Paul Heckingbottom

Paul Heckingbottom

Personal information
Full name	Paul Heckingbottom
Date of birth	17 July 1977
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Barnsley (caretaker)
Youth career
1993–1995	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1996–1999	Sunderland	0	(0)
1997–1998	→ Scarborough (loan)	29	(0)
1998–1999	→ Hartlepool United (loan)	5	(1)
1999	→ Darlington (loan)	10	(0)
1999–2002	Darlington	105	(5)
2002–2003	Norwich City	15	(0)
2003–2004	Bradford City	43	(0)
2004–2006	Sheffield Wednesday	42	(4)
2006–2008	Barnsley	49	(1)
2007–2008	→ Bradford City (loan)	23	(0)
2008–2009	Bradford City	30	(0)
2009–2010	Mansfield Town	11	(1)
2010	→ Gateshead (loan)	15	(0)
2010–2011	Gateshead	21	(0)
2011	Harrogate Town	20	(0)
Teams managed
2015	Barnsley (caretaker)
2016–	Barnsley (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:55, 3 March 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Paul Heckingbottom (born 17 July 1977 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire) is an English former footballer. He is currently in his second stint as Caretaker Manager at Barnsley having stepped up from his role as Development Squad Manager.

Career

Early career

Born in Barnsley, and grew up in Royston, Heckingbottom was a season ticket holder at the town's football club, along with his grandfather.^[1] He started his own football career at Manchester United as a trainee, but joined Sunderland in 1996 after failing to gain a professional contract. He had loan spells at Scarborough, Hartlepool United and Darlington, without featuring for Sunderland, before joining Darlington permanently in 1999. He made 126 appearances, scoring 6 goals, before catching the attention of First Division side Norwich City, who signed him in 2002 on a three-year contract.^[2]

Heckingbottom made just 16 appearances for Norwich, including only 7 starts, resulting in him cancelling his contract with the club by mutual consent after one year.^[3] He subsequently signed for Bradford City in July 2003, where he was named their Player of the Year at the end of his first season.^[4] Bradford, however, were relegated to League One at the end of the 2003–04 season, and Heckingbottom left to join Sheffield Wednesday during the close-season.^[5]

Sheffield Wednesday

Heckingbottom was well favoured under both Wednesday managers Chris Turner and Paul Sturrock, making a total of 41 appearances at left back in his first season – more than any other player that year. He also scored four goals, helping The Owls to promotion to the Championship via the League One play-off final at the end of the 2004–05 season. Due to an injury sustained in pre-season he was put out of contention for the first 16 games of the 2005–06 season. When he returned to fitness, new signing John Hills had begun to make the left back spot his own. An injury to Hills left Heckingbottom able to re-stake his claim on the team, but he only managed a 4-game streak before once again succumbing to injury, this time Peter Gilbert taking his place in the squad. Sturrock allowed Heckingbottom a chance to prove himself in an FA Cup Third Round game against Charlton Athletic. He scored both of Wednesday's goals in the 4–2 defeat at Hillsborough, though this was not enough to establish himself as the club's first choice left back.

Barnsley

On 13 January 2006, Heckingbottom was sent on loan, with a view to a permanent move, to his boyhood club Barnsley.^[6] He played an important part in the club's promotion campaign and win over Swansea City in the League One play-off final, scoring in the 4–3 penalty shootout victory that secured their promotion to the Championship. Heckingbottom played in 31 games for Barnsley the next season, as The Tykes comfortably avoided relegation. He scored once during his spell at Barnsley, in a 1–0 win over Tranmere Rovers on 18 February 2006.^[7]

Bradford City

In July 2007, Heckingbottom returned to Bradford City on loan until 1 January 2008.^[8] He played in all 23 league games during his loan spell, missing only an FA Cup tie against Tranmere Rovers after he was suspended following a red card in a 1–1 draw with Stockport County.^[4][9] A week after his loan deal expired, his contract at Barnsley was cancelled by mutual consent and he signed a permanent 18-month deal at Bradford.^[10] He missed his first league game of the 2007–08 season with four games left, when an ankle injury prevented him for playing against Brentford on 12 April 2008. Heckingbottom's place was taken by Luke O'Brien, who made his Bradford debut, in a 2–2 draw.^[11][12]

He played in the club's first nine league games of the 2008–09 season, but was sent off in a 1–1 draw with Luton Town for two bookable offences.^[13] His place was again taken by youngster O'Brien, and although Heckingbottom returned for an FA Cup game against Milton Keynes Dons, he suffered a tendonitis injury, which kept him out for five months.^[14][15]

Bradford opted against offering Heckingbottom a contract extension, and he left the club in May 2009.^[16]

Mansfield Town

Heckingbottom signed for Conference National side Mansfield Town on 2 June 2009, marking his first foray into the game outside of The Football League.^[17] He sustained a hamstring injury in pre-season and did not play until October, in a 1–0 win over Forest Green Rovers, 11 months from when he last played a game of football.^[18][19] He has since become a regular in the Mansfield line-up.^[14] He scored his first and only Mansfield goal against Crawley Town on 14 November 2009.^[20] On 1 February 2010, Heckingbottom joined Gateshead on loan until the end of the season.^[21] making his debut on 13 February away at Hayes & Yeading United.

