Geoff Sleight

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Geoff Sleight
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Sleight
Date of birth (1943-06-20) 20 June 1943 (age 80)
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1961–1962 Wanderers FC 2 (0)
1963–1964 Wigan Athletic 16 (4)
1965 Prague Sydney
1967 Macclesfield Town 1 (0)
Stalybridge Celtic
Buxton
1974–1977 Mossley
1977–1978 Droylsden
1978–1979 Mossley
Frickley Athletic
International career
1965 Australia 2 (0)
Managerial career
1976 Mossley
Frickley Athletic (player-manager)
Goole Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Geoffrey "Geoff" Sleight (born 20 June 1943 in Barnsley, England) is an Australian former footballer who played as a winger.

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He joined Bolton Wanderers after leaving school, and made his debut against Manchester City in September 1961. [1] Sleight made just two appearances for the first-team before being released. He went on to play for Wigan Athletic, [2] Buxton [3] and Mossley, [4] where he briefly acted as caretaker manager in November and December 1976, winning four of his five matches in charge. [5] After Howard Wilkinson was appointed as permanent manager, he left to join Droylsden, before returning to Mossley in 1978. [5] He soon moved onto become player-manager at Frickley Athletic, and guided the team to promotion to the Football Conference in 1980. After retiring, Sleight later became chief scout for Howard Wilkinson at Leeds United between 1993 and 1996. [1]

Sleight also represented the Australia national team on two occasions, including an appearance in their first ever World Cup qualifying game against North Korea. North Korea won the match 6–1. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Questions & Answers - Geoff Sleight". 31 May 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "The A to Z of International Latics players (part two)". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Buxton Football Club - Appearance Records Since 1960". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Mossley AFC in the Northern Premier League 1972-1995" . Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  5. 1 2 Managers Archived 30 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine Mossley A.F.C.
  6. ↑ "The first World Cup attempt in 1965". Goal Weekly. 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

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