Adrian Shaw (born 30 April 1966) is an English

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Born in

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, Shaw played for Murton Juniors before joining

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

as an apprentice. He signed a professional contract with the club in December 1983 and was loaned to

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

in December 1984. He made 10 appearances before the loan expired in March 1985, signing for the club permanently later that month. Shaw was released by Halifax in May 1988 and after a few weeks with

Bridlington Town Bridlington Town Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They were founded in 1918 and currently play in the . History The club was founded in 1918 as Bridlington Centra ...

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signed for

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in October on a trial basis. His debut came in a 1–1 draw at home to

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on 25 October, making six appearances for the club before being released. He joined

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in December, where he made 50 league appearances and scored three goals before a serious groin injury forced his retirement from professional football. Shaw returned to non-League football to finish his playing career with

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Shaw organised a football in the community scheme in

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. He moved into coaching at Lincoln City as football in the community officer, before returning to Chesterfield as a coach. He returned to another former club, York, as youth team coach, before being promoted to first team coach. Shaw was Terry Dolan's assistant manager at York, until the pair were sacked by the club on 31 May 2003. He had a spell as

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of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national side in 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Adrian 1966 births Living people People from Murton, County Durham Footballers from County Durham English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Nottingham Forest F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Bridlington Town A.F.C. players York City F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Expatriate football managers in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team managers York City F.C. non-playing staff Lincoln City F.C. non-playing staff Chesterfield F.C. non-playing staff