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Keith
Curle |
Manchester City FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 1 D 2 L 0 F 3:
A 2
*(actual F 1: A 0)
67% successful
1991-92
disciplined:
 1
captain: none
minutes played: 134 |
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Profile |
|
Full name |
Keith Curle |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
|
Born |
14 November 1963 in
Bristol, Gloucestershire [registered in
Bristol, December 1963].
Attended Chase Boys School,
Mangotsfield |
|
Married |
to
Geraldine C. Sims, in
Gloucestershire [registered in
Sodbury, June 1984]. |
|
Height/Weight |
6'
1", 12st.
12lbs [1999]. |
|
Source |
Barry Hugman's PFA
Yearbook [1999] & FindMyPast.com |
|
Playing Career |
|
Club(s) |
Started as an apprentice for Bristol Rovers FC, signing
professional forms on 20 November 1981, he went on to play 32 league
matches, scoring four times. Torquay United FC signed Curle on 4
November 1983 for £5,000. He scored five times in sixteen appearances,
before he returned to the City side of Bristol before the seasons-end, on
3 March 1984 for £10,000. A successful 121 league appearances,
scoring only the once, saw him being sold to Reading FC on 23 October
1987 for £150,000, where he remained for a year. After forty league
appearances, Curle signed for Wimbledon FC on 21 October 1988 for £½m. Three goals in 93 Premier League appearances
followed before Curle became the most expensive defender when he signed
for Manchester City FC for £2½ million on 14 August 1991. Curle remained
at Maine Road for five years, playing 171 league appearances and
scoring eleven times. He was then sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
for £650,000 on 2 August 1996. Another ten goals and another 150
league appearances followed, before Curle joined Sheffield United FC on
a free transfer on 4 July 2000 as a player/coach (57 league
appearances, one goal). He then joined Barnsley FC on 17 August 2002
for two months (eleven league appearances). Curle joined his final
club, Mansfield Town AFC on 1 December 2002, where he remained as
player/manager until he was sacked, December 2004, playing fourteen
times in two years. |
|
Club honours |
Associate Members cup winners 1983-84, Full Members Cup winners
1987-88; |
|
Individual honours |
None |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Source |
Barry Hugman's PFA
Yearbook [1999] |
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Management
Career |
Club(s)
League history
P 487 - W
179 - D 133 - L 176. |
Mansfield Town FC as player-manager on 3 December 2002 until his sacking
on December
2004 following allegations of bullying, Curle won the 'wrongful dismissal'
case in August 2006. However, prior to that, he was appointed manager of Chester City FC in May 2005 until
another sacking on February 2006.
Curle returned to coaching when he
was appointed Head Coach at Torquay United FC on 8 February 2007 under
Colin Lee, the Director of Football,
it lasted until Torquay's relegation from the Football League in May
2007.
Curle then teamed up with Neil Warnock, becoming his coach at
Crystal Palace FC from October 2007, then to Queen's Park Rangers FC from 1
March 2010. They were both sacked on 8 January 2012.
On 20 February, Curle
returned to management when he
was appointed at Notts County FC, he was sacked on 3 February
2013. He re-emerged as manager at Carlisle United FC on 19 September 2014,
helping them to retain their Football League status. He announced his
departure from United on 26 April 2018, effective at the end of the season.
