| Ian Baird | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Baird | |
| Date of birth | April 1, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Rotherham, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Rotherham ( is a large town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, close to its confluence with the River Rother, between England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 83 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Eastleigh (Manager) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Southampton | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1982–1985 1983–1984 1984 1985–1987 1987–1988 1988–1990 1990–1991 1991–1993 1993–1995 1995–1996 1996–1998 |
Southampton → Cardiff City (loan) → Newcastle United (loan) Leeds United Portsmouth Leeds United Middlesbrough Hearts Bristol City Plymouth Argyle Brighton & Hove Albion Total |
22 (5) 12 (6) 5 (1) 85 (33) 20 (1) 77 (17) 63 (19) 64 (15) 57 (11) 27 (6) 40 (14) 472 (128) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1998 1999 2004–2007 2007–present |
Instant-Dict Hong Kong Havant & Waterlooville Eastleigh |
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Ian Baird (born 1 April 1964 in Rotherham) is an ex-professional footballer whose most notable spell was as a player for Leeds United. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Rotherham ( is a large town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, close to its confluence with the River Rother, between Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Leeds United Association Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Leeds United or informally Leeds, are an English professional football He had two spells at the club with his first spell having a season as captain and his second spell including a player of the year award and, ironically just after he left, he got a second division championship medal with the club. He played as a striker.
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Playing career
Southampton
Baird started his career at Southampton in 1982-83 He never really managed to get that many appearances under his belt. Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. He spent part of the 1983-84 season on loan at Cardiff City having a fairly successful loan spell scoring 6 goals in 12 matches. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. At the start of the 1984-85 season he moved on loan to Newcastle United, but here he only made 5 appearances and scored only 1 goal. Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon
Leeds United
In March 1985 after only 22 appearances and 5 goals for Southampton he moved to Leeds for £50,000. Baird's first spell at Leeds was fairly successful but never overly successful. He had a tendency to be dragged into situations which would often result in a booking. His aggression and goals, however, made him popular amongst the Leeds fans. Baird was made Leeds captain at the start of the 1986-87 season and his performances alerted Portsmouth to his abilities. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth.
Portsmouth
At the end of the season with Portsmouth having just been promoted, he moved to Portsmouth to help them in their quest to keep their division one status. He was sold for £285,000 having played 101 games and scored 37 goals for Leeds. His time at Portsmouth wasn't successful scoring only one goal in his 20 appearances for the club in the 1987-88 season.
Leeds United (again)
Portsmouth were however struggling financially and in March 1988, Baird was sold back to Leeds for a snip of the price they bought him for (£120,000). Baird was once again successful at Leeds picking up player of the year in 1989 but with the arrival of Lee Chapman to help with the promotion push in 1989-90 Baird was deemed surplus to requirements by Howard Wilkinson, having played 91 games and scored 21 goals
Middlesbrough
In January 1990 he was sold to Middlesbrough for £500,000 . Lee Chapman (born Lincoln, December 5, 1959) is an English former footballer who scored more than 200 first-team goals as a Striker Howard Wilkinson (born 13 November 1943 in Sheffield) is a former English football player and manager. Middlesbrough Football Club, also known as The Boro are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Premier League. Baird's involvement in the championship didn't stop there. On the last day of the season Baird scored two goals against Newcastle United, and this along with Leeds' victory over Bournemouth clinched promotion for Leeds over Newcastle in third place (Leeds winning the title on goal difference over Sheffield United). AFC Bournemouth are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. With Leeds winning the title Baird picked up a winners medal, even though he wasn't at Leeds any more due to him having played enough games for the club in the season.
Baird stayed at Boro until the end of 1990-91 when he moved to Hearts. Heart of Midlothian FC (most commonly referred to as Hearts) is a football club from Edinburgh, Scotland who play in the Scottish He later returned to England, playing for Bristol City, Plymouth Argyle and Brighton & Hove Albion before retiring in June 1998. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol England, (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers) For details of the current season see Plymouth Argyle FC season 2008-09 Plymouth Argyle Football Club, commonly known as Argyle Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex.
Coaching and management
After retiring from his playing career Ian went to Hong Kong taking charge of Instant-Dict, a team in their top division, and also the national side in 1999 for the 2000 Asian Cup qualifiers. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Double Flower Football Association ( is a Hong Kong football club and plays in 2nd Division League (Level 2 The Hong Kong football representative team (香港足球代表隊 Pinyin: Xiānggǎng Zúqiú Dàibiǎoduì represents Hong Kong in international football The Asian Football Confederation 's 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Lebanon between October 12 and October 29. He also played non league football for Salisbury City (1997-2000) and Farnborough Town (2000-2001). Salisbury City Football Club are an English football club based in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Farnborough Football Club (known as Farnborough Town FC until 2007 are an English football team currently playing in the Southern League Premier Division
After returning from Hong Kong he worked for a Leeds-based football agent but resigned after 3 years as he didn't enjoy the job. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England Ian set up his own contract hire and vehicle leasing company in 2003, called IBMH (Ian Baird Motor Holdings), and it is still successfully running.
He took over the part-time managerial post at Havant & Waterlooville in November 2004. Havant & Waterlooville Football Club are an English Association football team based at West Leigh Park in Havant, Hampshire. He currently works for IBMH, living in Southampton with his second wife and two teenage children. Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England
On 3 October 2007 he was appointed manager at Conference South rivals Eastleigh. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Conference South (currently billed as Blue Square South for sponsorship reasons is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking Eastleigh Football Club is a football club based in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. [1]
References
- ^ Baird confirmed as new Eastleigh boss. dailyecho. Retrieved on October 3, 2007. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- Andrew Mourant (1992). Leeds United Player By Player. Guinness Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-85112-568-9.
- Les Rowley And John Ray (2005). Where are They Now?. YFP Publishing. ISBN 0-9545333-3-X.
External links
- Ian Baird career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile @ leedsfans. The Racing Post is a British daily Horse racing, Greyhound racing and Sports betting Newspaper. org. uk
- Ian Baird Motor Holdings
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