Derek William Fazackerley (born 5 November 1951) is an English former
footballer
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who is currently employed as the assistant manager at
Oxford United
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, and managed the club on a caretaker basis for two months in 2018. He spent the majority of his career playing for
Blackburn Rovers
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.
Playing career
Fazackerley made a record 671 appearances for Blackburn in an 18-year career.
In February 2019 he was one of the first seven players to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.
[Rovers legends inducted into Hall of Fame]
www.rovers.co.uk, 17 July 2019
Coaching career
In January 1987, he joined
Chester City as a player and assistant manager. The long-term plan was for qualified coach Fazackerley to succeed
Harry McNally
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The Non-League Background
Unusually for a Football League manager, McNa ...
as manager, but he grew unhappy at the lack of progress at the club. He moved on in the summer of 1988 to
York City
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to assist ex-Rovers manager
Bobby Saxton
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Career
Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Saxton managed Blackburn Rovers for five seasons after a playing career as a utility defender wit ...
. In February 1989, he joined
Bury
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where
Martin Dobson
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was manager and ended the season helping run the side after Dobson departed. This was his final playing season in professional football.
In May 1990, he became player-manager of
Kumu in Finland before moving to
Newcastle United
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as first team coach. He was involved in the
England
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setup as assistant manager under
Kevin Keegan
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, working alongside
Les Reed.
He has since coached at other clubs, including Blackburn,
Bolton Wanderers
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and
Barnsley
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.
He was a scout for
Manchester City
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and sat alongside
Sven-Göran Eriksson
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on the bench at City's matches during his only season in charge. His position at the club was placed under review following Eriksson's departure,
and left in July after
Mark Hughes
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was appointed as manager.
On 11 December 2008, he was made the new first team coach at
Football League One
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side
Huddersfield Town
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, following the appointment of
Lee Clark as manager.
On 4 October 2010, he was made the new assistant manager at
Football League Championship
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side
Leicester City
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, following the appointment of Sven-Göran Eriksson as manager. He left the club in October 2011.
When
Clark
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took over as manager of
Birmingham City
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in June 2012, he appointed Fazackerley to the role of first-team coach. On 17 February 2014, it was widely reported that he and assistant manager
Terry McDermott
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had left Birmingham; the club stated they had "no comment to issue on the matter at this moment in time."
Fazackerley joined
Oxford United
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as assistant manager under
Michael Appleton
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As a player, he operated as a midfielder, in a nine-year career that began in 1994 and e ...
on 21 July 2014. He remained at the club when Appleton joined
Leicester City
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as assistant manager at the end of the
2016–17 season, and when Appleton's successor
Pep Clotet
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As well as working as assistant at several clubs, he managed Cornellà, Figueres, Espanyol B, Halmstad, Málaga B, Oxfor ...
was sacked in January 2018, Fazackerley took over as caretaker manager. He was in charge for two months, during which time the team won twice in eight games,
before the appointment of
Karl Robinson
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Playing career
Robinson was born in Rainhill, Merseyside. He played for Caernarfon Town, Bamber Bri ...
on 22 March 2018.
References
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1951 births
Living people
English footballers
Footballers from Preston, Lancashire
Association football central defenders
Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Chester City F.C. players
York City F.C. players
Bury F.C. players
English Football League players
Veikkausliiga players
English expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Finland
Chester City F.C. non-playing staff
Newcastle United F.C. non-playing staff
Blackburn Rovers F.C. non-playing staff
Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff
Barnsley F.C. non-playing staff
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. non-playing staff
Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff
Birmingham City F.C. non-playing staff
Manchester City F.C. non-playing staff
Oxford United F.C. managers
English football managers
Association football coaches
Association football scouts
York City F.C. non-playing staff
Oxford United F.C. non-playing staff