Nicky Eaden

Nicholas Jeremy Eaden (born 12 December 1972) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender, accumulating 550 appearances in the Football League.

Nicky Eaden
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Jeremy Eaden
Date of birth (1972-12-12) 12 December 1972
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
Barnsley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2000 Barnsley 293 (10)
2000–2002 Birmingham CityB 74 (3)
2002 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
2002–2005 Wigan Athletic 117 (0)
2005–2007 Nottingham Forest 28 (0)
2006 → Lincoln City (loan) 17 (0)
2007 → Lincoln City (loan) 16 (0)
2007 Halesowen Town 1 (0)
2007 Solihull Moors 1 (0)
2007–2009 Kettering TownA 28 (0)
Total 580 (13)
Teams managed
2016 Rotherham United (caretaker manager)
2018 Nuneaton Borough
2018–2019 Hednesford Town
2019 Kettering Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Born in Sheffield, Eaden started his career at local Barnsley F.C., contributing to their promotion to the Premiership before joining Birmingham City in July 2000.[1] Eaden also had a successful spell with Wigan Athletic, winning promotion from the then Division Two and then into the Premiership. Whilst at Birmingham he played in the 2001 Football League Cup Final.

He joined Nottingham Forest in 2005. Despite being successful with most of his previous clubs, caretaker managers Frank Barlow and Ian McParland did not include him in the first matchday squad in the 2006–07 season after an indifferent debut season in the East Midlands, although he had been promoted with every club he had been at prior to joining Forest.

On 31 August 2006 he joined League Two side Lincoln City on loan, initially for a month,[2][3] which was later extended to the maximum 93-day total.[4] He then returned to Forest, but was again loaned to Lincoln in January 2007, this time for the rest of the season.[5]

Released by Forest, Eaden signed for Halesowen Town of the Southern League, making just one appearance.[6] In September 2007 Eaden signed for Solihull Moors of the Conference North;[7] after only one appearance he left for fellow Conference North side Kettering Town, making his debut in the 1–1 draw at Nuneaton Borough on 20 October 2007.[8]

Coaching career

Eaden, initially a player-coach at Kettering, became assistant to manager Mark Cooper after the 2008–09 season.[9][10] In November 2009, Cooper was appointed manager of Championship club Peterborough United, and Eaden accompanied him, again as assistant manager.[11] A year later, he left the club by mutual consent.[12]

On 22 March 2011, Eaden joined the coaching staff of Rotherham United on a contract until the end of the season, working under his one-time Barnsley teammate Andy Liddell.[13] After Liddell lost out to Andy Scott for the full-time manager's role at the club, Eaden departed at the end of his contract,[14] but was quickly back in work agreeing a two-year contract to become assistant manager to Marcus Law at Tamworth.[15] However, just a week later Eaden announced he had suffered a change of heart and would not be taking up the post,[16] instead taking up the same role at Kettering Town.[17]

During the 2012–13 season, Eaden worked alongside Steve Beaglehole for Leicester City under-21s as a coach. Eaden was also named on the bench for an under-21 game against Huddersfield Town as one of three over-aged players.[18]

On 4 February 2016, Eaden joined Rotherham United as assistant manager to Neil Redfearn. He signed a contract until the end of the 2017–18 season.[19] Five days later, Redfearn was dismissed, and Eaden took on the role of caretaker manager. Before their next match, Rotherham appointed Neil Warnock as manager, and Eaden was kept on the staff as first-team coach.[20][21]

On 3 June 2016, Eaden departed Rotherham United, a day after the appointment of new manager Alan Stubbs.[22]

On 20 July 2016, Eaden was appointed Senior Development Coach at Coventry City under Tony Mowbray.

On 15 June 2018, Eaden was announced as the new manager of National League North club Nuneaton Borough.[23] He left the club on 22 November 2018.[24] The following month he was appointed manager of Hednesford Town.[25] He left the club in April 2019.[26] In June 2019 he was appointed manager of Kettering Town. However, he was sacked in September 2019.[27]

Honours

Club
with Barnsley
with Birmingham City
with Wigan Athletic
with Kettering Town
  • Conference North (level 6) winners: 2007–08

Individual

Notes

A. ^ The Kettering Town appearances and goals only include the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons in the Conference National, not the 2007–08 season in the Conference North, which Soccerbase does not cover.

B. ^ Soccerbase attributes Birmingham's goal against Portsmouth in October 2000 to Eaden,[29] where other sources, e.g. Tony Matthews' Birmingham City Complete Record[32] and the BBC match report[33] give it to Dele Adebola. The total of three League goals for Birmingham is consistent with Hugman's PFA Footballers' Who's Who annuals[30] and with Neil Brown's site.[34]

References
  1. Griffiths, Alex (4 July 2000). "Blues Take On Eaden". BCFC.com. Birmingham City Football Club. Archived from the original on 17 February 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. "Lincoln seal loan deal for Eaden". BBC Sport. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  3. "Forest's Eaden stays at Lincoln". BBC Sport. 3 October 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  4. "Macclesfield vs Lincoln City". Lincoln City F.C. 1 January 2007. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008.
  5. "Imps land Forest's Eaden on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  6. "Statistics". Halesowen Town F.C. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  7. "Solihull Moors 0–1 Blyth Spartans". BBC Sport. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  8. "Poppies pegged back at Nuneaton Borough". PoppiesFans.com. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  9. "Nicky Eaden". Kettering Town F.C. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
  10. "Sinclair leaves Poppies but two set to sign". Northants Telegraph. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  11. "Cooper confirmed as Posh manager". BBC Sport. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  12. "Assistant manager Eaden carries the can for poor defensive form". Peterborough Telegraph. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  13. "Millers add Eaden to coaching staff". Rotherham United F.C. 22 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011.
  14. "Scott praise for departing Liddell". Rotherham United F.C. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011.
  15. "Eaden is new Tamworth assistant". NonLeagueDaily.com. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012.
  16. "Eaden does a U-turn". NonLeague.Pitchero.com. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  17. "Kettering Town appoint Morell Maison and Nicky Eaden". BBC Sport. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  18. "Under-21s lose to Terriers". Leicester City F.C. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  19. "Nicky Eaden: Rotherham United appoint new assistant manager". BBC Sport. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  20. Davis, Paul (12 February 2016). "Rotherham United: Eaden confident Millers can beat the drop". The Star. Sheffield. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  21. "Staff profiles". Rotherham United F.C. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  22. "Rotherham United: Best and Eaden leave as Stubbs targets new recruits". Johnston Publishing Ltd. 3 June 2016.
  23. "Nuneaton appoint Nicky Eaden as manager". The Non-League Paper. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  24. "Nicky Eaden leaves Nuneaton Borough by mutual consent". The Non-League Paper. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  25. Hednesford Town appoint Nicky Eaden as manager Express and Star, 27 December 2018
  26. Nicky Eaden leaves Hednesford Town Express and Star, 17 April 2019
  27. Eaden sacked by Poppies Northamptonshire Telegraph, 25 September 2019
  28. "Games played by Nicky Eaden in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  29. "Games played by Nicky Eaden in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  30. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Edinburgh: Mainstream. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.
  31. "Wigan dominate PFA team". BBC Sport. 28 April 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  32. Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: Derby Books. p. 436. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
  33. "Portsmouth 1–1 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 28 October 2000. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  34. "Nicky Eaden". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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