Name David Corner | Years Team Role Footballer Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1966-05-15) 15 May 1966 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth Sunderland, England Playing position | ||
David Edward Corner (born 15 May 1966) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Career
Born in Sunderland, Corner joined his hometown club Sunderland in 1984 at the age of 18. After Shaun Elliott suffered an injury during the 1984–85 season, Corner was able to establish himself in the first team and was named in the starting line-up for the 1985 Football League Cup Final against Norwich City in only his fifth appearance for the club. However, a mistake by Corner led to the only goal of the game when he was caught in possession by Asa Hartford, whose shot deflected in off Gordon Chisholm to seal a victory for Norwich. He later played for Cardiff City, Peterborough United, Leyton Orient, Darlington and Gateshead.
Corner has been blamed by football writer Jonathan Wilson for Sunderland losing the 1985 Football League Cup Final to Norwich.
He also participated at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.