss
  4. Web site: Stutes get safe pair of Hands at the helm . Cambridge News . 30 July 2010 . 13 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404175431/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Sport/Histon/Stutes-get-safe-pair-of-Hands-at-the-helm.htm . 4 April 2012 .
  5. http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/greygoose.htm Dean Greygoose
  6. http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/former-team-bury-joint-boss-dean-greygoose-appointed-new-manager-at-mildenhall-town-1-3862889 Former Team Bury joint-boss Dean Greygoose appointed new manager at Mildenhall Town
  7. https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/sport/football/former-crewe-keeper-leave-mildenhall-15582566 Former Crewe keeper will leave Mildenhall 'with his head held high'
  8. https://www.huntspost.co.uk/sport/football/steve-kuhne-ash-fuller-and-dean-greygoose-to-share-the-hall-road-hotseat-1-6474663 NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: New managerial trio given the Eynesbury Rovers reins
  9. https://www.huntspost.co.uk/sport/godmanchester-rovers-appoint-dean-greygoose-6886510 Godmanchester Rovers appoint Dean Greygoose as new boss