Drew Coverdale

Drew Coverdale

Personal information
Date of birth	20 September 1969[1]
Place of birth	Norton, County Durham,[2] England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Playing position	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
–	Middlesbrough	0	(0)
1989–1992	Darlington	49	(4)
1992–1993	Boston United	13	(1)
–	Billingham Synthonia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Drew Coverdale (born 20 September 1969) is an English former footballer who made 30 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Darlington in the 1990s. He began his career with Middlesbrough, without representing them in the League,^[3] and went on to play non-league football for clubs including Boston United^[4] and Billingham Synthonia.^[5] He was a member of the Darlington team that won the 1989–90 Football Conference title and consequent promotion to the Football League Fourth Division.^[6]

At the age of 24, Coverdale gave up full-time football to qualify as a physiotherapist. He went on to work in the NHS and in private practice.^[2]

References

1. Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 220. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
2. Weber, Shiela (1 September 2006). "'Why I swapped football for physio'". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
3. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
4. Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 119, 127. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
5. "Synners dog unhappy Terriers". Hartlepool Mail. 20 March 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
6. Harman, Alliance to Conference, p. 395.