Martin Hinshelwood (born 16 June 1953) is an English football coach and former professional player. He is an academy coach at Lewes and was interim Manager at

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alongside Gary Alexander, following the sacking of manager Richie Barker.

Career

Hinshelwood was born in

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, but grew up in

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, and in 1969, (along with his brother

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) played in the final of the London FA Schools Cup, watched by then

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manager

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. Rowe was impressed, and the brothers were invited for trials with the club. Both performed well, and were taken on as apprentices. Martin Hinshelwood played in the centre of midfield, and quickly fought his way into the team, while his brother initially languished in the lower echelons of the club. Hinshelwood was part of the team that reached the semi-final of the 1976

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, and played in the defeats of

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, and Sunderland (all away from home). In the semi-final game, Third Division Palace were drawn against

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. Despite the Saints being a tier above the Eagles, Palace were cast as favourites. Martin missed the game through injury, and some see this as the reason that Southampton beat Palace by two goals to nil. That injury proved to dominate Hinshelwood's career, and it eventually led to his retiring from the game, in late 1977. He briefly played again as player/manager at Leatherhead F.C. in the Isthmian Premier in 1980–81 and 1981–82 taking over from long serving Manager Billy Miller. He went into management in later years at Palace's arch-rivals

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. He originally began as the youth coach, but when

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departed following promotion, he was appointed caretaker manager, along with

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. Ex-Palace teammate

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succeeded Adams, and guided Albion to another successive promotion. He too then left the manager's post, and this time Hinshelwood stepped up to the position on a full-time basis. Brighton were then in

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. However, after losing twelve games consecutively, he was moved to director of football, and Steve Coppell came in as manager. Albion were relegated, though Coppell nearly achieved the impossible in keeping the club up. With the departure of Albion manager

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in November 2009, Hinshelwood was again appointed caretaker manager.

Personal life

Hinshelwood's family also have a strong footballing background. His father

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was a professional footballer in the 1950s, most notably at

and

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. His brother Paul had a long career at Crystal Palace and also represented the England under-21 team. Martin's son

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had a brief professional career, and his nephews (Paul's sons) Adam, Paul and

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were also professional footballers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hinshelwood, Martin 1953 births Living people Footballers from Reading, Berkshire English footballers Men's association football midfielders Crystal Palace F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. managers Lewes F.C. managers Portsmouth F.C. non-playing staff Crawley Town F.C. non-playing staff