Frank Haydock | |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1940 |
Birth Place: | Eccles, Lancashire, England |
Height: | 6 ft 1/2 in |
Position: | Centre-half |
Youthyears1: | 1956–1957 |
Youthclubs1: | Blackpool |
Youthyears2: | 1957–1959 |
Youthclubs2: | Manchester United |
Years1: | 1959–1963 |
Caps1: | 6 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1963–1965 |
Caps2: | 84 |
Goals2: | 4 |
Years3: | 1965–1969 |
Clubs3: | Portsmouth |
Caps3: | 72 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 1969–1970 |
Caps4: | 33 |
Goals4: | 4 |
Years5: | 1972-1976 |
Clubs5: | Fleetwood |
Caps5: | 172 |
Goals5: | 15 |
Frank Haydock (born 29 November 1940) is an English former footballer who played at centre-half for several clubs, including Manchester United, Charlton Athletic and Portsmouth. His brother, Billy, was also a professional footballer who played for Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Stockport County.
Born in Eccles, Lancashire, Haydock began his football career as an amateur with Blackpool in 1956. A year later, he signed amateur forms with Manchester United, before turning professional in December 1959. He made his Manchester United debut on 20 August 1960, playing at centre half in a 3–1 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers. He also played in the same position in the next three matches, before the number 5 jersey was usurped, first by Ronnie Cope and then Bill Foulkes, a convert from right-back. It was more than a year before Haydock returned to the United first team, filling in for Foulkes for a home game against Birmingham City on 14 October 1961. He only made one more appearances for the first team after that, a 3–2 away defeat to Nottingham Forest on the final day of the 1962–63 Football League season.
Haydock was sold to Charlton Athletic for £10,000 in August 1963. He played for Charlton for two and a half years, making 84 appearances and scoring four goals before a transfer to Portsmouth in December 1965. In a Portsmouth career spanning just over three years, Haydock made 72 appearances and scored one goal. He was then transferred to Southend United in February 1969, spending a year there. He moved to Northern Premier League club Fleetwood in 1972, initially as a player before becoming player-manager, remaining there until the club folded in 1976.