Dick Bate
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard dick bate | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1946 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sheffield Wednesday | |||
| – | York City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ????–1971 | Alfreton Town | ||
| 1971–1976 | Boston United | ||
| 1975–1977 | Buxton | ||
| 1977–1978 | Mossley | ||
| – | Frickley Athletic | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1975 | Buxton (Player-Manager) | ||
| 1977–78 | Mossley (First Team Manager) | ||
| 1978 | Sheffield Weds (Youth Team Coach) | ||
| 1980–1985 | FA North West Regional Coach | ||
| 1985 | Notts County (Chief Coach) | ||
| 1987 | Southend (Manager) | ||
| 1987–88 | Lincoln City (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 1988–92 | Leeds United (Coach) | ||
| 1992–95 | Malaysia national football team (Technical Director) | ||
| 1995 | Hereford (Coach) | ||
| 1998 | England U16s-U20s (Coach) | ||
| 1998 | England national women's football team (Caretaker Manager) | ||
| 2005 | Canadian Soccer Association (Technical Director) | ||
| 2006 | Watford (Technical Director) | ||
| 2012–15 | Cardiff City (Academy Manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Richard "Dick" Bate (born 25 June 1946) was head of the youth Academy for Cardiff City FC, before leaving in 2015. Formerly the Elite Coaching Manager of the Football Association, the governing body for football in England.
A Sheffield PE teacher at Abbeydale Grange School, Bate spent his early playing career with Alfreton Town before joining Boston United in 1971, debuting in the 3–1 Northern Premier League home victory over South Liverpool on 14 August 1971. It was with the Pilgrims that he began a long association with Howard Wilkinson, captaining the club under Wilkinson's management whilst also securing his UEFA ‘A’ Licence in 1973. His final game for the club echoed his first: a 3–0 Northern Premier League home victory over South Liverpool on 6 December 1975 before Bate moved to Buxton as player-manager.
Wilkinson moved to Mossley in December 1976 as player-manager and when he resigned the following May he recommended Bate as his successor and Bate was duly appointed player-manager in June 1977. However, despite steering Mossley into the first round of the FA Cup for only the (then) third time in their history, he departed the club following a 2–2 draw with Frickley Athletic on 2 January 1978.
Bate joined Sheffield United as a youth team coach in 1978 before succeeding his mentor Howard Wilkinson as Football Association North West Regional FA, Staff Coach in 1980, a post he held until 1985 when he joined Notts County as chief coach.
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