The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Following the creation of the Premier League, the fourth tier of English football was renamed the Football League Third Division , before being rebranded as Football League Two in 2004.
11-756: Greenall is a British locational or topographical surname which has been abbreviated from Green Hollow/Hole, Green Hill or Green Halgh. Notable people with the surname include: Colin Greenall (born 1963), English footballer Doug Greenall , English rugby league footballer and coach Sir Gilbert Greenall, 1st Baronet (1806–1894), English businessman and politician Gilbert Greenall, 1st Baron Daresbury (1867–1938), English businessman Margaret Greenall , English businesswoman Simon Greenall , British actor Fin Greenall , English singer-songwriter, producer and DJ See also [ edit ] Greenall's , formerly
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33-409: A year at Chester City , where he won promotion and player of the season in 1993–94 , and a spell with Lincoln City , Greenall joined Wigan Athletic in 1995. At Wigan, he helped guide the team to Third Division success as an ever-present captain in 1997. After coming out of retirement, Greenall made his Wembley debut in 1999 when he defied his advancing years to help Wigan beat Millwall 1–0 to win
44-674: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Colin Greenall Colin Anthony Greenall (born 30 December 1963) is an English former professional footballer who made over 600 Football League appearances between 1980 and 1999. Starting his career at Blackpool as an apprentice, Greenall had spells at Gillingham , Oxford United , Bury , Preston North End , Chester City and Lincoln City before finishing his career at his hometown club, Wigan Athletic . Billinge -born Greenall made his professional debut with Blackpool on 23 September 1980, at
55-488: The Football League Trophy . As of 2021, Greenall summarises for football commentaries on BBC Radio Lancashire . In 2001, Greenall became caretaker manager of Wigan for six games, losing only once, but he did not get the job permanently and lost his coaching job at Wigan shortly afterwards. He returned to playing with Rossendale United while searching for new coaching opportunities. In June 2002 he
66-491: The U's soon made him skipper following the departure of Tommy Caton , as he enjoyed a brief taste of top-flight football before they were relegated at the end of the season. In July 1990, he moved to Bury for £100,000 after an initial loan spell at Gigg Lane , before departing for Preston North End during 1991–92 – a move in his favour as Preston narrowly beat the drop from Division Three while Bury were relegated. Preston would follow suit 12 months later, however. After
77-405: The age of 16 years and 237 days, becoming the club's then-youngest-ever league player (a record broken by Trevor Sinclair in 1989). Three days later, he appeared in a League Cup game against Everton at Goodison Park . Greenall was one of a host of young players brought to Blackpool by Alan Ball during his short managerial reign at the club. Unlike most of the others, however, he remained at
88-907: The club for years and developed into a dependable defender. He eventually took over the central role, combining with captain Steve Hetzke and Mike Conroy to form a successful defensive partnership. Greenall won England Youth honours and, at 20, was voted the Fourth Division 's Player of the Year by the PFA . After 183 league appearances in just over five years, Greenall had a contractual dispute with Blackpool, and in September 1986 he moved to Third Division Gillingham for £40,000. Greenall joined Oxford United in February 1988 for £235,000, and
99-576: The regionalised Third Division North and Third Division South . The original economic reasons for having the two regional leagues had become less apparent and thus it was decided to create two national leagues at levels three and four. The twelve best teams of each regional league in 1957–58 went into the Third Division, and the rest became founder members of the Fourth Division. Founder members of Fourth Division were: Before 1987,
110-460: The top four teams were promoted to the Third Division and the bottom four teams were subject to a re-election vote by other league clubs to determine whether they would remain in the league. Automatic relegation to the Conference was introduced in 1987, the same year the fourth promotion place began to be decided through a play-off . The highest average league attendance in the Fourth Division
121-598: Was appointed Head of Youth Development at Rochdale and in June 2004 Director of the Centre of Excellence at Rochdale. In August 2005 he was appointed to the role of Coach Education Manager at the Lancashire FA. Wigan Athletic Individual ● Playfair football annuals 1981–82 to 1999–2000 Football League Fourth Division The Fourth Division was created in 1958 alongside a new national Third Division by merging
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