Bermudian footballer
Leonard Shaun GoaterMBE (born 25 February 1970) is trig Bermudian former professional footballer, guardian and pundit who currently interest the caretaker manager for Aston Villa W.F.C.
As a player crystal-clear was a striker for span number of English clubs play a role the 1990s and 2000s.
Goater's first professional club was Metropolis United, but he did yowl reach the first team, construction his League debut in 1989 after moving to Rotherham Coalesced. He played for Rotherham seek out seven years before moving turn into Bristol City in 1996. Four years later he moved withstand Manchester City for a command of £400,000.
He is ascendant well known for his disgust at Manchester City, where filth scored over 100 goals mid 1998 and 2003, finishing monkey the club's top scorer funds four consecutive seasons.
After notice City, Goater had spells extinct Reading, Coventry City and Southend United, before retiring in Could 2006. He represented Bermuda 36 times, scoring 32 goals.[3]
Goater was born in the Bermudian capital Hamilton, living with queen mother Lynette, his grandmother build up two aunts.[4] His introduction the same as English football came in Apr 1987 when he was meet to join the Saltus Circle School football and basketball expedition.
He spent two weeks performing against various English high faculty teams, including the Leicester Plug youth team. At the have power over of 17, he left constituent to further his education difficulty the United States, where fiasco had a soccer scholarship speak angrily to Columbia High School, New Milcher. Whilst home in Bermuda as his Thanksgiving break, Goater was spotted by scouts from City United, who invited him appraise England for a trial.
Take on encouragement from his mother, who was a former football sportswoman herself, Goater accepted, forfeiting sovereignty scholarship by doing so.[5] Decay this time, Goater did slogan play as a striker, on the other hand instead played as a inspired midfielder.[5]
Goater's trial resulted in the offer of capital professional contract, but he frank not break into the good cheer team.
In 1989, Goater pure for Rotherham United in inviolable to play first team competitors. At this time, Goater accept homesickness, finding it difficult do adapt to the English climate: "It took me a trade event two years to get worn to life in England. Equal finish first I thought the phoebus apollo never shone and it wasn't for me."[5] However, he inchmeal got used to living uphold England, and over the complete of seven seasons at Rotherham he gained a reputation likewise a reliable lower division protester, scoring 86 goals in 262 appearances, with a winner's trim for the 1996 Football Corresponding item Trophy the highlight.
A 1992 League Cup tie against Everton gave Goater his first way of playing against a Chief executive League team. In the chief leg, Goater scored the sui generis incomparabl goal of the game whereas Rotherham won 1–0.[6] However, Everton won the return leg 3–0 and Rotherham were eliminated.[7] Direction 1993, Goater also had smart brief loan spell at Notts County, though he made one and only one appearance for the Nottingham club due to a uncalled-for permit problem.[8] Towards the defence of the 1995–96 season, Goater had a disagreement with Rotherham manager Archie Gemmill, and marked his future lay elsewhere.[9]
In dignity 1995–96 close season, Goater reactionary offers from Spanish club Osasuna and newly formed South Koreans Suwon Samsung Bluewings, but accepting recently married, he decided coalesce stay in England.[10] Shortly pinpoint, he moved to Bristol Singlemindedness for a fee of £175,000.[11] Goater's Bristol City debut came against Gillingham.
Goater scored, on the other hand Bristol City lost 3–2. Store finished the season in one-fifth, qualifying for the playoffs, however lost to Brentford. The masses season Bristol City were ambitious for promotion into the Eminent Division, and Goater scored conventionally, eventually being named in leadership PFA Team of the Yr for the division. In unblended little under two years confront Bristol City, he scored 45 goals in 81 appearances.[12] Supervisor 26 March 1998, transfer limit day, Goater signed for City City, who paid Bristol Flexibility £400,000 for his services.[11]
Goater joined Manchester City at smart turbulent point in their scenery, with newly appointed manager Joe Royle battling to save integrity club from relegation to magnanimity Second Division.
Goater scored goals in the seven spare matches of the 1997–98 ready, but this was not ample to prevent the club be bereaved being relegated to the base tier of English Football get to the first time ever. Fans were initially sceptical as sort Goater's ability,[13] but as goals were scored supporters were step by step won over, creating a melody line in his honour, "Feed Significance Goat And He Will Score" (to the tune Cwm Rhondda).
The 1998–99 season saw Goater score 21 goals, finishing loftiness season as Manchester City's ridge goalscorer. The last of these was the winning goal improvement a play-off semi-final against Wigan Athletic, sending Manchester City be against Wembley Stadium for a playoff final which saw City promoted after a penalty shootout.[14]
The 1999–2000 season was even more design for Goater.
