Russell Beardsmore

Position: midfielder

England

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	36	20	6	10	59	24	+35	55.56
A	37	9	8	20	33	58	-25	24.32
TOTALS	73	29	14	30	92	82	+10	39.73

Name: Russell Peter Beardsmore

Birthdate: 28-09-1968

Age: 57

Birthplace: Wigan, England

Height: 5' 8" (1.73m)

Weight: 9st 7lbs (60.33kg)

Years at Club: 1988-1993

Signing Info: Signed Trainee: 25/05/1985. Signed Professional: 30/09/1986

Previous Clubs: Blackburn Rovers (loan)

Debut: 24/09/1988 v West Ham United (H) 2-0 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to AFC Bournemouth, 30/06/1993, £Free

Passed Away:

Biography

Russell Beardsmore is a former English footballer who came through the famed Manchester United academy and played as a midfielder for the club in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Beardsmore was highly regarded for his passing ability and work rate, and although he didn't achieve the long-term success of some of his contemporaries, he is fondly remembered for his contributions during Sir Alex Ferguson's early years at the club.

Early Career and Rise at Manchester United
Beardsmore joined Manchester United as a youth player and was part of a talented group of young players rising through the ranks. He made his first-team debut in 1988 and quickly earned a reputation as a hard-working and intelligent midfielder. Beardsmore's standout moment came in January 1989 when he starred in a 3-1 victory against Liverpool, providing two assists and playing a key role in United's performance.

Career at Manchester United (1988-1993)
Beardsmore was part of Sir Alex Ferguson's squad during the club's transitional period. While he showed great promise in his early years at Old Trafford, competition for places in United's midfield meant that Beardsmore found regular first-team opportunities hard to come by as Ferguson continued to rebuild the squad.

Later Career at AFC Bournemouth and Retirement
In 1993, after struggling to secure a regular starting place at Manchester United, Beardsmore moved to AFC Bournemouth, where he enjoyed more playing time and became a key player for the club. He spent several seasons with Bournemouth before retiring from professional football.



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1988-1989	2	23	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	30
2.	1989-1990	2	21	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25
3.	1990-1991	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15
4.	1991-1992	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS		4	56	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	4	73

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Southampton	1	1
2.	Everton	1	1
3.	Crystal Palace	1	1
4.	Liverpool	1	1

No	Opponent

1.	Queens Park Rangers	7	0
2.	Nottingham Forest	6	0
3.	Arsenal	4	0
4.	Millwall	4	0
5.	Everton	4	1
6.	Liverpool	3	1
7.	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0
8.	Luton Town	3	0
9.	Southampton	3	1
10.	Rotherham United	2	0
11.	Wimbledon	2	0
12.	Sheffield Wednesday	2	0
13.	Norwich City	2	0
14.	Aston Villa	2	0
15.	Derby County	2	0
16.	Charlton Athletic	2	0
17.	Newcastle United	2	0
18.	Manchester City	2	0
19.	Chelsea	2	0
20.	Crystal Palace	2	1
21.	Athinaikos	2	0
22.	West Ham United	1	0
23.	Middlesbrough	1	0
24.	Oxford United	1	0
25.	Coventry City	1	0
26.	Portsmouth	1	0
27.	Hereford United	1	0
28.	Leeds United	1	0
29.	Sunderland	1	0
30.	Pecsi Munkas	1	0
31.	Halifax Town	1	0
32.	Wrexham	1	0
33.	Atletico Madrid	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Clough, Brian	6
2.	Graham, George	4
3.	Francis, Trevor	4
4.	Docherty, John	4
5.	Dalglish, Kenny	3
6.	Venables, Terry	3
7.	Nicholl, Chris	3
8.	Harvey, Colin	3
9.	Howe, Don	3
10.	McEwan, Billy	2
11.	Gould, Bobby	2
12.	Stringer, Dave	2
13.	Taylor, Graham	2
14.	Cox, Arthur	2
15.	Lawrence, Lennie	2
16.	Smith, Jim	2
17.	Campbell, Bobby	2
18.	Coppell, Steve	2
19.	Kendall, Howard	2
20.	Ryan, Jim	2
21.	Prokop, Gerd	2
22.	Lyall, John	1
23.	Rioch, Bruce	1
24.	Horton, Brian	1
25.	Eustace, Peter	1
26.	Harford, Ray	1
27.	Sillett, John	1
28.	Gregory, John	1
29.	Machin, Mel	1
30.	Bowyer, Ian	1
31.	Atkinson, Ron	1
32.	Wilkinson, Howard	1
33.	Smith, Denis	1
34.	Garami, Jozsef	1
35.	McCalliog, Jim	1
36.	Flynn, Brian	1
37.	Aragones, Luis	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Ferguson, Alex

