Shaun Reid (born 13 October 1965) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the younger brother of Peter Reid and played in a similarly hardworking and tough-tackling manner for Rochdale (in two spells),

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, York City, Bury, Chester City (where he also held coaching roles) and Leigh RMI from 1983 to 2000. He has formerly been in charge at

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and Warrington Town

Brotherly Encounters

On-field meetings between Peter and Shaun were confined to pre-season matches, although when Peter was manager of

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they met Shaun's

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team in the League Cup second round over two legs in September 1998. Shaun had been out through injury for 14 months but returned just in time for the games, which ended in an unsurprising 4–0 aggregate success for Sunderland.

Basement Boy

Unusually, all of Shaun's 432

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appearances were made in the fourth tier (

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, later renamed Division Three and now known as League Two). He did not make any more appearances for Bury after they were promoted from Division Three in 1995–96. His debut had been a 1–0 win for Rochdale at Crewe Alexandra in January 1984. Reid's final Football League appearance was as a late substitute for Chester in a 5–0 win over Mansfield Town on 25 March 2000, just six weeks before Chester themselves fell out of the league. He was strongly rumoured to be returning to Rochdale as manager when Graham Barrow was sacked but the job went to

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instead. His only subsequent outing at a notable level was again as a substitute for Leigh RMI in a 2–0 Football Conference win over Scarborough in August 2000. He went on to become a football agent.

Coaching and managerial career

Reid holds a UEFA B coaching badge and has had spells coaching at Swindon Town and Plymouth Argyle. In January 2012 he was appointed as manager at

before leaving in March 2012 to become manager at Warrington Town. In the

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, Reid took Warrington to the first round proper for the first time in their history, where they defeated Exeter City of League Two 1–0., In March 2016 Reid had his contract mutually terminated.

Honours

Bury * Football League Third Division third place: 1995–96 Leigh RMI * Peter Swales Challenge Shield: 1999–2000

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Shaun 1965 births Living people Footballers from Huyton English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Rochdale A.F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players York City F.C. players Bury F.C. players Chester City F.C. players Leigh Genesis F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Chester City F.C. non-playing staff Swindon Town F.C. non-playing staff Plymouth Argyle F.C. non-playing staff English football managers Prescot Cables F.C. managers Warrington Town F.C. managers