Brian Eastick is head coach of the England Under-20/18 football teams.
Playing career
As a young player at Crystal Palace, Eastick was capped at England under-18 level.[1]
Coaching career
He has been involved in coaching for more than 30 years, working at Queens Park Rangers, Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Charlton Athletic,[2] before spending five months as manager of Newport County in the 1987–88 season. He then took the post of assistant manager of Leyton Orient.[3] before working at Coventry City, Crewe Alexandra and Sheffield United.[2] Between 1988 and 1995 Eastick worked part-time at the Football Association's National School at Lilleshall before leaving to take up a role as assistant to Bryan Hamilton in managing the Northern Ireland side between 1995 and 1998.[1]
Eastick spent seven years at Birmingham City, brought in by manager Trevor Francis to develop the youth system from scratch,[4][5] before spending two years as academy manager and head coach of Newcastle United during Sir Bobby Robson's reign.[2]
In May 2005 he was appointed assistant to Don Givens as manager of the Republic of Ireland under-21 team.[6] In August the same year, Eastick was appointed a national coach with the FA and took responsibility for the England under-18 side.[7] When Martin Hunter stepped down in June 2006 to take up a role as first-team coach with Norwich City,[8] Eastick stepped up to take charge of the under-19s.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Brian Eastick". The Football Association. http://www.thefa.com/England/MensUnder19s/CoachingTeam.aspx. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ a b c Clarkson, Ian (31 March 2009). "Brian Eastick". Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). http://www.givemefootball.com/manager-spotlight/brian-eastick. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ Taylor, Louise (30 May 1989). "Eastick happy to cope with play-off pressure" (reprint). The Times (NewsBank). http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LTIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F9102AC545127E0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ "Boys' own story" (reprint). Birmingham Post (NewsBank). 12 February 2000. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BPOC&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F6E176E6AD53F58&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ Clarkson, Ian (17 September 2003). "Importance of Academy system should not be under-estimated, says Eastick as he swaps Blues for Magpies". PFA. http://www.givemefootball.com/display.cfm?article=3147&type=1. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ "Eastick appointed to Ireland Under-21 role". Radio Telefís Éireann. 9 May 2005. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2005/0509/eastick.html. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Brian Eastick". UEFA. 1 April 2008. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/teams/team=300039/kindstatic=1/index.html. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ "Hunter ready for action". Norwich City FC. 26 June 2007. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~1061910,00.html. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
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