Carl Beeston

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Carl Beeston

| image =

| fullname = Carl Frederick Beeston

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|6|30}}

| birth_place = Stoke-on-Trent, England

| position = Midfielder

| height = 5 ft 9 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=348 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| years1 = 1985–1997|clubs1 = Stoke City |caps1 = 236 |goals1 = 13

| years2 = 1997 |clubs2 = → Hereford United (loan) |caps2 = 9 |goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1997 |clubs3 = Southend United |caps3 = 6 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1997–1999|clubs4 = Hednesford Town |caps4 = |goals4 =

| years5 = 1999–2000|clubs5 = Stafford Rangers |caps5 = |goals5 =

| totalcaps = 251 | totalgoals = 15

| nationalyears1 = 1988| nationalteam1 = England U21| nationalcaps1 = 1| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Carl Frederick Beeston (born 30 June 1967) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Stoke City, Hereford United and Southend United.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/carlbeeston.html |title=Carl Beeston |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=19 May 2009}} He was capped once for England under-21s in 1988.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-u21-intres86.html |title=England – U-21 International Results 1986–1995 – Details |publisher=RSSSF |date=10 January 2004 |accessdate=19 May 2009 |first=Barrie |last=Courtney}} He also played non-league football for Hednesford Town and Stafford Rangers.{{cite book|last=Lowe|first=Simon|title=Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record|year=2000|publisher=Desert Island Books|isbn=1-874287-39-2}}

Career

Beeston was born in Stoke-on-Trent and progressed through the youth ranks at Stoke City making his first team debut against Coventry City on the final day of 1984–85 season with Stoke already relegated. He played six matches in 1985–86 scoring his first senior goal in the Full Members Cup against Coventry. He was missing from the entire 1986–87 season due to contracting glandular fever. He returned to the side and became a vital member of Mick Mills' first team displaying good form as a 'box-to-box' midfielder with an eye for a spectacular goal which earned him a call up to the England U21 side.

Stoke had an awful 1989–90 season which ended with relegation to the third tier which was followed by their lowest league finish of 14th in 1990–91. New manager Lou Macari came in and set about turning around Stoke's fortunes and Beeston played a vital part. He played 57 matches in 1991–92 as Stoke reached the Football League play-offs, losing to Stockport County, although they did beat County in the final of the Football League Trophy.

Beeston played 32 times in 1992–93 as Stoke won the Division Two title but over the summer he had to have his ankle rebuilt by surgeons and he had to miss the entire 1993–94 season. After his return from injury he was never able to reproduce his form in centre midfield and so was used on the right wing and helped Stoke reach the play-offs in 1995–96, losing out to Leicester City. He played 18 times in 1996–97 in what was his final season at the Victoria Ground and left for Southend United after previously spending time out on loan at Hereford United. He brought his career to an end with non-league Hednesford Town and Stafford Rangers.

Career statistics

Source:{{ENFA}}

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

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="14"|Stoke City

|1984–85

|First Division

|1

00000colspan=2|—10
1985–86

|Second Division

|5

000001{{efn|name=FMC|Appearances in Full Members' Cup}}161
1986–87

|Second Division

|0

000000000
1987–88

|Second Division

|12

000001{{efn|name=FMC}}0130
1988–89

|Second Division

|23

2002000252
1989–90

|Second Division

|38

210101{{efn|name=FMC}}0412
1990–91

|Third Division

|37

230301{{efn|name=FLT|Appearances in Football League Trophy}}0442
1991–92

|Third Division

|43

321418{{efn|Seven appearances and one goal in Football League Trophy and one appearance in the Third Division play-offs}}1576
1992–93

|Second Division

|27

320102{{efn|name=FLT}}0323
1993–94

|First Division

|0

000000000
1994–95

|First Division

|16

100101{{efn|Appearance in Anglo-Italian Cup}}0181
1995–96

|First Division

|16

0000000160
1996–97

|First Division

|18

00000colspan=2|—180
colspan="2"|Total

!236

138112115227117
Hereford United (loan)

|1996–97

|Third Division

|9

200000092
Southend United

|1997–98

|Second Division

|6

000300090
colspan="3"|Career total

!251

158115115228919

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Honours

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