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	36
2.	City Ground, Nottingham	3
3.	Highbury	3
4.	Loftus Road	3
5.	Carrow Road	2
6.	Hillsborough	2
7.	Selhurst Park	2
8.	The Dell	2
9.	The Den	2
10.	Anfield	1
11.	Apostolos Nikolaidis	1
12.	Ayresome Park	1
13.	Edgar Street	1
14.	Elland Road	1
15.	Fratton Park	1
16.	Goodison Park	1
17.	Kenilworth Road	1
18.	Maine Road	1
19.	Millmoor	1
20.	Plough Lane	1
21.	Roker Park	1
22.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
23.	Stamford Bridge	1
24.	The Shay	1
25.	Villa Park	1
26.	Vincente Calderon	1
27.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	56
2.	FA Cup	8
3.	Cup Winners Cup	5
4.	League Cup	4

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Queens Park Rangers	7
2.	Nottingham Forest	6
3.	Arsenal	4
4.	Millwall	4
5.	Everton	4
6.	Liverpool	3
7.	Tottenham Hotspur	3
8.	Luton Town	3
9.	Southampton	3
10.	Rotherham United	2
11.	Wimbledon	2
12.	Sheffield Wednesday	2
13.	Norwich City	2
14.	Aston Villa	2
15.	Derby County	2
16.	Charlton Athletic	2
17.	Newcastle United	2
18.	Manchester City	2
19.	Chelsea	2
20.	Crystal Palace	2
21.	Athinaikos	2
22.	West Ham United	1
23.	Middlesbrough	1
24.	Oxford United	1
25.	Coventry City	1
26.	Portsmouth	1
27.	Hereford United	1
28.	Leeds United	1
29.	Sunderland	1
30.	Pecsi Munkas	1
31.	Halifax Town	1
32.	Wrexham	1
33.	Atletico Madrid	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	68
2.	Greece	2
3.	Hungary	1
4.	Wales	1
5.	Spain	1

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

Player never featured in a Cup Final.

