David Partridge
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David William Partridge | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Westminster, London, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Central defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Dundee United | 62 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Motherwell | 86 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Bristol City | 11 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Brentford (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | St Patrick's Athletic | 52 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Cambridge United | 19 | (0) |
| 2011 | Thurrock | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Wales U16 | |||
| Wales U18 | |||
| 1997 | Wales U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Wales | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David William Partridge (born 26 November 1978) is retired professional footballer who played as a central defender. He represented Wales in international football, making seven appearances. Partridge's club career included spells at Dundee United and Motherwell in Scotland, Bristol City in England and St. Patrick's Athletic in Ireland, as well as several other clubs on loan. He ended his career in English non-League football, with Cambridge United and Thurrock.
Born in Westminster, London, Partridge joined West Ham United as an apprentice in August 1996 but did not break into the first-team and joined Dundee United for a fee of £40,000 in March 1999. An agreed move to Plymouth Argyle, where he would have linked up with his former Dundee United manager, Paul Sturrock, in August 2001, fell through and Partridge eventually joined English Division Three side Leyton Orient in January 2002 on a three-month loan, having made 75 league and cup appearances for Dundee United in three seasons. Having made three appearances, Partridge was sent off on his home debut for Leyton Orient, after fracturing the jaw of Swansea City defender Terry Evans with a deliberate elbow. Following his return, he made a further four appearances for Leyton Orient in his loan spell.
Partridge joined Motherwell on a free transfer in July 2002. Manager Terry Butcher had spotted Partridge playing for West Ham reserves and brought him to Dundee United where he was working at the time. When Butcher took over at Motherwell, he made Partridge his first signing. His performances for Motherwell led to him being called up for the Wales national football squad in January 2005. Butcher said of Partridge, "It just shows what players can achieve if they knuckle down and work hard [...] He's a left-footed centre-half and there are not many good ones about. If you do well at Scottish Premier level, which is still a good standard, then you have a great chance to show what you can do on the international stage. David is in a good position to go on from here and establish himself with Wales, I've always had a good feeling about him." Partridge made a total of 86 league and cup appearances in three seasons for Motherwell.
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