Ian Baird
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| Ian Baird | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Baird | |
| Date of birth | April 1, 1964 (age 43) | |
| Place of birth | Rotherham, England | |
| Nickname | Bairdy | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Havant & Waterlooville (Manager) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Southampton | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1982–1985 1983–1984 1984 1985–1987 1987–1988 1988–1990 1990–1991 1991–1993 1993–1995 1995–1996 1996–1998 |
Southampton → Cardiff City (loan) → Newcastle United (loan) Leeds United Portsmouth Leeds United Middlesbrough Hearts Bristol City Plymouth Argyle Brighton & Hove Albion Total |
22 (5) 12 (6) 5 (1) 85 (33) 20 (1) 77 (17) 63 (19) 64 (15) 57 (11) 27 (6) 40 (14) 472 (128) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1998 1999 2004–present |
Instant-Dict Hong Kong Havant & Waterlooville |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Ian Baird (born 1 April 1964 in Rotherham) is an ex-professional footballer whose most notable spell was as a player for Leeds United. He had two spells at the club with his first spell having a season as captain and his second spell including a player of the year award and, ironically just after he left, he got a second division championship medal with the club. He played as a striker.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Southampton
Baird started his career at Southampton in 1982-83 He never really managed to get that many appearances under his belt. He spent part of the 1983-84 season on loan at Cardiff City having a fairly successful loan spell scoring 6 goals in 12 matches. At the start of the 1984-85 season he moved on loan to Newcastle United however he only made 5 appearances and scored only 1 goal.
[edit] Leeds United
In March 1985 after only 22 appearances and 5 goals for Southampton he moved to Leeds for £50,000. Baird's first spell at Leeds was fairly successful but never overly successful. He had a tendency to be dragged into situations which would often result in a booking. His aggression and goals however made him popular amongst the Leeds fans. Baird was made Leeds captain at the start of the 1986-87 season and his performances alerted Portsmouth to his abilities.
[edit] Portsmouth
At the end of the season with Portsmouth having just been promoted, he moved to Portsmouth to help them in their quest to keep their division one status. He was sold for £285,000 having played 101 games and scored 37 goals for Leeds. His time at Portsmouth wasn't overly successful scoring only one goal in his 20 appearances for the club in the 1987-88 season.
[edit] Leeds United (again)
Portsmouth were however struggling financially and in March 1988, Baird was sold back to Leeds for a snip of the price they bought him for (£120,000). Baird was once again successful at Leeds picking up player of the year in 1989 but with the arrival of Lee Chapman to help with the promotion push in 1989-90 Baird was deemed surplus to requirements by Howard Wilkinson, having played 91 games and scored 21 goals
[edit] Middlesbrough
In January 1990 he was sold to Middlesbrough for £500,000 . Baird's involvement in the championship didn't stop there. On the last day of the season Baird scored two goals against Newcastle United, and this along with Leeds' victory over Bournemouth clinched promotion for Leeds over Newcastle in third place (Leeds winning the title on goal difference over Sheffield United). With Leeds winning the title Baird picked up a winners medal, even though he wasn't at Leeds any more due to him having played enough games for the club in the season.
Baird stayed at Boro until the end of 1990-91 when he moved to Hearts. He later returned to England, playing for Bristol City, Plymouth Argyle and Brighton & Hove Albion before retiring in June 1998.
[edit] Coaching and management
After retiring from his playing career Ian went to Hong Kong taking charge of Instant-Dict, a team in their top division, and also the national side in 1999 for the 2000 Asian Cup qualifiers. He also played non league football for Salisbury City (1997-2000) and Farnborough Town (2000-2001).
After returning from Hong Kong he worked for a Leeds-based football agent but resigned after 3 years as he didn't enjoy the job. Ian set up his own contract hire and vehicle leasing company in 2003, called IBMH (Ian Baird Motor Holdings), and it is still successfully running.
He took over the part-time managerial post at Havant & Waterlooville in November 2004. He currently works for IBMH and manages Havant & Waterlooville, living in Southampton with his second wife and two teenage children.
[edit] References
- Leeds United Player By Player, Andrew Mourant (1992) Guinness Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-85112-568-9
- Where are They Now? Les Rowley And John Ray (2005) YFP Publishing. ISBN 0-9545333-3-X
[edit] External links
- Ian Baird career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile @ leedsfans.org.uk
- Ian Baird Motor Holdings
Categories: 1964 births | Living people | People from Rotherham | English footballers | Football (soccer) strikers | Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players | Bristol City F.C. players | Cardiff City F.C. players | Heart of Midlothian F.C. players | Instant-Dict players | Leeds United AFC players | Middlesbrough F.C. players | Newcastle United F.C. players | Plymouth Argyle F.C. players | Portsmouth F.C. players | Salisbury City F.C. players | Southampton F.C. players | Hong Kong First Division League players