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

All Matches played

No	Date	Comp	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	24-09-1988	Div 1	West Ham United	W	2-0	H	0	Peter Davenport 37', Mark Hughes 67'
2.	28-09-1988	LC	Rotherham United	W	1-0	A	0	Peter Davenport 60'
3.	12-10-1988	LC	Rotherham United	W	5-0	H	0	Brian McClair 27', 29', 69', Bryan Robson 35', Steve Bruce 48'
4.	22-10-1988	Div 1	Wimbledon	D	1-1	A	0	Mark Hughes 23'	Dennis Wise 76'
5.	17-12-1988	Div 1	Arsenal	L	1-2	A	0	Mark Hughes 81'	Michael Thomas 8', Paul Merson 17'
6.	26-12-1988	Div 1	Nottingham Forest	W	2-0	H	0	Ralph Milne 23', Mark Hughes 53'
7.	01-01-1989	Div 1	Liverpool	W	3-1	H	1	Brian McClair 71', Mark Hughes 75', Russell Beardsmore 77'	John Barnes 70'
8.	02-01-1989	Div 1	Middlesbrough	L	0-1	A	0		*Peter Davenport 70'
9.	07-01-1989	FAC	QPR	D	0-0	H	0
10.	11-01-1989	FAC	QPR	D	2-2	A	0	Anthony Gill 75', Deniol Graham 104'	Mark Stein 57', Alan McDonald 120'
11.	14-01-1989	Div 1	Millwall	W	3-0	H	0	Clayton Blackmore 12', Anthony Gill 23', Mark Hughes 73'
12.	23-01-1989	FAC	QPR	W	3-0	H	0	Brian McClair 55' (pen), 79', Bryan Robson 72'
13.	28-01-1989	FAC	Oxford United	W	4-0	H	0	Mark Hughes 10', Steve Bruce 61', Jimmy Phillips 63' (o.g.), Bryan Robson 82'
14.	05-02-1989	Div 1	Tottenham Hotspur	W	1-0	H	0	Brian McClair 57'
15.	11-02-1989	Div 1	Sheffield Wednesday	W	2-0	A	0	Brian McClair 37', 61'
16.	25-02-1989	Div 1	Norwich City	L	1-2	A	0	Paul McGrath 82'	Ian Butterworth 18', Malcolm Allen 40'
17.	12-03-1989	Div 1	Aston Villa	D	0-0	A	0
18.	18-03-1989	FAC	Nottingham Forest	L	0-1	H	0		Garry Parker 42'
19.	25-03-1989	Div 1	Luton Town	W	2-0	H	0	Ralph Milne 3', Clayton Blackmore 25'
20.	27-03-1989	Div 1	Nottingham Forest	L	0-2	A	0		Stuart Pearce 3', Lee Chapman 61'
21.	02-04-1989	Div 1	Arsenal	D	1-1	H	0	Tony Adams 85' (o.g.)	Tony Adams 78'
22.	08-04-1989	Div 1	Millwall	D	0-0	A	0
23.	15-04-1989	Div 1	Derby County	L	0-2	H	0		Gary Micklewhite 15', Paul Goddard 79'
24.	22-04-1989	Div 1	Charlton Athletic	L	0-1	A	0		Mark Reid 7' (pen)
25.	29-04-1989	Div 1	Coventry City	L	0-1	H	0		Gary Bannister 72'
26.	02-05-1989	Div 1	Wimbledon	W	1-0	H	0	Brian McClair 89'
27.	06-05-1989	Div 1	Southampton	L	1-2	A	1	Russell Beardsmore 54'	Glen Cockerill 30', Rod Wallace 88'
28.	08-05-1989	Div 1	QPR	L	2-3	A	0	Steve Bruce 15', Clayton Blackmore 22'	Andy Sinton 21', Andy Gray 60', 90'
29.	10-05-1989	Div 1	Everton	L	1-2	H	0	Mark Hughes 32'	Greame Sharp 10', 61'
30.	13-05-1989	Div 1	Newcastle United	W	2-0	H	0	Brian McClair 75', Bryan Robson 82'
31.	09-09-1989	Div 1	Everton	L	2-3	A	1	Brian McClair 57', Russell Beardsmore 66'	Mike Newell 34', Pat Nevin 47', Greame Sharp 53'
32.	16-09-1989	Div 1	Millwall	W	5-1	H	0	Mark Hughes 13', 75', 85', Bryan Robson 43', Lee Sharpe 60'	*Teddy Sheringham 42'
33.	20-09-1989	LC	Portsmouth	W	3-2	A	0	Paul Ince 19', 41', Danny Wallace 44'	Kenny Black 73', Jim Leighton 86' (o.g.)
34.	23-09-1989	Div 1	Manchester City	L	1-5	A	0	Mark Hughes 50'	David Oldfield 9', 57', Trevor Morley 10', Ian Bishop 35', Andy Hinchcliffe 60'
35.	25-11-1989	Div 1	Chelsea	D	0-0	H	0
