Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Anthony Cheesewright [1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Romford, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1991 | Southend United | 0 | (0) |
1991 | Kingsbury Town | ||
1991–1992 | Birmingham City | 1 | (0) |
1992 | Cobh Ramblers | ||
1992–199x | Dagenham & Redbridge | ||
199x–1994 | Braintree Town | ||
1994–1995 | Colchester United | 40 | (0) |
1995 | → Wimbledon (loan) | 0 | (0) |
199x–1996 | Mansion | ||
1996–1997 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | (0) |
1997 | Romford | 3 | (0) |
1997 | Aldershot Town | 6 | (0) |
– | Heybridge Swifts | ||
1998 | Barnet | 0 | (0) |
1998 | St Albans City | 3 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Leyton Pennant | 13 | (0) |
1999 | Braintree Town | ||
1999 | Heybridge Swifts | ||
2000 | Eton Manor | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Anthony Cheesewright (born 12 January 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City, Colchester United and Wycombe Wanderers. [2] He played as a goalkeeper.
Cheesewright was born in Romford, Havering. He began his football career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur, but was released in 1991 without playing for the first team. He joined Southend United, but again failed to appear for the first team. After a spell in non-League football with Kingsbury Town, he signed for Birmingham City, initially on a non-contract basis, in 1991. [1] He made his debut in the Third Division on 14 December 1991 in a 2–1 defeat at AFC Bournemouth, [3] and played in the Football League Trophy four days later, [4] but after a few months he was allowed to leave for Cobh Ramblers. [1]
After a spell with Dagenham & Redbridge, Cheesewright joined Braintree Town, where he impressed sufficiently to earn a move back to the Football League with Colchester United. [1] The fee, of £10,000, was Braintree's record transfer fee received, [5] and Cheesewright went on to play 40 league games for Colchester. In June 1995 he appeared on loan for Wimbledon in a 4–0 defeat to Bursaspor in a group match of the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup, when English clubs were not taking the competition seriously. [6] A stint with Mansion in the Hong Kong First Division League [7] preceded another return to the Football League, this time with Wycombe Wanderers, where he played 18 league games. [2]
He then spent brief periods with Romford, [8] Aldershot Town, [9] and Heybridge Swifts, [10] before attempting a return to the Football League with Barnet, where he signed as goalkeeping cover just before the April 1998 transfer deadline. [11] Without playing for Barnet, Cheesewright moved on to play for a number of teams in the Hertfordshire and Essex area, including St Albans City, [12] Leyton Pennant, [13] Braintree Town, [14] Heybridge Swifts (again), [15] and finally, in 2000, as an outfield player for Eton Manor in the Essex Senior League. [16]
As of 2008, Cheesewright was married with two children and was working as a wealth planning manager for a major bank. [17]