Chris Beech (footballer, born 1974)

Christopher Stephen Beech (born 16 September 1974) is an English former professional footballer and current head coach at Carlisle United.

This article is about footballer born in 1974. For the footballer born in 1975, see Chris Beech (footballer, born 1975).

Chris Beech
Personal information
Full name Christopher Stephen Beech[1]
Date of birth (1974-09-16) 16 September 1974
Place of birth Blackpool, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfield
Club information
Current team
 Carlisle United (Head Coach)
Youth career
000?–1993 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Blackpool 82 (4)
1996–1998 Hartlepool United 94 (23)
1998–2002 Huddersfield Town 71 (12)
2002–2004 Rochdale 32 (1)
Total 279 (40)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Rochdale (caretaker)
2013–2019 Rochdale (assistant)
2019– Carlisle United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2020

Playing career

He began his career at his hometown club Blackpool. "I was 18 when I made my first-team debut against Port Vale at home," he recalled to the Chorley Guardian in 2006.[2] "I then signed a two-year contract under Billy (Ayre)." He then moved to Hartlepool United and then Huddersfield Town, where he was a member of Steve Bruce's Premiership-chasing side.

He left in 2002 to join Rochdale.

Coaching career

He was the caretaker manager at Rochdale for a month, following Steve Eyre's dismissal in December 2011.[3] Rochdale lost three and drew three of the six games in which he took charge before John Coleman was installed as the permanent manager on 24 January 2012.[4] Beech returned to his role as youth team manager following the appointment.[5]

After assisting Keith Hill on an informal basis following his return as Rochdale manager on 22 January 2013, Beech was confirmed as Hill's new assistant manager on 16 May 2013.[6]

Beech left Rochdale along with Hill in March 2019 [7] Chris Beech was appointed Carlisle United Manager on the 26 November 2019. Beeches first first season at Carlisle ended ended with Carlisle united in 18th place in the League 2 table , however this was after the 2019-2020 season was suspended and subsequently ended with immediate effect with the final league table being defined by a points-per-game basis "BREAKING: Chris Beech joins United as Head Coach}". Carlisle United F.C. 26 November 2019.</ref> Then in the summer of 2020 Beech then set about the task of re-building the squad following the disappointing 18th-placed finish, bringing in a raft of new signings and developing a new football system . After a poor first couple of games of the season , Carlisles form improved and this improvement was mainly put down to Beech and the overhaul of new players brought into the club . Carlisle united as off 5th February 2021 sit 3rd in League 2 with 3 games in hand over the clubs above them .

Managerial statistics
As of match played 2 February 2021[8]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Rochdale (caretaker) 19 December 2011 23 January 2012 6 0 3 3 000.00
Carlisle United 26 November 2019 present 51 20 14 17 039.22
Career Total 57 20 17 20 035.09

Notes
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 42. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. "'Make my Day': Chris Beech - Chorley Today". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
  3. "Manager Steve Eyre sacked by Rochdale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  4. "League One - Coleman takes Rochdale job". Eurosport. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  5. "Rochdale appoint Coleman". Rochdale. 24 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. "Team Behind The Team". Rochdale. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  7. "Struggling Rochdale sack manager Hill". BBC.
  8. "Managers: Chris Beech". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

References


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