John Cheesewright

John Cheesewright
Personal information
Full name	John Anthony Cheesewright
Date of birth	12 January 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Romford, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1989–1991	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991	Southend United
1991	Kingsbury Town
1991–1992	Birmingham City
1992	Cobh Ramblers
1992–199x	Dagenham & Redbridge
199x–1994	Braintree Town
1994–1995	Colchester United
1995	→ Wimbledon (loan)
199x–1996	Mansion
1996–1997	Wycombe Wanderers
1997	Romford
1997	Aldershot Town
–	Heybridge Swifts
1998	Barnet
1998	St Albans City
1998–1999	Leyton Pennant
1999	Braintree Town
1999	Heybridge Swifts
2000	Eton Manor
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Anthony Cheesewright (born 12 January 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City, Colchester United and Wycombe Wanderers.^[2] He played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Cheesewright was born in Romford, Havering. He began his football career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur, but was released in 1991 without playing for the first team. He joined Southend United, but again failed to appear for the first team. After a spell in non-League football with Kingsbury Town, he signed for Birmingham City, initially on a non-contract basis, in 1991.^[1] He made his debut in the Third Division on 14 December 1991 in a 2–1 defeat at AFC Bournemouth,^[3] and played in the Football League Trophy four days later,^[4] but after a few months he was allowed to leave for Cobh Ramblers.^[1]

After a spell with Dagenham & Redbridge, Cheesewright joined Braintree Town, where he impressed sufficiently to earn a move back to the Football League with Colchester United.^[1] The fee, of £10,000, was Braintree's record transfer fee received,^[5] and Cheesewright went on to play 40 league games for Colchester. In June 1995 he appeared on loan for Wimbledon in a 4–0 defeat to Bursaspor in a group match of the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup, when English clubs were not taking the competition seriously.^[6] A stint with Mansion in the Hong Kong First Division League^[7] preceded another return to the Football League, this time with Wycombe Wanderers, where he played 18 league games.^[2]

He then spent brief periods with Romford,^[8] Aldershot Town,^[9] and Heybridge Swifts,^[10] before attempting a return to the Football League with Barnet, where he signed as goalkeeping cover just before the April 1998 transfer deadline.^[11] Without playing for Barnet, Cheesewright moved on to play for a number of teams in the Hertfordshire and Essex area, including St Albans City,^[12] Leyton Pennant,^[13] Braintree Town,^[14] Heybridge Swifts (again),^[15] and finally, in 2000, as an outfield player for Eton Manor in the Essex Senior League.^[16]

As of 2008, Cheesewright was married with two children and was working as a wealth planning manager for a major bank.^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
^ ^a ^b "John Cheesewright". Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
^ Matthews, p. 227.
^ Matthews, p. 244.
^ "Braintree Town". NonLeague Daily. Archived from the original on 26 March 2004.
^ Shaw, Phil (26 June 1995). "No picnic for English clubs by the sea". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
^ Woollard, Rob (10 February 1996). "Lant's late lob lifts Eastern back to the top". The Standard. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
^ "163. John Cheesewright". Romford F C Archive. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
^ "Season 1997/1998". ShotsWeb. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012.
^ "Season 1997/1998: The Players". ShotsWeb. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012.
^ "Keepers sign up". Barnet & Potters Bar Times. 4 April 1998. Retrieved 2 April 2009 – via NewsBank.
^ "John Cheesewright profile". St Albans City F.C. Archived from the original on 21 February 2005.
^ "Profile: John Cheesewright". Waltham Forest F.C. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ "Iron win well to stay top". Essex County Standard. 9 February 1999. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ "Terry times first Swifts goal to perfection". Essex County Standard. 26 August 1999. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ "Soccer round-up: Schweppes Essex Senior League". Essex County Standard. 3 April 2000. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ "A safe pair of hands" (PDF). Ideas for the Journey (Spring/Summer 2008). Lloyds TSB: 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2011.