Gateshead

Heckingbottom signed for Gateshead on a permanent basis on 26 May 2010.^[22] He made 22 appearances in all competitions during the 2010–11 season before he was released on 4 May 2011.^[23]

Coaching career

Barnsley

Heckingbottom is currently the caretaker manager at Barnsley after the departure of Lee Johnson to Bristol City. This is his second stint as caretaker after previously taking charge after Danny Wilson was sacked by the club in 2015.

Career statistics

As of 30 April 2011

Club	Season	League^[A]		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[B]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1996–97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1997–98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scarborough (loan)	1997–98[24]	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	30	0
Sunderland	1998–99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hartlepool United (loan)	1998–99[25]	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Darlington (loan)	1998–99[26]	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Darlington	1999–2000[27]	45	1	3	1	2	0	4	0	54	2
	2000–01[28]	18	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	23	1
	2001–02[29]	42	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	48	3
Norwich City	2002–03[30]	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
Bradford City	2003–04[31]	43	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	45	0
Sheffield Wednesday	2004–05[32]	38	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	42	4
	2005–06[33]	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	2
Barnsley	2005–06[34]	18	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	1
	2006–07[35]	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	2007–08[36]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradford City (loan)	2007–08[37]	23	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	26	0
Bradford City		21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
	2008–09[38]	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	12	0
Mansfield Town	2009–10[39]	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	15	1
Gateshead (loan)	2009–10[40]	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Gateshead	2010–11[41]	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
Sunderland total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scarborough total		29	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	30	0
Hartlepool United total		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Darlington total		115	5	8	1	4	0	8	0	135	6
Norwich City total		15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
Bradford City total		96	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	104	0
Sheffield Wednesday total		42	4	1	2	1	0	3	0	47	6
Barnsley total		49	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	53	1
Mansfield Town total		11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	15	1
Gateshead total		36	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	37	0
Career totals		398	12	16	3	9	0	19	0	442	15

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League and Football Conference.

B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the FA Trophy, Football League Trophy, and play-offs.

Playing Honours

Sheffield Wednesday

• Football League One play-off winner (promotion): 2004–05

Barnsley

• Football League One play-off winner (promotion): 2005–06

Managerial Honours

Barnsley

• Football League Trophy winner: 2015-16

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 April 2016.^[42]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Barnsley (Caretaker)	06 February 2016	present	18	10	5	3	55.6

References

1. Heckingbottom, Paul (16 October 2008). "How can booing a player help your team?". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
2. "Norwich sign Quakers defender". BBC Sport. 4 July 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
3. "Defender's Norwich regret". BBC Sport. 4 July 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
4. Parker, Simon (3 January 2008). "McCall awaiting defender's answer". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
5. "Double signing for Owls". BBC Sport. 21 May 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
6. "Heckingbottom seals Barnsley move". BBC Sport. 13 January 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
7. "Tranmere 0–1 Barnsley". BBC. 18 February 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
8. "Heckingbottom seals Bradford move". BBC Sport. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
9. "Bradford 1–1 Stockport". BBC Sport. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
10. "Heckingbottom seals Bradford move". BBC Sport. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
11. Parker, Simon (15 April 2008). "Hecky's helping hand for O'Brien". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
12. "Brentford 2–2 Bradford". BBC Sport. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
13. "Bradford 1–1 Luton". BBC Sport. 4 October 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
14. "Paul Heckingbottom". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
15. Sobot, Lee (22 March 2009). "Bradford City: Injury giving Heck' the needle". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
16. "Paul Heckingbottom determined to bounce back". Bradford City A.F.C. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
17. "Heckingbottom signs for Mansfield". BBC Sport. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
18. "Armstrong and Heckingbottom resume light training". Mansfield Town F.C. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
19. "Returning Heckingbottom 'careful'". BBC Sport. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
20. "Crawley Town 0–2 Mansfield". BBC. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
21. Bowron, Jeff (1 February 2010). "Three in – two out on transfer deadline day". Gateshead FC. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
22. Bowron, Jeff (26 May 2010). "Gateshead in triple swoop". Gateshead FC. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
23. Bowron, Jeff (4 May 2011). "Gateshead Release Seven". Gateshead FC. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
24. "Scarborough 1997/1998 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
25. "Hartlepool 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
26. "Darlington 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
27. "Darlington 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
28. "Darlington 2000/2001 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
29. "Darlington 2001/2002 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
30. "Norwich 2002/2003 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
31. "Bradford 2003/2004 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
32. "Sheff Wed 2004/2005 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
33. "Sheff Wed 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
34. "Barnsley 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
35. "Barnsley 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
36. "Barnsley 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
37. "Bradford 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
38. "Bradford 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
39. Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Mansfield 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
    "Mansfield Town vs Altrincham". Mansfield Town FC. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
    "Stags 0–2 Tamworth". Mansfield Town FC. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
40. "Bradford 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
41. Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Gateshead 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
    "Gateshead 2–2 Southport". Gateshead FC. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
42. "Managers: Lee Johnson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

External links

• Paul Heckingbottom career statistics at Soccerbase
• Paul Heckingbottom Vital Profile