Shaun Teale

Shaun Teale (born 10 March 1964 in Southport) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

Not to be confused with Sean Teale.

Shaun Teale
Personal information
Full name Shaun Teale[1]
Date of birth (1964-03-10) 10 March 1964
Place of birth Southport, England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Southport 112 (6)
1988–1989 Weymouth 100 (4)
1989–1991 AFC Bournemouth 62 (0)
1991–1995 Aston Villa 147 (2)
1995–1998 Tranmere Rovers 54 (0)
1997 → Preston North End (loan) 5 (0)
1997–1998 → Happy Valley (loan) 25 (3)
1998–2000 Motherwell 47 (4)
2000 Carlisle United 18 (0)
2000–2002 Southport 68 (5)
2002–2003 Burscough 12 (0)
2003–2004 Northwich Victoria 6 (1)
Total 445+ (16+)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Burscough
2003–2004 Northwich Victoria
2005–2006 Chorley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played as a defender from 1983 until 2004 and was notably part of the League Cup winning team of Aston Villa in 1994.He also played in the Football League for AFC Bournemouth, Tranmere Rovers, Preston North End and Carlisle United, the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell. As well as having a spell in Hong Kong with Sing Tao he has played at a Non-league level for Weymouth, Southport, Burscough and Northwich Victoria before moving into management with the two latter clubs, as well as having a spell in charge of Chorley.

Playing career

He was a central defender who joined AFC Bournemouth from non-league Weymouth for £50,000 in 1989. He spent three seasons at Bournemouth before moving to Aston Villa in July 1991.[2] He helped them finish runners-up in the Premier League in 1993 and win the Football League Cup a year later, before losing his place in the first team to Ugo Ehiogu.

He moved from Villa to join Tranmere Rovers for £500,000 in the summer of 1995.[3][4] He made his Tranmere debut on 12 August 1995 against Wolves and played in 29 league games for Tranmere in his first season with them.[4] Whilst with Rovers he had loan spells with Preston North End and Sing Tao SC, before signing for Motherwell in August 1998.[2]

Teale moved from Motherwell to Carlisle United on a free transfer in February 2000, playing 20 games for the Cumbrian club.[2] He then went on to join Southport, playing for them until the age of 40, before moving into non-league coaching and management.[5]

Managerial career

Teale was appointed manager of Burscough, a team in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. Whilst he was there, the side won the 2003 FA Trophy, in the final of which he played.[6]

Teale left Burscough six weeks after the Trophy win, and has since managed Northwich Victoria, a Football Conference team in the 2003/04 season.[7] Teale left Northwich at the end of the 2003/04 season.[8]

Between February 2005 and August 2006, Teale managed Northern Premier League First Division side Chorley, before leaving to run his pub and restaurant business in Burscough.[9][10]

It was announced on 8 March 2013 he applied for Management of AFC Telford United with Peter Withe.

Personal life

Between 2008 and 2009, Teale was the owner of the Farmer's Arms pub in Burscough.[11] On 3 September 2010, it was announced that Teale had come out of retirement to sign for Southport and District Sunday League Premier Division side The Herald.[12]

References
  1. "Shaun Teale". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. "Shaun Teale". Career stats summary by club. Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  3. Ian Ridley (13 August 1995). "Club-by-club guide: The prospects, the players to watch, the arrivals and departures". The Independent. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  4. Rollin, Glenda, ed. (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7781-8.
  5. Teale quits Southport
  6. "Burscough claim Trophy". BBC Sport. 18 May 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  7. Vics appoint Teale
  8. Teale ends Northwich stay
  9. Chorley boss Teale quits
  10. Shaun Teale resigns
  11. "Shaun Teale resigns". BBC Sport. 25 August 2006.
  12. Philip Kirkbride (3 September 2010). "Ex-Aston Villa defender Shaun Teale signs for Southport and District Sunday League side The Herald". Southport Visiter.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
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