Name Joey Beauchamp Years Team Role Football player | Height 1.8 m | |
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Full name Joseph Daniel Beauchamp Date of birth (1971-03-13) 13 March 1971 (age 44) | ||
David langan joey beauchamp s testimonial
Joseph Beauchamp ( ), born 13 March 1971, is an English football player who plays for Abingdon Town of the Hellenic League Premier Division.
Contents
- David langan joey beauchamp s testimonial
- 1994 08 19 joey beauchamp signs for swindon town
- Oxford United
- West Ham United
- Swindon Town
- Back to Oxford
- Retirement
- References
Beauchamp plays primarily as a left midfielder, and played for most of his career at Oxford United but also had spells with West Ham United and Swindon Town as well as a short loan spell at Swansea City before moving into the lower leagues.
1994 08 19 joey beauchamp signs for swindon town
Oxford United
Beauchamp was born in Oxford and began his career with Oxford United as a youth-team player, living with his parents and two brothers in North Oxford, near the club's former home at the Manor Ground. Beauchamp would go on to make 124 appearances for the club in his first spell in the yellow shirt, during which time he also made five appearances on loan at Swansea City.
West Ham United
Beauchamp was sold to Premier League side West Ham United in 1994 for a then club-record (sales) fee of £1.2 million. However, he didn't last long; having not played a single competitive game for the Hammers, Beauchamp decided he couldn't stand the traffic travelling from Oxford each day, and a mere 58 days later he was signed by Swindon for a club-record combined fee of £800,000, which included defender Adrian Whitbread going in the opposite direction. Whitbread was valued at £750,000 in the deal.
Swindon Town
Beauchamp made his debut for Town in the second league match of the season, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat at Tranmere on 20 August. He made more than fifty appearances in his first season. For his first goal, he scored the winner against Wolves in October, and ran fifty yards to jump into the arms of John Gorman. At the end of the year, Swindon were relegated for the second successive season.
After Steve McMahon took over as Swindon Town manager, Beauchamp hardly played the following season, making just one more start and three substitute appearances, one of them against his former club, Oxford.
Back to Oxford
Before the end of the season, he was back in a yellow shirt for the return game, McMahon having decided to sell him back to Oxford in November 1995. The deal was described as being "worth £300,000" to the club, though Swindon only received £75,000 (the rest was the saving of his wages for the remainder of his contract). Beauchamp scored against Swindon in Oxford's 3–0 victory the following March. In September 1999 he scored the goal which knocked Premier League side Everton out of the 1999–2000 Football League Cup 2–1 on aggregate.
He would make a further 238 appearances in the yellow and blue, making him one of the club's longest-serving players. His goal against Blackpool in March 1996 was voted the greatest Oxford United goal by fans in 1999; he was also voted United's player of the 1990s.
Retirement
His professional career came to an end when he sustained several recurring injuries in 2002 that forced him to retire. He scored in his final game for the club, a 2–1 loss to Exeter City. He then joined local part-timers Abingdon Town, where he played alongside his brother, Luke. He now plays for Bletchingdon Reserves.