Gordon Fearnley Explained

Gordon Fearnley
Birth Date:1950 1, df=y
Birth Place:Bradford, England
Position:Forward, defender
Years1:1968–1970
Years2:1970–1977
Years3:1976
Years4:1976
Years5:1977–1978
Years6:1978–1979
Years7:1980–1981
Clubs1:Sheffield Wednesday
Clubs2:Bristol Rovers
Clubs3:Toronto Metros-Croatia (loan)
Clubs4:Miami Toros (loan)
Clubs5:Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Clubs6:Cleveland Force (indoor)
Clubs7:Chicago Horizons (indoor)
Caps1:0
Caps2:121
Caps3:1
Caps4:20
Caps5:22
Caps6:4
Caps7:14
Goals1:0
Goals2:21
Goals3:1
Goals4:3
Goals5:2
Goals6:1
Goals7:10
Manageryears1:1978
Managerclubs1:Cleveland Force

Gordon Fearnley (25 January 1950 – 25 June 2015) was an English footballer who spent time in the Football League, North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

In 1968, Fearnley signed with Sheffield Wednesday. In 1970, he moved to the Bristol Rovers. In 1976, the Rovers sent him on loan to the Toronto Metros-Croatia of the North American Soccer League. After just one game, he was sent south to the Miami Toros. In 1977, Bristol sold his contract to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. In 1978, he left the NASL to play for the Cleveland Force in Major Indoor Soccer League. After one season, he played for the Chicago Horizon.

In May 1978, Fearnley was hired as the head coach of the Birmingham Bandits, a team in the newly created Super Soccer League. However, financial irregularities prevented the league from ever beginning operations and Fearnley was released. During the few months he worked with the Bandits, he met Alaina Jones, the team's director of public relations. The two eventually married. In the fall of 1978, he was hired as the head coach of the Cleveland Force of the newly established Major Indoor Soccer League. He took the team to a 2–4 record and resigned. After retirement he studied Physiotherapy & Law, and later worked as an attorney in Florida.[1]

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  1. Web site: Former Bristol Rovers player Gordon Fearnley dies. Bristol Post. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150807093219/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-Rovers-player-Gordon-Fearnley-dies/story-26799371-detail/story.html. 7 August 2015.