Derek Fazackerley

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Derek Fazackerley

| image =

| fullname = Derek William Fazackerley

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|11|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Preston, England

| position = Central defender

| currentclub = Oxford United (Assistant Manager)

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| totalcaps = 709 | totalgoals= 23

| manageryears1 = 2018

| managerclubs1 = Oxford United (caretaker)

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Derek William Fazackerley (born 5 November 1951) is an English former footballer who was previously assistant manager at Oxford United, and managed the club on a caretaker basis for two months in 2018. He spent the majority of his career playing for Blackburn Rovers.

Playing career

Fazackerley made a record 671 appearances for Blackburn in an 18-year career.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-toast-to-the-righthand-man-1096794.html|title=Football: Toast to the right-hand man|author=Slater, Richard|date=30 May 1999|work=The Independent|location=London|access-date=6 April 2012}}

In February 2019 he was one of the first seven players to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/february/a-night-to-remember-for-the-immortals/ Rovers legends inducted into Hall of Fame] www.rovers.co.uk, 17 July 2019

Coaching career

In January 1987, he joined Chester City as a player and assistant manager. The long-term plan was for qualified coach Fazackerley to succeed Harry McNally as manager,Sumner (1997), p. 103 but he grew unhappy at the lack of progress at the club.Sumner (1997), p. 105 He moved on in the summer of 1988 to York City to assist ex-Rovers manager Bobby Saxton. In February 1989, he joined Bury where Martin Dobson was manager and ended the season helping run the side after Dobson departed. This was his final playing season in professional football.

In May 1990, he became player-manager of Kumu in Finland{{cite news |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-town-fc/huddersfield-town-news/2009/08/08/derek-fazackerley-s-40-years-in-the-game-ready-to-pay-off-for-huddersfield-town-86081-24346840/ |title=Derek Fazackerley's 40 years in the game ready to pay off for Huddersfield Town |work=Huddersfield Examiner |first=Dougie |last=Thomson |date=8 August 2009 |access-date=10 September 2012}} before moving to Newcastle United as first team coach. He was involved in the England setup as assistant manager under Kevin Keegan, working alongside Les Reed.

He has since coached at other clubs, including Blackburn, Bolton Wanderers and Barnsley.

He was a scout for Manchester City and sat alongside Sven-Göran Eriksson on the bench at City's matches during his only season in charge. His position at the club was placed under review following Eriksson's departure,{{cite news

| title = Sven-Goran Eriksson expected to leave Manchester City next week

| url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_city/article4034954.ece

| work = Times Online

| date = 30 May 2008

| access-date = 8 July 2008 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and left in July after Mark Hughes was appointed as manager.{{cite news

| title = Coach Fazackerley leaves Man City

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7494439.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 7 July 2008

| access-date = 8 July 2008}}

On 11 December 2008, he was made the new first team coach at Football League One side Huddersfield Town, following the appointment of Lee Clark as manager.

On 4 October 2010, he was made the new assistant manager at Football League Championship side Leicester City, following the appointment of Sven-Göran Eriksson as manager. He left the club in October 2011.

When Clark took over as manager of Birmingham City in June 2012, he appointed Fazackerley to the role of first-team coach.{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.com/page/BackroomStaffTeam/0,,10412~2835787,00.html |title=Backroom Staff: Derek Fazackerley |publisher=Birmingham City F.C |access-date=7 August 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On 17 February 2014, it was widely reported that he and assistant manager Terry McDermott had left Birmingham;{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26228918 |title=Birmingham City: McDermott & Fazackerley future in doubt |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 February 2014 |access-date=18 February 2014}} the club stated they had "no comment to issue on the matter at this moment in time."{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.com/news/article/20140217-terry-mcdermott-and-derek-fazackerley-1365464.aspx |title=Terry McDermott and Derek Fazackerley |publisher=Birmingham City F.C |date=17 February 2014 |access-date=18 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217172533/http://www.bcfc.com/news/article/20140217-terry-mcdermott-and-derek-fazackerley-1365464.aspx |archive-date=17 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}

Fazackerley joined Oxford United as assistant manager under Michael Appleton on 21 July 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.oufc.co.uk/teams/first-team/coaching-staff/derek-fazackerley/ |title=Derek Fazackerley |publisher=Oxford United F.C. |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-date=11 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711022138/https://www.oufc.co.uk/teams/first-team/coaching-staff/derek-fazackerley/ |url-status=dead }} He remained at the club when Appleton joined Leicester City as assistant manager at the end of the 2016–17 season, and when Appleton's successor Pep Clotet was sacked in January 2018, Fazackerley took over as caretaker manager.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42772878 |title=Pep Clotet: Oxford United sack manager |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 January 2018 |access-date=30 January 2018}} He was in charge for two months, during which time the team won twice in eight games,{{cite news |url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/sport/oxfordunited/16095564.Oxford_United_s_players_and_fans_deserve_the_credit_for_win__says_Derek_Fazackerley/ |title=Oxford United's players and fans deserve the credit for win, says Derek Fazackerley |newspaper=Oxford Times |first=David |last=Pritchard |date=19 March 2018 |access-date=23 March 2018}} before the appointment of Karl Robinson on 22 March 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43154075|title=Oxford United: Karl Robinson named new head coach after|publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 March 2018|access-date=22 March 2018}} He left his coaching position in 2020, though he retained an advisory position at the club{{cite news |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/18638873.derek-fazackerley-moves-new-oxford-united-role-upstairs/ |title=Derek Fazackerley moves to new Oxford United role upstairs |first=James |last=Roberts |date=10 August 2020 |newspaper=Oxford Mail |access-date=8 November 2023}} and was involved in the recruitment of Robinson's successor, Liam Manning, in 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/23383583.oxford-united-ceo-discusses-hiring-liam-manning-head-coach/ |title=Oxford United CEO discusses hiring of Liam Manning as head coach |first=Liam |last=Rice |date=14 March 2023 |newspaper=Oxford Mail |access-date=8 November 2023 |quote="What was really important to us was that we got the best of a sporting recruitment process – we had Ed Waldron and Derek Fazackerley involved – and then we also put in some what I'd say corporate discipline in that."}}

References

Bibliography

{{cite book | first=Chas | last=Sumner| title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City F.C. 1885–1997 | publisher=Yore Publications | year=1997 | isbn=978-1-874427-52-0}}

Category:1951 births

Category:Living people

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Footballers from Preston, Lancashire

Category:Men's association football central defenders

Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players

Category:Chester City F.C. players

Category:York City F.C. players

Category:Bury F.C. players

Category:English Football League players

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