On 1 October, he was appointed manager of Northampton Town FC, and despite
promotion, he was sacked on 10 February 2021 following a run of dismal
results. Oldham Athletic FC then appointed Curle as manager on 8 March
2021. He was sacked on 24 November 2021. |
|
Club honours |
Mansfield Town AFC 2002-04 |
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Chester City FC 2005-06 |
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Notts County FC 2012-13 |
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League best: seventh in League One 2011-12;
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Carlisle United FC 2014-21 |
Football League Two sixth place & play-off
semi-finalists 2016-17; seventh place & play-off winners 2019-20;
FA Cup best: fourth round 2015-16, 2019-20; |
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Oldham Athletic AFC 2021 |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
1042nd player to appear for England. |
|
BME number |
The 25th BME player at Senior level. |
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Position(s) |
Central defender |
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First match |
No. 682, 29 April 1992, CIS 2 England 2, a
friendly match at Central V.I. Lenin Stadium,
Moskva, substitute (63), aged 28 years
167 days. |
|
Last match |
No. 686, 11 June 1992, Denmark 0 England 0, a
European Championship Finals group match at
Malmö Stadion, Malmö, substituted
(65), aged 28 years 210 days. |
|
Major tournaments |
European Championship Finals 1992; |
|
Team honours |
None |
|
Individual honours |
England B (four appearances) |
|
Distinctions |
The fourteenth Gloucestershirian to represent England |
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Beyond England |
|
As become a part of Neil Warnock's coaching
staff, firstly at Crystal Palace in October 2007, and again at Queen's
Park Rangers from March 2010. -
various media |
|
Keith Curle - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
|
13 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
134 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
one |
|
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
|
Keith Curle
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Away |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
Neutral |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All
-
White |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
Keith Curle
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
ECP
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
|
ECF |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
European Championship |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| Friendly |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| All |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
Keith Curle
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
European Championship Final Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
ECF 1992 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
ECF
All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
EC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Keith Curle
- Match History
|
Club:
Wimbledon F.C. -
no full appearances |
manager: Graham Taylor - three full
appearances (134 min)x
|
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Age 27 |
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1 |
b |
27 April 1991 - England 1 Iceland A 0,
Vicarage Road Stadium, Watford |
Fr |
HW |
▲sub ht |
? |
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2 |
b |
20 May 1991 - England 2 Switzerland 0,
Bescot Stadium, Walsall |
Fr |
HW |
▲sub 89 |
? |
|
674 |
1 June 1991 - Australia 0 England 1,
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
tour |
AW |
injured
squad member |
|
675 |
3 June 1991 - New Zealand 0 England 1,
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland |
AW |
|
675 |
8 June 1991 - New Zealand 0 England 2,
Athletic Park,
Wellington |
AW |
|
676 |
12 June 1991 - Malaysia 2 England 4,
Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur |
AW |
|
677 |
11 September 1991 - England 0 Germany 1,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HL |
squad/
unused |
? |
|
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|
Age 28 |
|
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|
3 |
b |
18 December 1991 - Spain Olympic 0
England 1,
Castellón |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
? |
|
4 |
b |
18 February 1992 - England 3 France 0,
Rangers Stadium, Shepherd's Bush |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
? |
|
680 |
19 February 1992 - England 2 France 0,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
squad/
unused |
? |
|
|
|
1 |
682 |
29 April
1992 - CIS 2 England 2,
Central V.I. Lenin Stadium,
Moskva
(⮀2-1) |
Fr |
AD |
▲sub
63 |
? |
|
2 |
683 |
12 May 1992 - Hungary 0 England 1,
Népstadion,
Budapest
(⮀0-0) |
Fr |
AW |
Start
▼ht |
? |
|
684 |
17 May 1992 - England 1 Brazil 1,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HD |
squad member |
|
Graham Taylor selected 28 players
for the game with Brazil at Wembley on May 17, plus four on standby.. On the day following the 1-1 draw with Brazil,
Taylor announced his 20-man squad, thirteen days ahead of the deadline,
that list excluded Keith Curle. However, following the Finland match, he
was recalled to replace the injured Gary Stevens. |
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3 |
686 |
11 June 1992
- Denmark 0 England 0,
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
(⮀0-0) |
ECF |
ND |
Start
▼62 |
2 |
|
687 |
14 June 1992 - France 0 England 0,
Malmö Stadion, Malmöt |
ND |
unused sub |
|
688 |
17 June 1992 - Sweden 2 England 1,
Råsunda
Fotbollstadion, Solna |
AL |
unused sub |
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