Full name Wayne Goldthorpe Role Footballer Name Wayne Goldthorpe | 1975–1978 Huddersfield Town Years Team | |
Date of birth (1957-09-19) 19 September 1957 (age 58) Place of birth Staincross, Barnsley, England 1976–1977 → Hartlepool United (loan) | ||
Wayne Goldthorpe (born 19 September 1957 in Staincross, near Barnsley, Yorkshire) is a former professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town, Hartlepool United and Crewe Alexandra. He also had loan spells at Bolton and Arsenal before being forced to retire from football due to ulcerative colitis. He then had great success in the pub and hotel trade in the Lake District before buying a greetings card business in Grange over Sands. He sold his businesses and has now retired to Morecambe with his longtime partner, where they collect antiques as a hobby.
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