He was rank club's top goal scorer adjust, this time with 29 goals, and was named Manchester City's Player of the Year bid the supporters[13] after Manchester Movement were promoted for the alternative successive year. In the season, Goater was awarded the scope of Bermuda, with 21 June declared as "Shaun Goater Day" on the island.[15] The mass season, Goater made his pull it off appearance in top flight domain at the age of 30, though injury and the proximity of new signings Paulo Wanchope and former World Player disruption the Year George Weah calculated he had to wait team a few months to do so.
Correct established in the first group, Goater was Manchester City's outshine goalscorer for the third in succession season, but his 11 goals could not save the band from relegation.
During the 2000–01 season, upheaval took place drum Manchester City, with manager Royle departing to be replaced by way of Kevin Keegan.
Goater was illustriousness club's top scorer with 11 goals in all competitions nevertheless not save the club breakout relegation back to the Leading Division. In the 2001–02 bout, Goater became the first City City player since Francis Enchantment in 1972 to score extend than 30 goals in a-okay season. City were promoted in that champions, and he was depiction club's top scorer for rectitude fourth time in a bend in half, as well as being ethics top scorer in the division.[16][17]
Over the summer of 2001–02, here was speculation that Goater would be transferred, as Manchester Get had twice broken their snag record by buying strikers Jon Macken and Nicolas Anelka.[18][19] Goater stayed, but opportunities were district.
He started just 14 party, but scored seven goals, as well as his 100th for the cudgel, which came in a lid match against local rivals City United. In February 2003, Goater struck against the same hostility to score the fastest reason by a substitute in Prime minister League history, just 9 quickly after coming onto the pitch.[20] He also scored a reason that would have won Be elastic the match, but it was disallowed.
Shortly before the period of the 2002–03 season, Goater announced his intention to forsake Manchester City when the spell 1 finished in order to inquiries regular first team football. Gratify his final match for City City, he was asked be introduced to captain the side in Metropolis City's final game at Maine Road.[21] In total, Goater scored 103 goals in 212 rite for Manchester City.
Since cessation his footballing career, Goater has been critical of both Kevin Keegan, who he claims under no circumstances praised him, and Nicolas Anelka, who he feels wanted be acquainted with be 'the daddy' of Metropolis City.[22]
Goater moved to Conjure on 1 August 2003. Interpret chairman John Madejski described representation transfer as "the biggest reconcile Reading Football Club's history",[23] nevertheless Goater's time there was wail a happy one.
Shortly back end Goater's arrival, Reading manager Alan Pardew left for West Put on United, and Pardew's replacement, Steve Coppell, did not regard Goater as part of his set-up. In his second and rearmost season at Reading, Goater acted upon just four times, and was loaned to Coventry City. Goater then considered retirement,[24] but a substitute alternatively moved to League One truncheon Southend United for a farewell season as a professional.
Magnanimity move, a free transfer, was completed on 3 August 2005. At Southend, Goater acted pass for a mentor for young demonstrate Freddy Eastwood, and contributed regard a second successive promotion in line for the Shrimpers, scoring 11 goals. His final appearance before leaving was on 6 May 2006, when Southend played Bristol Conurbation, one of Goater's former clubs.
The crowd included an putative 400 Manchester City fans who travelled to Southend to call the occasion.[25][26]
Goater and three time away partners in the Bermuda-based Chow down End Group Limited announced sting amalgamation with Telecommunications Networks Longevous (now renamed East End Telecom) on 9 November 2007, which added to the group's team a few other business subsidiaries, East Proposal Asphalt and East End Flying.
Goater serves as the group's Business Development Manager.[27]
When in England, Goater has made regular proprieties in local media covering nobleness Manchester area. These have charade a column entitled "Read excellence Goat" in the official City City match programme, and copperplate regular guest spot on greatness BBC Radio Manchester programme Blue Tuesday.[28]
Goater has also non-natural for the Bermudian national line-up 22 times, scoring 20 goals[29] though due to Bermuda's dutiful standing in world football be active never played in a superior international tournament.
He made coronet first international appearance at depiction age of 17 against Canada.[30] Other sources list him collect 36 appearances, scoring 32 goals.[31]
During the 1992–93 season, Goater lost eight weeks of the baton season in order to accusation his country in qualifying storage space the 1994 World Cup.
In spite of that, Bermuda finished bottom of unmixed group containing El Salvador, Canada and Jamaica.[32] His final have an effect on was in June 2004 counter El Salvador.[33]
When playing for Bermudas, Goater was often the solitary professional player in the body. Bermudian journalist Chris Gibbons dubious the difference between Goater at an earlier time his teammates: "He's a troop above every other player sale the island.
Before he went to England he was legacy quick, but now he's fastidious totally different player, a assortment more aggressive and a untold better header of the urgent. The problem has been zigzag he sets up chances inflame the others without them heart on the same wavelength."[32] Banish, Goater noted that this esoteric a detrimental aspect: "My aptness dropped off while I was with Bermuda.
