Adrian Neil Boothroyd ( born February 8, 1971 ), better known as Aidy Boothroyd ( English Aidy Boothroyd ) - English football player and football coach. He is currently the head coach of England until the age of 21 .
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| Full name | Adrian Neil Butroyd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 8, 1971 (aged 48) , West Yorkshire , England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | England (under 21 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Main coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a player, he acted as a defender for a number of British clubs in the 1990s, but ended his playing career due to injury at the age of 27. Subsequently, he began to work as a coach. In 2005, he was appointed head coach of Watford and led the team to the Premier League . At that time he was considered one of the best young coaches in the UK [1] .
After leaving Watford in 2008, he worked as a head coach at the Colchester United , Coventry City and Northampton Town clubs. Since 2014, working with the Football Association of England as a coach of youth and youth teams.
Content
- 1 Player career
- 2 Coaching career
- 2.1 Watford
- 2.2 Colchester United
- 2.3 Coventry City
- 2.4 "Northampton Town"
- 2.5 Youth and youth teams of England
- 3 Coaching achievements (team)
- 4 Coaching achievements (personal)
- 5 Coaching statistics
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Player Career
Boothroyd began his professional career at Huddersfield Town , making his debut for the club in 1989 as a defender . In 1990 he moved to the Bristol Rovers , having played 16 matches for the club. After one season in Scotland as part of the Heart of Midlothian , he signed a contract with Mansfield Town . He played for Mansfield for three years, playing 102 matches and scoring 3 goals. In 1996 he moved to Peterborough United . In 1998, playing for Peterborough, he received a serious injury, which ended his career as a player at the age of 27 years [2] .
Coaching career
After completing his career as a player at Peterborough United, Butroyd worked as a coach for the club’s youth and reserve teams. In 2001 he moved to the Norwich City coaching staff, where he became a youth coach. In October 2003, he joined the West Bromwich Albion coaching staff. In July 2004 he was invited to Leeds United , where he became a coach of the main team.
Watford
On March 29, 2005, the 34-year-old Butroyd was appointed head coach of Watford [3] . In the seven remaining matches of the season under his leadership, the team was able to win two victories (over Stoke City and Rotherham United ) and avoided relegation from the Championship .
Before the start of the 2005/06 season, Butroyd announced that the team’s goal for the season is to enter the Premier League . At the end of the season, “Watford” took 3rd place in the Championship, which guaranteed itself participation in the playoffs for access to the Premier League. In the two-match playoff semifinal, the Hornets beat Crystal Palace , and in the final match at Wembley, Watford defeated Leeds United 3-0 and guaranteed themselves access to the top division [4] . This season, Butroyd was recognized as the “coach of the month” in the Championship following the results of February [5] .
Watford spent the 2006/07 season in the Premier League, but took last 20th place with only 28 points. In the same season, the "hornets" successfully performed in the FA Cup , reaching the semifinals in which they lost to Manchester United . In May 2007, Butroyd signed a new three-year contract with Watford [6] . In the summer of 2006, Ady Butroyd received a professional coaching license from UEFA.
“Professional footballers must be professionals. They have the obligation to come to training, listen to the trainer, study, watch and analyze their performances, including unsuccessful ones, and improve. Do not just come to training, play five by five, get down and go play golf. I speak quite emotionally, since I myself was like that. I was a mercenary, changing one club after another as a free agent, but I don’t think that football should be like that. ” - Adie Butroyd [7] |
In the 2007/08 season, Watford began the season with 10 wins in 13 matches, and after 19 games in the Championship he led the standings with a 12-point margin from second place [8] . Boothroyd was recognized as the “coach of the month” in the Championship in October 2007, when Watford won all five league games [9] . However, in the remainder of the season, the team’s results deteriorated, and Butroyd was often criticized for his team’s “unattractive” style of play, based on physical confrontations and long-range shots on the attackers [10] [11] . Watford won only 1 match of the last 14 rounds of the Championship. Nevertheless, the team took 6th place and entered the playoffs of the tournament, where they lost to the Hull City club.
Before the start of the 2008/09 season, Butroyd promised to change the team's playing style to a more attractive and technical one [12] . However, on November 3, 2008, Ady Butroyd resigned as head coach of Watford by “agreement of the parties” [13] [14] .
Colchester United
On September 2, 2009, Butroyd was appointed head coach of Colchester United , replacing Paul Lambert. [15] In his first nine games, he won five wins, and the first loss was in the tenth match, it was a game against Millwall ".
In the first half of the 2009/10 season, Colchester was in the top six, but ended up taking only 8th place in the League alone .
Coventry City
On May 20, 2010, Butroyd was appointed head coach of the Coventry City club, replacing Chris Coleman [16] . In his first official match, which took place on August 7, 2010, he defeated Portsmouth [17] .
