Dale Anderson (footballer)

For other people named Dale Anderson, see Dale Anderson (disambiguation).
Dale Anderson
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-08-23)23 August 1970[1]
Place of birth Newton Aycliffe,[1] England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Playing position Forward
Youth career
– Darlington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1987–1990 Darlington 18 (0)
1990–199? Middlesbrough 0 (0)
– King's Lynn
– Shildon
– West Auckland Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Dale Anderson (born 23 August 1970) was an English footballer who made 15 appearances in the Football League playing as a forward for Darlington in the 1980s.[1]

Career

Anderson was born in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, and began his football career in the youth system of nearby Darlington.[1] He made his senior debut for the club on 4 May 1987, away to Chesterfield in the Third Division, at the age of 16 years and 254 days, which made him the club's youngest ever first-team player, a record he held for 21 years until it was broken by the 15-year-old Curtis Main.[3][4] He made fifteen appearances in the league, but only three in the 1989–90 Football Conference championship season[5] as manager Brian Little preferred to field more experienced players.[6]

In June 1990, Anderson joined Middlesbrough, newly promoted to the Second Division, in exchange for defender Michael Trotter. He was signed with the intention of beginning his Middlesbrough the reserves,[6] never broke through to the first team, and went on to play non-league football for clubs including King's Lynn, Shildon and West Auckland Town.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dale Anderson". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 221. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
  3. 1 2 Amos, Mike (3 April 2001). "Up hill down Dale – the winding road to Peterlee". The Northern Echo (Darlington). Retrieved 23 August 2014 – via NewsBank.
  4. ↑ "Morale-booster for Darlington". The Northern Echo (Darlington). 3 May 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams Publications. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
  6. 1 2 Paylor, Eric (20 June 1990). "Boro in swop deal". Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough). back page. Retrieved 23 August 2014.


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