Dave Beasant
Beasant in 2003
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | David John Beasant | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Willesden, London, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Reading (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1979 | Edgware Town | (0) | |
| 1979–1988 | Wimbledon | 340 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Newcastle United | 20 | (0) |
| 1989–1993 | Chelsea | 133 | (0) |
| 1992 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1992 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | Southampton | 88 | (0) |
| 1997–2001 | Nottingham Forest | 139 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Portsmouth | 27 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | Bradford City | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | North Greenford United | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Stevenage | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 775 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1991 | England B | 7 | (0) |
| 1989 | England | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David John "Dave" Beasant, (born 20 March 1959) is an English former football goalkeeper, who is goalkeeping coach for Reading.
He began his career in the late 1970s. A well-travelled player, Beasant's former clubs include Wimbledon, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion and Wigan Athletic. He is best remembered for his part in Wimbledon's 1988 shock FA Cup victory, during which he was the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup final. He made two appearances for the England national football team.
On 10 May 2015, Beasant became the oldest individual to be selected in the squad for a match in Football League history while representing Stevenage as a substitute against Southend in the League Two Play-Off semi-final second leg, at the age of 56.
He entered the Football League in 1979 at the age of 20 when his home-town club, Wimbledon, newly promoted to the Third Division, signed him from non-league Edgware Town. He made his debut for them against Blackpool on 12 January 1980 and played once again that season, in which Wimbledon were relegated. He became a regular player the following campaign when they were promoted and stayed loyal to the club even when they were relegated again in 1982, being a key player in the side that won the Fourth Division title in 1983, won promotion from the Third Division a year later, and completed a four-season rise to the First Division in 1986 when they gained promotion from the Second Division in only their ninth season as a Football League team.
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