Adam Lockwood
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1981)}}
{{EngvarB|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Adam Lockwood
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1981|10|26}}{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10 | year = 2009 | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | isbn = 978-1-84596-474-0}}
| birth_place = Wakefield, England
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| position = Defender
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1997–1998 | youthclubs1 = Leeds United
| youthyears2 = 1998–1999 | youthclubs2 = Reading
| years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = Reading | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2000 | clubs2 = → Maidenhead United (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2001 | clubs3 = → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2001 | clubs4 = → Yeovil Town (loan) | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2001–2006 | clubs5 = Yeovil Town | caps5 = 138 | goals5 = 7
| years6 = 2005–2006 | clubs6 = → Torquay United (loan) | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2006–2012 | clubs7 = Doncaster Rovers | caps7 = 151 | goals7 = 8
| years8 = 2012–2013 | clubs8 = Bury | caps8 = 18 | goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2013–2014 | clubs9 = Guiseley | caps9 = 6 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2014–2015 | clubs10 = Oldham Athletic | caps10 = 31 | goals10 = 2
| years11 = 2015–2017 |clubs11 = Guiseley | caps11 = 28 | goals11 = 0
| totalcaps = 397 | totalgoals = 22
| manageryears1 = 2016
| managerclubs1 = Guiseley (caretaker)
| manageryears2 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs2 = Guiseley
| manageryears3 = 2020–2022
| managerclubs3 = Wakefield
}}
Adam Brian Lockwood (born 26 October 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the sporting director of Wakefield A.F.C.
Career
Lockwood began his career as a trainee with Reading,{{cite web|url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10306~12158,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928185049/http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10306~12158%2C00.html |archive-date=28 September 2011 |title=Adam Lockwood |publisher=Reading F.C |access-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} after being released as a youth player by Leeds United. He turned professional in August 1999, but failed to break into the Reading first team and in 2000 joined Maidenhead United to gain first team experience. In February 2001 he joined Forest Green Rovers on loan until the end of the season. He appeared in the 2001 FA Trophy final for Forest Green but was on the losing side in a 1–0 defeat.{{Cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1328114.stm |title=Canvey stun Forest to lift Trophy |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2001}} In September 2001 he joined Yeovil Town on loan,{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=540 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200801/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=540 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=27 September 2007 |title=Johnson signs two for Glovers |publisher=NonLeagueDaily |access-date=18 December 2013}} a month later making the move permanent on a free transfer.
He was a member of the side that won the FA Trophy in May 2002,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1980104.stm |title=Yeovil lift FA Trophy |date=12 May 2002 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=18 December 2013}} having been a runner up the year before with Forest Green,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1328114.stm |title=Canvey stun Forest to lift Trophy |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2001 |access-date=25 September 2013}} and helped Yeovil to the Conference and League Two titles. He struggled with injuries in the 2004–05 season, but signed a new one-year contract in August 2005.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/4138304.stm |title=Lockwood signs new Glovers' deal |date=10 August 2005 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=18 December 2013}} However, he struggled to re-establish himself and in November 2005, joined West Country rivals Torquay United on loan,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/4449314.stm |title=Lockwood leaves Glovers for Gulls |date=18 November 2005 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=18 December 2013}} returning to Yeovil in January 2006.
He moved to Doncaster Rovers in July 2006.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/4986148.stm |title=Lockwood leaves Yeovil for Rovers |date=16 May 2006 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=18 December 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10329~12158,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623125247/http://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10329~12158%2C00.html |archive-date=23 June 2012 |title=Adam Lockwood |publisher=Doncaster Rovers F.C |access-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} Lockwood committed his future to the club by signing a 2-year extension to his contract at Rovers in the summer of 2010. On 18 May 2012, Doncaster Rovers confirmed that Lockwood would be released at the end of his contract having made 180 appearances scoring 8 goals.{{cite web|url=http://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10329~2776638,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522010739/http://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10329~2776638%2C00.html |archive-date=22 May 2012 |title=Saunders confirms retained list |publisher=Doncaster Rovers F.C |date=18 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}
On 4 July 2012, Lockwood signed for League One side Bury following his release from Doncaster.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18703707 |title=Adam Lockwood, Marcus Marshall and Lateef Elford-Alliyu join Bury |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 July 2012}} He made his home debut for Bury on 18 August 2012, in a 1–1 draw against Brentford. He scored his first goal for the club on 10 November 2012, in a 2–0 win at home against Portsmouth at Fratton Park.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
On 25 September 2013, Lockwood was released by Bury after the two parties mutually agreed to terminate his contract.{{cite web |url=http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/lockwood-leaves-1075692.aspx |title=Lockwood leaves |publisher=Bury F.C |access-date=18 December 2013}}
The following month he joined Conference North side Guiseley. He made several appearances quickly becoming a favourite to the fans. After fantastic displays for The Lions he caught the attention of Oldham Athletic A.F.C. It was no surprise he had signed for a league club,{{cite web |url=http://guiseleyafc.co.uk/first-team-news/lockwood-and-johnson-now-lions/ |title=Lockwood and Johnson now Lions |publisher=Guiseley A.F.C |access-date=18 December 2013}}
=Oldham Athletic=
Lockwood joined Oldham Athletic on 3 January 2014 until the end of the 2013–14 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25588956|title=Oldham Athletic: Adam Lockwood joins until end of season|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 January 2014|access-date=3 January 2014}} Lockwood made his debut for the club against Wolves on 28 January, coming on for the injured Genseric Kusunga in the 55th minute of the game.{{cite news
| title = Oldham Athletic 0–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25821906
| publisher = BBC Sport
| access-date = 28 January 2014}}
Lockwood scored his first goal for the club in a game against M.K. Dons{{cite news
|title = MK Dons 2–1 Oldham Athletic
|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26094562
|publisher = BBC Sport
|access-date = 15 February 2014}}
Lockwood scored his second goal for the club in the last game of the season, against Notts County in a 1–1 draw, extending Oldham's unbeaten run to 10 games. Lockwood was also sent off in the game, thus meaning he would be suspended at the start of the 2014–15 season.{{cite news