March 14, 2011 was fired due to poor team results [18] .
Northampton Town
On November 30, 2011, Adie was appointed head coach of the Northampton Town Club on a one-year, rolling contract. [19] . At the time of his arrival at the club, Northampton was in the relegation zone from League Two , but ended up finishing the season in 20th place and retaining a place in the Football League.
In the 2012/13 season, Northampton took 6th place in League Two and reached the playoffs. The team beat Cheltenham Town in the semifinals, but lost in the final match of Bradford City [20] .
On December 21, 2013, Butroyd was dismissed as head coach of Northampton Town after losing to Wycombe Wanderers 4-1. The club was at the very bottom of League two standings [21] .
England Youth Teams
On February 28, 2014, Butroyd was appointed head coach of the England U-20 team [22] . After Gareth Southgate was appointed interim head coach of the England main team , Butroyd took his role as interim head coach of the England youth team [23] . In February 2017, he was appointed head coach of the England youth team on an ongoing basis [24] .
Coaching Achievements (Team)
- Watford
- Championship Playoff Winner: 2006
- Semifinalist of the FA Cup : 2007
- Northampton Town
- League Two Playoff Finalist: 2013
Coaching Achievements (personal)
- England Football League Championship Coach of the Month ( 2 ): February 2006, October 2007
Coaching Statistics
- As of October 6, 2016
| Team | A country | Beginning of work | Shutdown | Indicators | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | AT | N | P | % wins | |||||
| Watford | England | March 29, 2005 | November 3, 2008 | 176 | 65 | 51 | 60 | 36.93 | [25] |
| Colchester united | England | September 2, 2009 | May 20, 2010 | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 43.18 | [25] |
| Coventry City | England | May 20, 2010 | March 14, 2011 | 39 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 30.77 | [25] |
| Northampton Town | England | November 30, 2011 | December 21, 2013 | 108 | 39 | 26 | 43 | 36.11 | [25] |
| England (up to 20) | England | September 5, 2014 | February 3, 2017 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 61.54 | |
| England (under 21) | England | October 4, 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Total | 382 | 145 | 100 | 137 | 37.96 | - | |||
Notes
- ↑ Aidy's aim . Sky Sports (April 8, 2013).
- ↑ Young, gifted and in charge ?! (eng.) . BBC Three Counties Radio (March 30, 2005).
- ↑ Watford appoint Boothroyd as boss . BBC Sport (March 29, 2005).
- ↑ Leeds 0-3 Watford . BBC Sport (May 21, 2006).
- ↑ Boothroyd earns managerial honor . BBC Sport (March 2, 2006).
- ↑ Boothroyd signs new Watford deal . BBC Sport (May 8, 2007).
- ↑ Adrian Boothroyd: 'The most important space on the field is between your ears' . The Independent (December 31, 2005).
- ↑ Jolly, Richard Blackpool 1–1 Watford . The Guardian (May 4, 2008). Archived on May 8, 2008.
- ↑ Boss Boothroyd bags monthly prize . BBC Sport (1 November 2007).
- ↑ Aidy Boothroyd happy for Watford to win ugly . The Telegraph (March 15, 2008).
- ↑ Long ball could give Hornets route one to safety . The Guardian (23 May 2006).
- ↑ Crystal Palace 0-0 Watford: Aidy Boothroyd's tough love bid for sexy football . The Mirror (August 11, 2008).
- ↑ Boothroyd & Watford part company . BBC Sport (November 3, 2008).
- ↑ Aidy Boothroyd sacked by Watford . The Telegraph (November 3, 2008).
- ↑ Boothroyd handed Colchester job . BBC Sport (2 September 2009).
- ↑ Aidy Boothroyd named as Coventry City boss . BBC Sport (May 20, 2010).
- ↑ Coventry 2-0 Portsmouth . BBC Sport (August 7, 2010).
- ↑ Coventry City sack manager Aidy Boothroyd . BBC Sport (March 14, 2011).
- ↑ Aidy Boothroyd named Northampton Town boss . BBC Sport (November 30, 2011).
- ↑ Bradford 3-0 Northampton . BBC Sport (May 18, 2013).
- ↑ Aidy Boothroyd: Northampton Town sack manager . BBC Sport (December 21, 2013).
- ↑ Aidy Boothroyd: FA appoints ex-Watford manager as coach . BBC Sport (February 28, 2014).
- ↑ Aidy Boothroyd set to take on England Under-21s position . theFA.com (September 28, 2016).
- ↑ Aidy Boothroyd takes a permanent charge of England Under-21 team . BBC Sport (February 3, 2017).
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Managers: Adrian Boothroyd . Soccerbase
Links
- Coaching Profile on LeagueManagers.com
- An article on Ex-Canaries.co.uk