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Eric Winstanley

Personal information
Full name	Eric Winstanley[1]
Date of birth	15 November 1944 (1944-11-15) (age 65)[1]
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Supersport United (technical director)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1962–1973	Barnsley	410	(35)
1973–1976	Chesterfield	101	(7)
Teams managed
1999	Barnsley (caretaker)
2000–2001	Barnsley (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Eric Winstanley (born 15 November 1944) is an English former footballer who is currently a coach at Supersport United.

Career

Born in Barnsley, Winstanley started his career with Barnsley after signing a professional contract in May 1962, where he later became captain.^[1][2] He made 410 league appearances for Barnsley and had been described as a "club legend".^[1][3] He joined Chesterfield in August 1973.^[1] After his retirement, he became a member of the coaching staff at Barnsley.^{[citation needed]}

Winstanley spent over 20 years on the coaching staff at Barnsley,^[4] but left in June 2001, which ended a 34 year association with the club.^[5] He had two spells as caretaker manager during this time.^[5] He was given a testimonial match by the club in November 2001 against Manchester United, which Barnsley won 1–0.^[6]

Winstanley became technical director of the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team in 2001,^[7] before leaving in February 2004.^[8] He worked as youth team coach at Doncaster Rovers during the 2004–05 season.^{[citation needed]} Winstanley was brought into the Scarborough coaching staff as assistant manager in October 2005.^[4][9] He left the position in July 2006 following Mark Patterson's arrival onto the coaching team and became the York City head of youth development in October.^[4][10] He worked in this role along with being Colin Walker's assistant since November 2007 until being appointed as head coach following Neil Redfearn's arrival as youth-team coach in February 2008.^[11] He was sacked as head coach alongside manager Walker on 21 November 2008.^[12]

He joined South African team Supersport United to become technical director of the club's development wing in October 2009.^[13]

Managerial statistics

As of 8 January 2001.^[14]

Team	Nation	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Barnsley (caretaker)	England	19 April 1999	27 May 1999	3	2	1	0	66.7
Barnsley (caretaker)	England	19 December 2000	8 January 2001	5	1	1	3	20.0

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