Chris Sedgwick

Christopher Edward Sedgwick (born 28 April 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was last employed as a coach at Bury, the club with whom he spent the final three years of his playing career.[1]

Chris Sedgwick

Sedgwick playing for Preston North End in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Edward Sedgwick
Date of birth	28 April 1980
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
000–1997	Rotherham United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2004	Rotherham United	245	(16)
2004–2010	Preston North End	229	(12)
2010–2012	Sheffield Wednesday	43	(5)
2012–2013	Scunthorpe United	4	(0)
2012–2013	→ Hyde (loan)	5	(1)
2013	Hyde	13	(0)
2013–2016	Bury	58	(2)
Total		597	(36)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Rotherham United

Born in Sheffield, Sedgwick began his career as a right midfielder at Rotherham United, where he was affectionately known as the Yorkshire Express, and made over 250 first team appearances in a seven-year stint at the Yorkshire club. During that time he earned a reputation as an honest hard-working right-midfielder with good distribution skills. He was often regarded as the talisman of the club because of his Sheffield upbringing and passion for the club.

Preston North End

He signed for Preston North End for £400,000 in November 2004. At Preston, Sedgwick started to fulfill his potential as a right midfielder under Billy Davies and was an integral part of the side that would reach the playoff final in May 2005 and semi-finals in 2006. The departure of Davies in the summer of 2006 affected the certainty of Sedgwick's place in the team and he lost his place in the starting XI to Simon Whaley as new manager Paul Simpson took charge. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, Sedgwick was asked to play in central midfield, a new position for the winger, as cover for Brian O'Neil who was struggling with injury before being forced to retire. There he formed a partnership with Paul McKenna as Simpson's side picked up where Billy Davies left off, ending 2006 top of the 1st Division before finishing the season in 7th, a point off the playoffs.

Preston's poor start to the 2007/8 season and Whaley's indifferent form saw Sedgwick in and out of the Preston side until Simpson was dismissed in November 2007. Under Simpson's replacement Alan Irvine, Sedgwick's undeniable work ethic saw him one of the first names on Irvine's team sheet as Preston survived relegation in 2008 and again reached the playoff semi-finals in 2009.

However, when Irvine was replaced in December 2009 by Darren Ferguson and Preston's form worsened in the second half of the 2009/10 season, Sedgwick found himself in and out of the side before being dropped from the matchday squad completely as Preston narrowly avoided relegation. At the end of the season Ferguson announced that he would not be extending Sedgwick's contract at the club as he was surplus to requirements.

Sheffield Wednesday

On 7 June 2010 Sedgwick was reunited with Alan Irvine's as he became Sheffield Wednesday's first summer of the 2010–11 pre-season.[2] After playing forty-three times for the club in the league, scoring five goals, Sedgwick was amongst the six first-team players to be released after being a part of Sheffield Wednesday's promotion squad that took them up to the Football League Championship.

Scunthorpe United and Hyde

On 3 November 2012, Scunthorpe United boss Brian Laws confirmed that he had signed for the club on non-contract terms.[3] But after three appearances he was sent out on a two-month loan to Conference National side Hyde.[4] He made his debut for the club in a 3–1 win at Newport County.[5] He scored his first goal in Hyde's 2–0 Boxing Day win away at Stockport County.[6] On 22 January 2013, he signed for Hyde on a permanent basis.[7] He made another thirteen appearances in 2012–13 without scoring, and was released at the end of the season.[8]

Bury

On 10 July 2013, Sedgwick signed a one-year contract with League Two club Bury.[9] In June 2015, Chris Brass was promoted to Head of Football Operations, First Team Coach Ben Futcher was promoted to Assistant Manager and Sedgwick filled the position left by Futcher as Player-Coach[10]

Career statistics

As of 2 January 2013

Club	Season	League^[A]			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[B]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rotherham United	1997–98[11]	Division 3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	1998–99[12]	Division 3	34	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	41	3
	1999–2000[13]	Division 3	38	5	2	0	1	0	2	1	43	6
	2000–01[14]	Division 2	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	2
	2001–02[15]	Division 1	44	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	47	1
	2002–03[16]	Division 1	43	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	47	1
	2003–04[17]	Division 1	40	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	45	4
	2004–05[18]	Championship	20	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	22	3
	Total		245	16	13	0	12	3	3	1	273	20
Preston North End	2004–05[18]	Championship	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	3
	2005–06[19]	Championship	46	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	52	5
	2006–07[20]	Championship	43	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	47	1
	2007–08[21]	Championship	42	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	45	2
	2008–09[22]	Championship	40	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	44	1
	2009–10[23]	Championship	34	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	38	2
	Total		229	12	13	2	6	0	7	0	255	14
Sheffield Wednesday	2010–11[24]	League One	33	4	4	0	1	0	4	0	42	4
	2011–12[25]	League One	10	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	16	1
	Total		43	5	8	0	2	0	5	0	58	5
Scunthorpe United	2012–13[26]	League One	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Hyde (loan)	2012–13[26]	Conference	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Scunthorpe United Total			4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Hyde	2012–13	Conference National	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Bury	2012–13	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career totals			539	34	34	2	20	3	15	1	608	40

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including substitutes) in Championship, League One and League Two.

B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including substitutes) in the Football League play-offs and the Football League Trophy.

Honours

Sheffield Wednesday

• Football League One runners-up: 2011–12

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Sheffield Wednesday sign Chris Sedgwick from Preston". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
3. "Scunthorpe United bring in midfielder Chris Sedgwick". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
4. "Chris Sedgwick signs on loan from Scunthorpe". Hyde F.C. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
5. "Newport 1 – 3 Hyde". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
6. "Stockport 0 – 2 Hyde". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
7. "Ray Putterill & Chris Sedgwick: Hyde sign duo on permanent basis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
8. "Player Statistics: Chris Sedgwick". Hyde Football Club: Database. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
9. "Wayne Rooney's brother John joins League Two side Bury". BBC Sport. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
10. "Bury: New roles for Chris Brass, Ben Futcher and Chris Sedgwick". BBC Sport. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
11. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
12. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
13. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
14. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
15. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
16. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
17. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
18. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
19. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
20. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
21. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
22. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
23. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
24. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
25. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
26. "Games played by Chris Sedgwick in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.

External links

• Chris Sedgewick at Soccerbase