Ian Dunbavin

English footballer

Ian DunbavinPersonal information

Full name|  Ian Stuart Dunbavin
Date of birth|  (1980-05-27) 27 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth|  Huyton, England[1]
Height|  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s)|  Goalkeeper
Team information

Current team

|  Liverpool
(Under 16s goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1996-1998|  Liverpool
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1998–2000|  Liverpool|  0|  (0)
2000–2004|  Shrewsbury Town|  99|  (0)
2004|  → Morecambe (loan)|  3|  (0)
2004–2006|  Halifax Town|  53|  (0)
2006|  → Scarborough (loan)|  14|  (0)
2006–2014|  Accrington Stanley|  151|  (0)
2014|  → Chesterfield (loan)|  0|  (0)
Total|  |  320|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Stuart Dunbavin (born 27 May 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the majority of his career at EFL League Two side Accrington Stanley, where he amassed 151 league appearances over an 8-year period.

Dunbavin joined the Liverpool academy as a goalkeeping coach for the academy's under-16 teams on a part-time basis in 2014, before becoming a full-time addition to the club's academy in October 2016.[2]

## Career

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Born in Huyton, Merseyside, Dunbavin attended Christ the King Catholic High School in Southport before being offered a two-year scholarship deal at Liverpool in June 1996. He went on to sign a professional two-year deal in 1998 but ultimately went on to make no appearances for his boyhood club, leaving the club for Division Three side Shrewsbury Town on 17 January 2000 on a free transfer.

On 30 June 2004, Dunbavin left Shrewsbury following the expiration of his contract. Prior to the expiration of his contract, Dunbavin had spent time on trial in January with Scottish second-tier side Raith Rovers and Second Division club Wrexham, with no move to either club eventually materialising. In total, he made 101 appearances in all-competitions for Shrewsbury.[3]

On 12 July 2004, Dunbavin joined Conference National side Halifax Town, then managed by Chris Wilder.[4] He signed an additional-one-year contract with the club in April 2005[5] before being sent out on loan to fellow Conference outfit, and the now-defunct, Scarborough in November 2005.[6]

Following his release from Halifax at the end of the 2005–06 season, Dunbavin joined newly promoted Football League Two club Accrington Stanley on 1 July 2006.

In August 2009, Dunbavin received a suspended sentence, for his part in a brawl for which his friend Steven Gerrard had previously been arrested.[7] He was also ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work, and expressed "remorse and shame" for throwing two punches at the victim.[8]

On 2 January 2014, Dunbavin was signed on a one-month emergency loan by fellow League Two side Chesterfield, managed by former Stanley manager Paul Cook.[9] The move came after Dunbavin's falling out with then-manager James Beattie,[10] which resulted in him being dropped in favour of young loanee Marcus Bettinelli. He would end up remaining with Chesterfield until the end-of-the-season, with Chesterfield going on to be promoted back to League One at the first time of asking as well as finishing runners-up to Peterborough United in the Football League Trophy.

Following his return to Accrington at the end-of-the-season, Dunbavin had the final year of his contract terminated by mutual consent on 5 July 2014.[11] He made 161 appearances in all-competitions during his 8-year stay with the Lancashire club.

Despite receiving offers elsewhere following his departure from Stanley, and speculated interest from newly promoted Chesterfield,[12] the club which he had spent half-a-season on loan prior to his release, Accrington would go on to be Dunbavin's last club as a player.

He returned to Liverpool's academy on a part-time basis in 2014, coaching the academy's under-6 to under-16 teams before becoming a full-time coach at the club in October 2016.[13]

## Career statistics

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Source:[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | Division  | League  | FA Cup  | League Cup  | Other  | Total

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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Liverpool | 1998–99 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Liverpool | 1999–2000 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Total  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Shrewsbury Town | 1999–2000 | Division Three | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0
Shrewsbury Town | 2000–01 | Division Three | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0
Shrewsbury Town | 2001–02 | Division Three | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 36 | 0
Shrewsbury Town | 2002–03 | Division Three | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 44 | 0
Shrewsbury Town | 2003–04 | Conference | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0
Total  | 99 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 116 | 0
→ Morecambe (loan) | 2003–04 | Conference | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0
Total  | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0
Halifax Town | 2004–05 | Conference Premier | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 42 | 0
Halifax Town | 2005–06 | Conference Premier | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0
Total  | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0
→ Scarborough (loan) | 2005–06 | Conference | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0
Total  | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0
Accrington Stanley | 2006–07 | League Two | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0
Accrington Stanley | 2007–08 | League Two | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 25 | 0
Accrington Stanley | 2008–09 | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 0
Accrington Stanley | 2009–10 | League Two | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 31 | 0
Accrington Stanley | 2010–11 | League Two | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0
Accrington Stanley | 2011–12 | League Two | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 27 | 0
Accrington Stanley | 2012–13 | League Two | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0
Accrington Stanley | 2013–14 | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0
Total  | 151 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 169 | 0
→ Chesterfield (loan) | 2013–14 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Career total  | 320 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 357 | 0

1. ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

## Honours

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* FA Youth Cup: 1996

Chesterfield

* Football League Trophy runner-up: 2013–14[15]

## References

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1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
2. ^ "Ian Dunbavin - Goalkeeping coach". Liverpoolfc.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
3. ^ "Ian Dunbavin Football Player Statistics". 11v11.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
4. ^ Goss, Patrick (12 July 2004). "Dunbavin joins Shaymen". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
5. ^ "Wilder allows 10 players to leave". BBC Sport. 29 April 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
6. ^ Bailey, Graeme (November 2005). "Town let Fowler leave". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
7. ^ "Accrington Stanley goalkeeper arrested over Steven Gerrard alleged bar brawl". Liverpool Echo. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
8. ^ "Six sentenced over Gerrard brawl". BBC. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
9. ^ "Dunbavin Signs for Spireites". Chesterfield F.C. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
10. ^ "Accrington Stanley exit for keeper Dunbavin". Lancashire Telegraph. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
11. ^ "Dunbavin Leaves Club". Accrington Stanley F.C. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
12. ^ "Dunbavin exploring options". Sky Sports. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
13. ^ "Ian Dunbavin - Goalkeeping Coach". Liverpool F.C.
14. ^ "Ian Dunbavin | Football Stats | No Club | Age 43 | 1999-2014 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
15. ^ Woodcock, Ian (30 March 2014). "Chesterfield 1–3 Peterborough United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

## External links

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* Ian Dunbavin at Soccerbase

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals