Ian Snodin
Ian Snodin ( born August 15, 1963 in Rotherham ) is a former English footballer. The midfielder and right-back was initially responsible for the lower division Doncaster Rovers active before he came through the detour Leeds United to Everton. There he was in the final stages of the 1986/87 season with the winning the English Championship at the club and accompanied by an unusually long injury lay-off at the beginning of the 1990s, in 1992 newly created Premier League.
Sports career
Doncaster Rovers (1980-1985)
Like his three and a half years older brother Ian Glynn pulled it Snodin first to Doncaster Rovers. There he played for the students age, was then fitted in August 1979 with an official training contract and moved in the summer of 1980 permanently in the professional sector. Previously, he had already made its debut in March 1980 against AFC Bournemouth in the fourth division and against FC Aldershot scored his first goal. In the following almost five years he was a regular player in a team that constantly shuttled between the third - and fourth- highest division, as two ascents in the years 1981 and 1984, offset by a decline in 1983. He made mostly with players like David Harle and Alan Little, the middle of the Rovers and compelling performance as if through all-round skills and pass security. At the age of 19, he took over the captaincy temporarily and even during his time at Doncaster he came to the first international matches for the English U -21 - four of which should be at the end.
About Leeds to Everton (1985-1995)
In May 1985, found Snodin for a transfer fee of 200,000 pounds his way to the trained by Billy Bremner second division club Leeds United and immediately after his commitment, he took over the captaincy. In the one and a half years there, he continued his positive development continued and in January 1987 they let him go for 840,000 pounds for first division club FC Everton.
The " Toffees " happened to be in the battle for the English Championship. The responsible manager Howard Kendall made him immediately for the remaining four months of the 1986/87 season in the midfield and the 16 league games in which participated Snodin, submitted for the official receipt of a champion medal. However, his athletic breakthrough in Liverpool, he celebrated not in the midfield, but as a right-back. There he served in October 1988 initially as a " last resort " for Neil McDonald, filled this role but from now so good, that would have brought nearly to the English national team in February 1989 by his performance. However, an injury prevented this respect, a possible debut in a friendly against Greece and also at Everton threatened Affliction. On March 11, 1988, Snodin injured so heavily against Sheffield Wednesday that he no longer was used in the current season. Although he came in the following season 1989/90 back to 25 league inserts, but the wounds did not heal in spite of extensive recovery periods and operations. This meant that he only completed a single competitive match until October 1992. In the 1992/93 season Snodin celebrated in the newly created Premier League comeback and in the subsequent period Snodin acted alongside occasional forays into midfield mostly as a central defender before players like David Unsworth made his position in the middle successfully disputed. In January 1995, he then moved to second division side Oldham Athletic, having previously collected from October 1994 for two months on loan at Sunderland AFC match practice.
The last career positions (1995-2000)
In Oldham, he took over almost immediately after his arrival, the master position of right-back and from then on he was a permanent part of the four- man defense, before he announced his post at the end of the 1995/96 season with frequent Chris Makin. As Makin then left the club, it was Shaun Garnett, the Snodin was now often preferred. Then there were the thigh and back injuries, which the veteran came in 14 appearances in the 1996/97 season just once. The contract was not renewed in the summer of 1997 and Snodin found at fourth division club FC Scarborough a new employer, who had also hired his brother Glynn in the same summer of 1997 as a youth coach. For " Boro ", he completed again 38 duty games and with its body-hugging style of play, as it was a key player in the promotion battle and a " security risk " as two red cards in the 1997/98 season presented proof.
After only one year in Scarborough Snodin returned to the Doncaster Rovers back who had just descended as Table of the fourth division in the Football Conference. In the following two years to 2000, he served the club as player-coach, before he ended his career started on the sidelines again. He later moved into the media area and is there ever since mostly worked for the television coverage of the Football Conference or as a radio commentator.
Title / Awards
- English Championship ( 1): 1987