Gavin Liddle

{{short description|English footballer and manager}}

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|name = Gavin Liddle

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|fullname = Gavin Liddle{{Hugman|11702|accessdate=17 September 2015}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|9|df=y}}

|birth_place = Houghton-le-Spring, England

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|position = Full back

|youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Hartlepool United

|years1 = 1981–1983 |clubs1 = Darlington |caps1 = 33 |goals1 = 4

|years2 = – |clubs2 = Spennymoor United

|years3 = – |clubs3 = Bishop Auckland

|years4 = 1994–1996 |clubs4 = Harrogate Town

|years5 = 1996–1998 |clubs5 = Birtley Town

|years6 = 1999 |clubs6 = Washington Nissan

|years7 = 2000 |clubs7 = Red House WMC

|manageryears1 = 1996–1998 |managerclubs1 = Birtley Town (player-manager)

|manageryears2 = 1998–1999 |managerclubs2 = Harrogate Town

|manageryears3 = 2000–2003 |managerclubs3 = Washington Nissan

|manageryears4 = 2003–2005 |managerclubs4 = Prudhoe

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Gavin Liddle (born 9 May 1963) is an English former footballer who made 33 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Darlington in the 1980s. He also played non-league football for clubs including Spennymoor United,{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/darlington/darlington.html |title=Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10 |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=17 September 2015}} Bishop Auckland,{{cite web |url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Player.aspx?PlayerID=7954 |title=Gavin Liddle |website=The StatCat |accessdate=17 September 2015}} Harrogate Town,{{cite web |url=http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.sumpton/newmanager.htm |title=New manager appointed |website=Harrogate Town FC |publisher=Paul Sumpton |date=19 September 1998 |accessdate=17 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203431/http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.sumpton/newmanager.htm |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }} Birtley Town,{{cite news |title=Birtley recovery hope |newspaper=Evening Chronicle |location=Newcastle |date=12 January 1998 |page=45}} Washington Nissan,{{cite news |title=Nissan Wearside League |newspaper=The Journal |location=Newcastle |date=28 August 1999 |page=102}} and Red House WMC.{{cite news |url=http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/herrington-ready-for-huge-test-1-1082707 |title=Herrington ready for huge test |newspaper=Sunderland Echo |date=14 January 2000 |accessdate=17 September 2015}} He went into coaching and management at a local level, as player-manager of Birtley Town,{{cite news |title=Vaux Wearside League |newspaper=The Journal |location=Newcastle |date=19 September 1998 |page=92}} manager of Harrogate Town,{{cite web |url=http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.sumpton/resign.htm |title=Liddle and Lormor resign |website=Harrogate Town FC |publisher=Paul Sumpton |date=21 January 1999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991116112933/http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.sumpton/resign.htm |archivedate=16 November 1999}} coach and then for four years manager of Washington Nissan, with whom he won two Wearside League titles,{{cite news |url=http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/sport/more-local-sport/wearside-league-kicks-off-1-955527 |title=Wearside League kicks off |newspaper=Wakefield Express |date=11 August 2000 |accessdate=17 September 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7030447.Albany_Northern_League_round_up/ |title=Albany Northern League round-up |newspaper=The Northern Echo |location=Middlesbrough |date=20 May 2003 |accessdate=17 September 2015}} and manager of Prudhoe.{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7019342.The_Albany_Northern_League_Today/ |title=The Albany Northern League Today |newspaper=The Northern Echo |location=Middlesbrough |date=15 August 2003 |accessdate=17 September 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/6963957.Albany_Northern_League___Billingham_boss_Robinson_joins_Horden_after_Vase_defeat/ |title=Albany Northern League: Billingham boss Robinson joins Horden after Vase defeat |newspaper=The Northern Echo |location=Middlesbrough |date=24 January 2005 |accessdate=17 September 2015}}