Malcolm Shotton (born 16 February 1957) is an English former professional

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and

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. He was on the books of

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as an apprentice but failed to make the break into senior football there. He played for Atherstone United and

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in non-league football before signing for

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ...

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. He formed a notable defensive partnership with Gary Briggs and went on to become captain of the side as they rose from Division Three to Division One. His finest moment as captain was lifting the

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in April 1986. At the end of the following season he was transferred to

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.Howland, Andy and Roger (2001) ''Oxford United: the Headington Years''. Perfitt-Bayliss, Marlow. He later played for Huddersfield Town,

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, Hull City and Ayr United and, after his playing career ended, served as assistant manager at Barnsley. In

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he returned to Oxford as manager, replacing

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. His appointment was popular and initially successful, as he led the team out of relegation danger to a creditable 12th-place finish in

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. However, United were relegated to Division Two at the end of the following season, and Shotton resigned in October 1999, with the club in serious danger of a second successive relegation. In 2021, it was revealed on the Football ClichesFootball Cliches Podcast Episode 98
/ref> podcast that three early teenagers impersonated Shotton to make fake transfer enquiries directly to club managers. This led to

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, Martin O’Neill, Barry Fry and others to speculate on transfer dealings directly to the impersonators who ran their scam from a payphone. It is unclear whether Shotton was aware of this during his Oxford United tenure. Shotton later served as assistant manager at

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Director of Football at

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and manager of

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Academy Team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shotton, Malcolm 1957 births Living people Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne English men's footballers English Football League players Men's association football defenders Atherstone Town F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Oxford United F.C. managers English football managers People associated with Loughborough University Bradford City A.F.C. non-playing staff English Football League managers