Darren Patterson

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This article is about the real-life Darren Patterson. For information about the character, see Darren Patterson (character).

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Darren Patterson
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Patterson with Oxford United
Personal information
Full name Darren James Patterson[1]
Date of birth (1969-10-15) 15 October 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Rotherham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
1989–1992 Wigan Athletic 97 (6)
1992–1995 Crystal Palace 22 (1)
1995–1998 Luton Town 57 (0)
1996 → Preston North End (loan) 2 (0)
1998–2000 Dundee United 30 (0)
2000–2001 York City 6 (0)
2001–2002 Oxford United 20 (1)
International career
Northern Ireland U21 1 (0)
Northern Ireland B 3 (0)
1994–1999 Northern Ireland 17 (1)
Managerial career
2004 Oxford United (caretaker)
2006 Oxford United
2007–2008 Oxford United
2010–2011 Bristol Rovers (caretaker)
2012 Rotherham United (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darren James Patterson (born 15 October 1969) is a Northern Irish former footballer and manager. He was most recently the caretaker manager of Rotherham United following Andy Scott's dismissal as manager on 19 March 2012. As a player he was primarily a central defender who could also play at full back or as a defensive midfielder. He is the interim assistant manager at Bristol Rovers,[2] where he has previously held the positions of Head of Youth, Assistant Manager and Caretaker Manager. On 10 June 2011, he became Rotherham United's assistant manager.[3]

Playing career

Patterson began his playing career with West Bromwich Albion around the time of their relegation from the First Division in 1986, but failed to make a first-team appearance and was signed by Bryan Hamilton for Wigan Athletic early in the 1989–90 season.

Patterson proved a success in defence for Wigan, making 57 Third Division appearances and scored five goals before being transferred to Crystal Palace at the end of the 1991–92 season. Patterson enjoyed a longer spell at Palace and played for the club in the FA Premier League before joining Luton Town in a £230,000 deal in August 1995. During his time at Selhurst Park, he had seen Palace relegated from the inaugural Premier League in 1992–93, promoted back as Division One champions in 1993–94, and relegated back in 1994–95 at the end of a dramatic season in which Palace also reached the semi-finals of both major domestic cup competitions. He was sent off in the FA Cup semi-final for fighting with Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane.

He made 66 appearances for Luton (and also had a loan spell at Preston North End) before leaving on a Bosman ruling free transfer in the Summer of 1998 to join Dundee United. At Kenilworth Road he endured the disappointment of relegation from Division One in his first season and playoff defeat in Division Two during his second.

He returned south of the border in December 2000 when he signed for Division Three strugglers York City. 14 months later he signed for his final club Oxford United.[4]

After his move to Crystal Palace, Patterson made his debut for the Northern Ireland national team. He went on to win 17 caps whilst at Palace, Luton and Dundee United.[5]

Managerial and coaching career

After retiring from the game Patterson remained at Oxford as youth team coach. He served as caretaker manager of the club following the departure of Graham Rix, although he was ultimately overlooked for the job in favour of Ramón Díaz.[6] He was finally appointed manager of the club on a full-time basis in March 2006 following the departure of Brian Talbot. However, no sooner had Patterson been appointed than he lost the job to Jim Smith following the sale of the club by Firoz Kassam to Nick Merry.[7] Patterson managed the club for only eight days, and in doing so became perhaps the shortest-serving manager in the history of the English league. While Bill Lambton and Tim Ward both had periods in charge of a club that lasted three and seven days respectively, but neither man actually signed a contract to manage the club, whereas Patterson did.[8] Leroy Rosenior later managed an even shorter stint at Torquay United in 2007, being fired only 10 minutes after signing his contract, but Torquay were no longer a League club by that point.

In December 2006, Patterson was offered the vacant manager's job at Brentford; however, caretaker manager Scott Fitzgerald was appointed on a permanent basis after Patterson declined their terms.[9]

After becoming first team coach in April 2007, he was appointed Oxford's manager once again on 9 November 2007 after Jim Smith resigned.[10] He was sacked on 30 November 2008 following a poor start to the 2008–09 season.[11]

In May 2009 Patterson was appointed Head of Youth at League One side Bristol Rovers, looking after all young players from eight to 18 years of age. Following the sacking of Lennie Lawrence he took over as assistant manager to Paul Trollope in May 2010.[12] He was appointed caretaker manager on 15 December following Trollope's sacking and he lasted in this position until 10 January 2011 when Dave Penney was appointed manager.[13][14] Patterson became the assistant manager of Rotherham United on 10 June 2011. He was appointed as the club's caretaker manager in March 2012, after Andy Scott was sacked.[15] Steve Evans was announced as the new manager of Rotherham on 9 April, hours before Ryan Cresswell scored a last minute winner against Cheltenham Town to ensure Patterson had led the club to four wins in five games during his brief time in charge.[16]

Managerial statistics

As of 9 April 2012.
Team Nation From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win % Ref
Oxford United (caretaker)  England 14 November 2004 9 December 2004 3 1 0 2 33.3 [17]
Oxford United  England 14 March 2006 22 March 2006 3 1 2 0 33.3 [17]
Oxford United  England 9 November 2007 30 November 2008 59 24 11 24 40.7 [17]
Bristol Rovers (caretaker)  England 15 December 2010 10 January 2011 2 0 0 2 0.0 [17]
Rotherham United (caretaker)  England 19 March 2012 11 April 2012 5 4 0 1 80.0
Total 72 30 13 28 41.6

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/patterson_appointed_assistant_manager_680900/index.shtml
  4. ↑ Career stats
  5. ↑ Profile
  6. ↑ Managerial stats
  7. ↑ 'Patterson targets return to winning ways'
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
  9. ↑ 'You'll get team to be proud of'
  10. ↑ 'Smith steps down as Oxford boss'. BBC Sport
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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