Anthony Philip David Terry Frank Donald Stanley Gerry Gordon Stephen James Oatway (born 28 November 1973), known as Charlie Oatway, is an English former professional

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who played as a

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. Oatway retired from the professional game in August 2007. He was assistant manager and a player at

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but departed the club in June 2009. He is currently assistant manager at Eastbourne Borough having previously been an analyst with

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, continuing his integral role within

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's management team having previously worked with him at

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and

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Career

Born in

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, London, Oatway spent eight years at

and eventually became

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. He has also played for

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Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

and

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(at all three clubs he played under manager

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) as well as a brief

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spell at Lincoln City. At Brentford he scored once, his strike coming in a 3–0 win over

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in the

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. Following yet another serious injury, Oatway retired from playing with immediate effect on 2 August 2007. Oatway's career at Brighton was successful. He won the

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championship in 2001, the

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championship in 2002 and was a Second Division play-off champion in 2004. After his retirement Oatway spent some time as a sporting liaison for "Albion in the Community" offering coaching sessions at

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. Following his professional retirement, Oatway joined

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team

as a player and assistant manager. He departed the Hawks in June 2009 following disagreements about his financial arrangements with the club: the club ceased payments for his playing contract at the end of the 2008–09 season though a new contract solely as assistant manager was offered. Oatway was appointed first-team coach at

by manager

on 1 December 2009. On 29 November 2016, Oatway joined

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side

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, as a member of coaching staff to

Personal life

Oatway's full name is Anthony Philip David Terry Frank Donald Stanley Gerry Gordon Stephen James Oatway. The reason behind this rather unusual name is the fact that both his parents were

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...

fans, and decided to give their son the names of QPR's entire 1973 first-team squad. When his parents told his aunt the proposed name, she said "he'd look a right Charlie", and the name stuck. His son, also called Charlie, spent several years working through football developmental squads, including 2009–10 with

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and 2012–13 with Brighton.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oatway, Charlie 1973 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham People from Hammersmith English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Yeading F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players English Football League players Association football coaches Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff AEK Athens F.C. non-playing staff Shanghai Shenhua F.C. non-playing staff