Dale Roberts (footballer, born 1956)

For other people named Dale Roberts, see Dale Roberts (disambiguation).

Dale Roberts
Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-10-08)8 October 1956
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Date of death	5 February 2003(2003-02-05) (aged 46)
Place of death	Ipswich, England
Playing position	Centre-half
Youth career
197?–1974	Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1980	Ipswich Town	24	(0)
1979	→ Atlanta Chiefs (loan)^[1]	14	(0)
1980–1986	Hull City	182	(?)
1986–1987	North Ferriby United	?	(?)
1987–1988	Bridlington Town	?	(?)
Teams managed
1989–1993	Hull City (youth team coach)
1993–1996	Ayr United (assistant manager)
1994	Colchester United (assistant manager)
1994–1995	Colchester United (caretaker)
1995–2003	Ipswich Town (assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Dale Roberts (8 October 1956 – 5 February 2003), was a football player, a centre-half who started his playing career at Ipswich Town

Roberts was born in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Playing career

He was on the Ipswich team at the same time as other centre-half players such as Kevin Beattie, Allan Hunter, Russell Osman and Terry Butcher. He played 24 games^[2] before he moved on to Hull City making 182 appearances as the club moved up from fourth to the second division, before retiring through injury. He later had spells with non league North Ferriby United and Bridlington Town.

Coaching career

He started his coaching career at Hull City where he was reunited with manager Colin Appleton who made him a youth team coach.^[3] In 1993 he joined up with long-time friend George Burley at Ayr United as an assistant manager before the pair moved to Colchester United where he became caretaker manager in 1994 after Burley left abruptly to join Ipswich. In 1995, he returned to Ipswich as George Burley's assistant manager.^[2] Many Ipswich supporters share the memory of Roberts and Burley dancing on the Wembley pitch just after Martijn Reuser had scored the fourth goal in the play-off final. Roberts went on to lead the reserves to the FA Premier Reserve League (South) Championship title in the 2001–02 season.

Death

He died on 5 February 2003, at Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, aged 46, after a two-year battle against cancer.^[2]

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Won %!
Colchester United (Caretaker)		24 November 1994	12 January 1995	5	1	1	3	20

References

↑ http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/R/Roberts.Dale.htm
1 2 3 "Ipswich Town assistant manager dies". BBC Sport. 5 February 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
↑ http://www.hullcityafc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10338~339163,00.html. Retrieved 2 January 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Colchester United F.C. – managers

Davis (1937–39)
Fieldus (1945–46)
T. Fenton (1946–48)
Allen (1948–53)
Meades (1953)
Butler (1953–55)
Miller & Orrin^c (1955)
B. Fenton (1955–63)
Franklin (1963–68)
Graham (1968–72)
Mochan^c (1972)
Smith (1972–75)
R. Roberts (1975–82)
Hunter (1982–83)
Lea (1983–86)
Walker (1986–87)
Foley^c (1987)
R. Brown (1987–88)
Foley^c (1988–89)
Wallace (1989)
Foley^c (1989–90)
Mills (1990)
Atkins (1990–91)
McDonough (1991–94)
Burley (1994)
D. Roberts^c (1994–95)
Wignall (1995–99)
Cook & Whitton^c (1999)
Wadsworth (1999)
Whitton (1999–2003)
Williams^c (2003)
Parkinson (2003–06)
Williams (2006–08)
Symons^c (2008)
Lambert (2008–09)
Dunne^c (2009)
Boothroyd (2009–10)
Ward (2010–12)
Dunne (2012–14)
Humes (2014–15)
Hall & McGreal^c (2015)
W. Brown^c (2015)
Keen (2015–16)
Wright^c (2016)
Ball^c (2016)
McGreal (2016–)

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