David Wetherall
David Wetherall ( born March 14, 1971 in Sheffield ) is a former English footballer. The central defender played in the 1990s 250 appearances for Leeds United, before moving in 1999 to Bradford City, graduated from there more 330 games and the club until the summer of 2011 was also in various trainer functions.
Sports career
Getting Started ( to 1991)
Wetheralls way into professional football was not mapped out from the start because more than many peers who had it as he made it into the English student national team, he wrote after visiting the junior colleges in the age of 19 to study chemistry at the University of Sheffield a. Almost at the same time joined the former school selection Captain Sheffield Wednesday. There his missions remained true to the club's U-19 youth team limited, but by winning the bronze medal at the Universiade 1991 in Sheffield he successfully represented the British student team. Wednesday ex- coach Howard Wilkinson, who was now at Leeds United under contract, steered the young defender and only half a year older teammate Jon Newsome " in the package" to his new club to build it as a future Innenverteigerpaar.
Leeds United (1991-1999)
Although Wetherall came in the championship season 1991/92 after his Einwechseldebüt against Arsenal (2-2 ) no more time to use, but at the latest from the season 1993/94 he was after the departure of David Batty and the subsequent changes in the team with 32 league games starting players - this he shot on February 19, 1994 against Liverpool (2-0) his first goal in the Premier League. While Newsome left the club in the direction of Norwich City in the summer of 1994, Wetherall solidified his status further in Leeds. However, his size and aerial ability in a direct duel with opposing center forwards it benefited and in addition to outstanding performance in the 1994/95 season against John Fashanu and ex- Leeds - mate Lee Chapman he showed himself increasingly at own standard situations goal threat. The dark side in his game were frequent difficulties against smaller and more agile striker, what was clearly a time in the subsequent season 1995/96. With the commitment of Richard Jobson in October 1995, the problems seemed to decrease again, but before the new duo could import intensive, this prevented a serious injury at Jobson. After the coaching change to George Graham in the season 1996/97 Wetherall retained then the time being his position in the team, but as it increasingly abhandenkam next to the little constant performances on the defensive the danger at set-pieces, he lost his place for the time being to the Dutchman Robert Molenaar. The answer was already in the subsequent 1997/98 season, when Wetherall not only regained his place, but also scored important goals, such as against Manchester United in a 1-0 victory, and beyond the club during the absence of David Hopkin as team captain represented. This meant that Wetherall a new contract signed in Leeds with a term until the summer of 2002.
Nevertheless Wetheralls found commitment in Leeds after only one additional year to a premature end. Responsible for this was that the new coach David O'Leary used primarily to fill with Lucas Radebe and the 18 -year-old Jonathan Woodgate in the middle. Although Wetheralls services further showed little deficits, especially after the injury- related failures of Molenaar and Martin Hiden, he decided due to worsening prospects for a change and the end of June 1999, he joined for £ 1.4 million to the Erstligaaufsteiger Bradford City on.
Bradford City (1999-2008)
Equipped with a sumptuous five-year contract was formed Wetherall with Andy O'Brien, the new central defense of Bradford City and was with 38 league games " present." To this end, he helped with his headed goal on the last match in a 1-0 victory against Liverpool not only instrumental in the fight to avoid relegation, but made with that opponents Liverpool missed out on Champions League place in favor of his former clubs from Leeds. The supporters of Bradford City chose him afterwards within the Association as the best player of the past season. How important Wetherall had become for the club, showed his frequent absences in the subsequent season 2000 /01. A groin injury in November 2000 put him out of action until February 2001 and other problems in the groin area made him suspend the last eight season games. The " Bantams " finally conceded 70 goals conceded, most of all clubs and rose as Table in the second division from. Since the injury problems were not even in the 2001/ 02 season less, he went into the care of a Danish specialist and returned in March 2002 for the remaining parts back permanently. A similar course took the season 2002 / 03, as hip and thigh problems Wetherall could come only to operations before the turn of the year before he launched into a continuous series of 17 meetings from the end of February 2003, taking occasional addition to his central defender position on the outside right was found.
On Easter Sunday, 2004 Wetherall ended his two-year goal drought and had become equally influential as the calming influence in the composite defense of Bradford City again. Further evidence of the great importance to the team was his interim takeover of the coaching role for a game; time, he took over as Bradford's representatives in the players' union PFA an important role as a contact for teammates, as once again a bankruptcy Drive was opened above the club. At the end of Bradford City got off in the third league, the club only a single game designed victorious especially during a ten-week knee injury Wetherall. As Team Captain Wetherall led the team in its first third- League Season 2004 /05 to a mid-table and missed largely injury-free only a single game. The following year he was lacking in any league encounter and be particularly spectacular Fallrückziehertor was on 25 March 2006 at the Walsall FC, thereby offsetting the initial 0:2 to 2:2 residue. After the departure of manager Colin Todd, he took over in February 2007, again temporarily until the end of the 2006/07 season as coach and took himself in the first three games under their direction from the team before he tried to combine both functions - Wetherall designated this constellation but later as " not ideal ". This was followed by a final professional season 2007/ 08, during the Wetherall surpassed the 300 league games for Bradford - border and then joined the coaching staff of the club. There, he handled primarily the reserve team and combined this summer 2009 after the departure of Chris Casper with a conducting activities within the youth work. He stated going to have actively decided against a head coach job in professional football because of daily pressure. When Peter Taylor in February 2010, who replaced Stuart McCall and his own Kotrainer brought to Wetherall limited to the junior activities. Short term he was in February 2011 after the departure of Taylor 's assistant Peter Jackson before he accepted again in the summer of 2011 a senior position in the Football League in the area of youth development.
Social Commitment
Wetherall involved as an ambassador for Show Racism the Red Card.