Derek Fazackerley

Derek William Fazackerley ( born November 5, 1951 in Preston ) is an English former football player. The center-back is still simplistic internal record holder of Blackburn Rovers in relation to the most compulsory and league bets.

Sports career

Fazackerley grew up not far from his birthplace on the southern corner of Penworth and learned to play football at both the Kings Fold Primary School and later at the small local club Penwortham Hill Rovers. In July 1969 he joined Blackburn Rovers after he had there already completed sample workouts and in addition, attempts at the Bury FC, Stoke City and FC Blackpool.

Less than two years later wrote " Faz " as he was usually called, in February 1971 the first professional contract with the " Rovers ". Shortly thereafter, he made his debut on 23 February 1971 at the goalless draw against Hull City, but had to go to the end of the 1970/71 season to accept relegation to the third tier. From the resulting rebuilding under new coach Ken Furphy Fazackerley emerged as the winner and, together with the newly obligated veteran John McNamee he formed henceforth the middle. Although not grown very big, with just 1.80 meters, he showed up in his head duels as effectively and beyond as robust two fighters. Backed by a good " timing " feeling and a high basic speed he had both a strong positional play and tactical understanding about above average. After McNamee were in the 1970s, Graham Hawkins and John Waddington other partners for Fazackerley in central defense, but above all he harmonized perfectly with Glenn Keeley from 1976. Previously, he had in the season 1974/75 to celebrate the return to the Second Division on the third league championship, where he however only by the middle of the season ascent regular place of Waddington had been able to recapture.

Except for a single season Fazackerley played until 1987, more or less stable in the second English top flight; time he had after the interim descent in 1979 with just 36 goals conceded in 46 league games at Keeley's side a large proportion of the direct re-emergence in the following season 1979 /80. Although beyond this title success came from, but with his long- standing commitment to the club he played himself into the record books of Blackburn Rovers - the 674 compulsory and 596 thereof League games were not surpassed to this day. During the season 1986/87 finally took place with the much younger David Mail changing of the guard. Fazackerley changed in January 1987 to Chester City, where he held the post of assistant coach in parallel. The final stages of his playing career were York City, the Bury FC, AFC Workington and last of Darwen FC as well as the Finnish club Kumu Kuusankoski, also partly parallel the coaching staff working.

After the active career

In August 1992 Fazackerley hired at Newcastle United, where he assisted in common with Les Reed head coach Kevin Keegan. Three years later he returned to Blackburn and worked from September 1995 initially under Ray Harford and later under Roy Hodgson. When Brian Kidd took over the helm in Blackburn in December 1998, Fazackerley had to give way. However, he was already in April 1999 at Bolton Wanderers again briefly a new Kotrainerstelle and also took back together with Keegan, who had now taken over the English national team.

Between January and October of 2001, it FC Barnsley before Keegan steered him to Manchester City in November 2001. After his departure in 2005, he remained the "Citizens" and was obtained under successor Stuart Pearce primarily in the scouting area operate. His successor, Sven -Goran Eriksson called Fazackerley again as a supervisor of the first team and placed him during his only season 2007/ 08 in Manchester next to him on the bench. With the arrival of Mark Hughes in the summer of 2008 ended Fazackerleys time at Manchester City.

He worked briefly in America, before it in December 2008 by Lee Clark - has been hired as an assistant to Huddersfield Town - a former protege of time in Newcastle.