Stuart William Naylor (born 6 December 1962) is an English professional

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coach and former player.

Early life

Naylor was born in

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Playing career

Naylor had a trial with Leeds United in 1977, but did not sign for the club and the following year joined Yorkshire Amateur. He signed schoolboy forms with Lincoln City in February 1979 before turning professional in June 1980. During his time at Lincoln he spent time on loan at

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, Peterborough United and Crewe Alexandra. In February 1986 he moved to

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for a £110,000 transfer fee. He also played for

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(on loan), Exeter City and Rushden & Diamonds, as well as winning three caps for the England B team. In May 1985 he was to witness a nightmare when 56 spectators were killed in a horrendous stand fire while playing for Lincoln against Bradford City.

Coaching career

At the end of his playing career, Naylor moved into coaching, joining Rushden & Diamonds permanently as a goalkeeping coach and back-up goalkeeper on 14 June 2000. Naylor would make a final Football Conference appearance as a substitute, following the sending-off of

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, in the 3–2 away defeat to Doncaster Rovers on 11 November 2000 with his final first team game being a 2–0

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defeat away to

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on 28 November 2000. In March 2004 Rushden's manager

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departed for Oldham Athletic and Naylor swiftly followed him, becoming goalkeeping coach for the Boundary Park based club. In July 2005 he moved as goalkeeping coach to

. In March 2013, Naylor moved to Bristol Rovers as a full-time goalkeeper coach up until the end of the 2012–13 season. His contract was extended in May 2013.

References

External links

BBC - Did you see Sky Blues sink Baggies?Career stats at SoccerbaseLincoln City F.C. Official Archive ProfileUnofficial Stuart Naylor Profile
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