36.	03-12-1989	Div 1	Arsenal	L	0-1	A	0		Perry Groves 15'
37.	09-12-1989	Div 1	Crystal Palace	L	1-2	H	1	Russell Beardsmore 9'	Mark Bright 40', 54'
38.	16-12-1989	Div 1	Tottenham Hotspur	L	0-1	H	0		Gary Lineker 69'
39.	01-01-1990	Div 1	QPR	D	0-0	H	0
40.	07-01-1990	FAC	Nottingham Forest	W	1-0	A	0	Mark Robins 56'
41.	13-01-1990	Div 1	Derby County	L	1-2	H	0	Gary Pallister 48'	Mark Wright 23', Nick Pickering 75'
42.	21-01-1990	Div 1	Norwich City	L	0-2	A	0		Robert Fleck 70', 86'
43.	28-01-1990	FAC	Hereford United	W	1-0	A	0	Clayton Blackmore 86'
44.	03-02-1990	Div 1	Manchester City	D	1-1	H	0	Clayton Blackmore 70'	Ian Brightwell 73'
45.	10-02-1990	Div 1	Millwall	W	2-1	A	0	Danny Wallace 65', Mark Hughes 84'	Darren Morgan 27'
46.	18-02-1990	FAC	Newcastle United	W	3-2	A	0	Mark Robins 19', Danny Wallace 60', Brian McClair 77'	Mark McGhee 50' (pen), Kevin Scott 65'
47.	24-02-1990	Div 1	Chelsea	L	0-1	A	0		Gareth Hall 16'
48.	03-03-1990	Div 1	Luton Town	W	4-1	H	0	Brian McClair 25', Mark Hughes 33', Danny Wallace 44', Mark Robins 66'	Kingsley Black 80'
49.	14-03-1990	Div 1	Everton	D	0-0	H	0
50.	18-03-1990	Div 1	Liverpool	L	1-2	H	0	Ronnie Whelan 80' (o.g.)	John Barnes 15', 54' (pen)
51.	21-03-1990	Div 1	Sheffield Wednesday	L	0-1	A	0		David Hirst 42'
52.	17-04-1990	Div 1	Aston Villa	W	2-0	H	0	Mark Robins 24', 45'
53.	21-04-1990	Div 1	Tottenham Hotspur	L	1-2	A	0	Steve Bruce 68' (pen)	Paul Gascoigne 21', Gary Lineker 26'
54.	02-05-1990	Div 1	Nottingham Forest	L	0-4	A	0		Garry Parker 3', Stuart Pearce 19', Nigel Clough 21', Steve Chettle 25'
55.	05-05-1990	Div 1	Charlton Athletic	W	1-0	H	0	Gary Pallister 36'
56.	28-08-1990	Div 1	Leeds United	D	0-0	A	0
57.	01-09-1990	Div 1	Sunderland	L	1-2	A	0	Brian McClair 70'	Gary Owers 23', Gary Bennett 90'
58.	04-09-1990	Div 1	Luton Town	W	1-0	A	0	Mark Robins 24'
59.	08-09-1990	Div 1	QPR	W	3-1	H	0	Brian McClair 3, Mark Robins 62', 81'	Roy Wegerle 90' (pen)
60.	16-09-1990	Div 1	Liverpool	L	0-4	A	0		*Peter Beardsley 11', 31', 82', John Barnes 44'
61.	19-09-1990	CWC	Pecsi Munkas	W	2-0	H	0	Clayton Blackmore 9', Neil Webb 17'
62.	22-09-1990	Div 1	Southampton	W	3-2	H	0	Brian McClair 20', Clayton Blackmore 61', Mark Hughes 62'	Paul Rideout 31', Rod Wallace 70'
63.	26-09-1990	LC	Halifax Town	W	3-1	A	0	Clayton Blackmore 25', Brian McClair 87', Neil Webb 88'	Dave Evans 31'
64.	29-09-1990	Div 1	Nottingham Forest	L	0-1	H	0		Stuart Pearce 7'
65.	23-10-1990	CWC	Wrexham	W	3-0	H	0	Brian McClair 40', Steve Bruce 42' (pen), Gary Pallister 59'
66.	19-01-1991	Div 1	QPR	D	1-1	A	0	Mike Phelan 83'	Mark Falco 30'
67.	02-03-1991	Div 1	Everton	L	0-2	H	0		Mike Newell 33', Dave Watson 39'
68.	13-03-1991	Div 1	Southampton	D	1-1	A	0	Paul Ince 57'	Neil Ruddock 14'
69.	06-05-1991	Div 1	Arsenal	L	1-3	A	0	Steve Bruce 90' (pen)	Alan Smith 19', 41', 58' (pen)
70.	11-05-1991	Div 1	Crystal Palace	L	0-3	A	0		Ian Wright 3', John Salako 58', 71'
71.	18-09-1991	CWC	Athinaikos	D	0-0	A	0
72.	02-10-1991	CWC	Athinaikos	W	2-0	H	0	Mark Hughes 109', Brian McClair 111'
73.	23-10-1991	CWC	Atletico Madrid	L	0-3	A	0		Paulo Futre 32', 86', Manolo 88'

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