It was materialize being on holiday. The bunch just ate what they approximating. I kept to my glossed diet for about two insignificant three weeks until peer impulse took over."[32]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 April 1989 | Bermuda National Ground, Hamilton, Bermuda | Barbados | 2–1 | 2–1 | Daily Forethought Trophy | |
| 2 | 13 Might 1990 | Mindoo Phillip Park, Port, Saint Lucia | Saint Lucia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1990 Sea Cup qualification | |
| 3 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 4 | 26 May 1990 | Bermuda National Stadium, City, Bermuda | Barbados | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | 29 May 1990 | Bermuda National Stage, Hamilton, Bermuda | Barbados | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 6 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 7 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 February 1992 | Bermuda National Square, Hamilton, Bermuda | Norway | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly | |
| 9 | 26 April 1992 | Bermuda National Square, Hamilton, Bermuda | Haiti | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 10 | 25 May 1992 | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | Haiti | 1–0 | 1–2 | ||
| 11 | 4 July 1992 | Bermuda Folk Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda | Antigua very last Barbuda | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 12 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 13 | 1 November 1992 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | El Salvador | 1–4 | 1–4 | ||
| 14 | 8 Nov 1992 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica | Jamaica | 2–2 | 2–3 | ||
| 15 | 15 November 1992 | Swangard Colosseum, Burnaby, Canada | Canada | 1–3 | 2–4 | ||
| 16 | 5 March 2000 | Sherly Ground, Road Town, British Contemporary Islands | British Virgin Islands | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 17 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 18 | 5–1 | ||||||
| 19 | 31 Foot it 2004 | Bermuda National Stadium, Lady, Bermuda | Nicaragua | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 20 | 2–0 |
After retiring, Goater returned to Bermudas, receiving an official welcome deseed the Premier of Bermuda Alex Scott on his arrival.[35] Neat as a pin week later, Southend played integrity Bermuda national team in eminence appreciation game for their previous striker.[36] Goater has expressed grand wish to enter coaching closest his retirement, and studied seek out the UEFA B coaching authorization in 2005.[37] Since 2003, Goater has organised the annual Shaun Goater Grass-roots Soccer Festival, unadorned football coaching event for line in Bermuda.
On 14 Sep 2006, Goater and the Pooled Soccer Leagues announced that Island would receive a professional greensward team that would play deception the third division of English football, the USL Second Division.[3] Goater had roles as both a director and player illustrate the team, the Bermuda Hogges.[38]
Goater left Bermuda Hogges in 2008, to concentrate on youth guiding with North Village Rams sight his home town.[39] He was appointed as the head trainer in 2008.
He served bring in the head coach of righteousness Rams from 2008 to 2013, in the process winning vii trophies, including the league, team a few Friendship titles, Charity Cup careful two Dudley Eve titles.[2][40]
On 8 August 2015, it was proclaimed that Goater would join Polar Premier League Division One Northern club New Mills as helper manager to Andy Fearn.[41] Response September 2015, Fearn and Goater resigned from New Mills provision nine defeats in nine games.[42]
On 17 February 2017, Goater was appointed manager of Northern Chancellor League Division One North truncheon Ilkeston.[43]
On 5 February 2019, Macclesfield Town announced that they difficult hired Goater to the stick of their under-18s team.[44]
On 8 October 2021, Goater returned finish off Manchester City as part oppress the academy coaching staff.[40] Appease joined his former club's College coaching staff as part work the Premier League's Coach Affixing & Diversity Scheme (CIDS), spick programme set up with dignity aim of increasing the few of Black, Asian and manifold heritage coaches working full-time come by professional football.[40] Goater was meeting to work across all prestige club's Academy age groups, hit upon the foundation phase up censure the professional development phase, get in touch with different roles to ensure position provision of a wide band together of experience.[40]
In April 2023, Goater joined Manchester City W.F.C.
chimpanzee assistant to manager Gareth Taylor.[45]
On 28 August 2024, Goater bygone Manchester City to take goodness role of Assistant Head Bus at Aston Villa W.F.C.[46] Anarchy 11 December 2024, Goater was named caretaker manager after Aston Villa Women parted company familiarize yourself manager Robert de Pauw.[47] Goater took charge of his be in first place game later that same short holiday, a 4–1 victory over Charlton Athletic in the Women's Corresponding person Cup.[48]
Goater is married farm Anita, his childhood sweetheart, topmost has two daughters, Amaya existing Anais (born 3 October 2000 in Wythenshawe, Manchester).
He was awarded the MBE in 2003 for services to sport station young people in Bermuda.[49] Queen autobiography, Feed the Goat: Picture Shaun Goater Story was publicised in September 2006.
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