|title = Latics Draw With The Magpies
|url = http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/20140503-latics-v-notts-county-1525040.aspx
|publisher = Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
|access-date = 3 May 2014}}
The one – year option the club had on Lockwood's contract was exercised, extending his contract till the end of the 2014–15 season.{{cite news
|title = Lockwood: "I Feel Valued Here"
|url = http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/20140519-adam-lockwood-quotes-1564443.aspx
|publisher = Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
|access-date = 19 May 2014}}
Lockwood won the Spirit of Oldham award at the end of season player awards, this award being given to the player who had had the biggest impact at the club since their arrival at the club mid – season.{{cite news
|title = Player of the Season awards
|url = http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/20140506-player-of-the-season-awards-1539166.aspx
|publisher = Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
|access-date = 6 May 2014}}
Manager Johnson named Lockwood as club captain for the 2014–15 season.{{cite news
|title = Gaffer Announces Club Captain
|url = http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/20140703-club-captain-1709990.aspx
|publisher = Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
|access-date = 3 July 2014}}
=Guiseley=
In June 2015 Lockwood joined newly promoted National League side Guiseley A.F.C from Oldham.{{cite news
|title = Lockwood, Toulson and Rothery sign
|url = http://guiseleyafc.co.uk/first-team-news/lockwood-toulson-and-rothery-sign/
|publisher = Guiseley A.F.C
|access-date = 14 June 2015}} When Guiseley manager Mark Bower was sacked in 2016 with the club bottom of the National League, Lockwood was appointed manager in September 2016 with Dave Penney as assistant. He helped the club avoid relegation on the final day of the 2016–17 season, but was sacked on 30 August 2017 at a time when Guiseley were third-from-bottom in the table.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41103206 Adam Lockwood: Guiseley sack manager after one year in charge] BBC Sport, 30 August 2017
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|FA Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=4|Reading
|1999–2000{{soccerbase season|18664|1999|access-date=20 March 2020}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000–01{{soccerbase season|18664|2000|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|Second Division |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001–02{{soccerbase season|18664|2001|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|Second Division |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 | ||||||||||
| Forest Green Rovers (loan)
|10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 3{{efn|name=FAT|Appearance(s) in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| rowspan=6|Yeovil Town
|Conference |30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 9{{efn|Eight appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Football League Trophy}} | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03{{soccerbase season|18664|2002|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|Conference |41 | 3 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 7{{efn|Four appearances and two goals in FA Trophy, one appearance in Football League Trophy, two appearances in Somerset Premier Cup}} | 2 | 50 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04{{soccerbase season|18664|2003|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|43 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=FLT|Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy}} | 0 | 49 | 4 | |
| 2004–05{{soccerbase season|18664|2004|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2005–06{{soccerbase season|18664|2005|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|20 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!144||7||6||1||3||0||18||2||171||10 | ||||||||||
| Torquay United (loan)
|League Two |9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 12 | 3 | |||
| rowspan=7|Doncaster Rovers
|2006–07{{soccerbase season|18664|2006|access-date=20 March 2020}} |League One |44 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 58 | 2 | |
| 2007–08{{soccerbase season|18664|2007|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|League One |39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in League One play-offs}} | 0 | 44 | 3 | |
| 2008–09{{soccerbase season|18664|2008|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10{{soccerbase season|18664|2009|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|Championship |16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11{{soccerbase season|18664|2010|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|Championship |16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12{{soccerbase season|18664|2011|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|Championship |14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 15 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!151||8||12||0||8||0||8||0||179||9 | ||||||||||
| rowspan=3|Bury
|2012–13{{soccerbase season|18664|2012|access-date=20 March 2020}} |League One |17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2013–14{{soccerbase season|18664|2013|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|League Two |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!18||1||1||0||0||0||1||0||20||1 | ||||||||||
| Guiseley
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|name=FAT}} | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=3|Oldham Athletic
|League One |19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2014–15{{soccerbase season|18664|2014|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|League One |12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!31||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||31||2 | ||||||||||
| rowspan=3|Guiseley
|26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 2{{efn|name=FAT}} | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17{{soccerbase season|18664|2016|access-date=20 March 2020}}
|National League |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!28||0||2||0||colspan=2|—||2||0||32||0 | ||||||||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!397||22||24||1||11||0||33||2||465||25 |
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Managerial statistics
{{updated|match played 29 April 2017}}
| class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure | ||||
| rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|To !colspan=5|Record !rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}} | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|P|Matches played}} | {{abbr|W|Matches won}} | {{abbr|D|Matches drawn}} | {{abbr|L|Matches lost}} | {{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}} |
| align=left|Guiseley
|align=left|21 August 2016 |align=left|30 August 2017 {{WDL|52|15|15|22|decimals=1}} | ||||
| colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|52|15|15|22|decimals=1}} !— |
Honours
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219131910/http://guiseleyafc.co.uk/player/adam-lockwood/ Adam Lockwood profile] at the Guiseley A.F.C. website
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{Soccerway|adam-lockwood/47499}}
{{Doncaster Rovers F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{Doncaster Rovers F.C. Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Footballers from Wakefield
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Leeds United F.C. players
Category:Maidenhead United F.C. players
Category:Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
Category:Yeovil Town F.C. players
Category:Torquay United F.C. players
Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Category:Guiseley A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:English football managers
Category:Guiseley A.F.C. managers