Chris Beech (footballer, born 1974)

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Chris Beech
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Beech in July 2015
Personal information
Full name Christopher Stephen Beech[1]
Date of birth (1974-09-16) 16 September 1974 (age 47)
Place of birth Blackpool, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfield
Youth career
000?–1993 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Blackpool 82 (4)
1996–1998 Hartlepool United 94 (23)
1998–2002 Huddersfield Town 71 (12)
2002–2004 Rochdale 32 (1)
Total 279 (40)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Rochdale (caretaker)
2013–2019 Rochdale (assistant)
2019–2021 Carlisle United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2020

Christopher Stephen Beech (born 16 September 1974) is an English former professional footballer and coach who was most recently the head coach of Carlisle United.

Playing career[]

He began his career at his hometown club Blackpool. "I was 18 when I made my first-team debut against Port Vale at home," he recalled to the Chorley Guardian in 2006.[2] "I then signed a two-year contract under Billy (Ayre)." He then moved to Hartlepool United and then Huddersfield Town, where he was a member of Steve Bruce's Premiership-chasing side.

He left in 2002 to join Rochdale.

Coaching career[]

He was the caretaker manager at Rochdale for a month, following Steve Eyre's dismissal in December 2011.[3] Rochdale lost three and drew three of the six games in which he took charge before John Coleman was installed as the permanent manager on 24 January 2012.[4] Beech returned to his role as youth team manager following the appointment.[5]

After assisting Keith Hill on an informal basis following his return as Rochdale manager on 22 January 2013, Beech was confirmed as Hill's new assistant manager on 16 May 2013.[6]

Beech left Rochdale along with Hill in March 2019 [7] Chris Beech was appointed Carlisle United Manager on 26 November 2019. Beech's first season at Carlisle ended with Carlisle United in 18th place in the League 2 table, however this was after the 2019–2020 season was suspended and subsequently ended with immediate effect with the final league table being defined by a points-per-game basis.[8] On 10 October 2021, Beech left the club following a poor run of form.[9]

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 9 October 2021[10]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Rochdale (caretaker) England 19 December 2011 23 January 2012 6 0 3 3 000.00
Carlisle United England 26 November 2019 10 October 2021 88 28 28 32 031.82
Career Total 94 28 31 35 029.79

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 42. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. ^ "'Make my Day': Chris Beech - Chorley Today". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Manager Steve Eyre sacked by Rochdale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  4. ^ "League One - Coleman takes Rochdale job". Eurosport. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Rochdale appoint Coleman". Rochdale. 24 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Team Behind The Team". Rochdale. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Struggling Rochdale sack manager Hill". BBC.
  8. ^ "BREAKING: Chris Beech joins United as Head Coach". Carlisle United F.C. 26 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Chris Beech: Carlisle United head coach departs after poor run of form". BBC Sport. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Managers: Chris Beech". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

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