Frank Haydock (born 29 November 1940) is an English former footballer who played at centre-half for several clubs, including Manchester United, Charlton Athletic and Portsmouth. His brother, Billy, was also a professional footballer who played for Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Stockport County.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 November 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Eccles, Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1⁄2 in (1.84 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1956–1957 | Blackpool | ||
| 1957–1959 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1963 | Manchester United | 6 | (0) |
| 1963–1965 | Charlton Athletic | 84 | (4) |
| 1965–1969 | Portsmouth | 72 | (1) |
| 1969–1970 | Southend United | 33 | (4) |
| 1972-1976 | Fleetwood | 172 | (15) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Eccles, Lancashire, Haydock began his football career as an amateur with Blackpool in 1956. A year later, he signed amateur forms with Manchester United, before turning professional in December 1959. He made his Manchester United debut on 20 August 1960, playing at centre half in a 3–1 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers. He also played in the same position in the next three matches, before the number 5 jersey was usurped, first by Ronnie Cope and then Bill Foulkes, a convert from right-back. It was more than a year before Haydock returned to the United first team, filling in for Foulkes for a home game against Birmingham City on 14 October 1961. He only made one more appearances for the first team after that, a 3–2 away defeat to Nottingham Forest on the final day of the 1962–63 Football League season.
Haydock was sold to Charlton Athletic for £10,000 in August 1963. He played for Charlton for two and a half years, making 84 appearances and scoring four goals before a transfer to Portsmouth in December 1965. In a Portsmouth career spanning just over three years, Haydock made 72 appearances and scored one goal. He was then transferred to Southend United in February 1969, spending a year there. He moved to Northern Premier League club Fleetwood in 1972, initially as a player before becoming player-manager, remaining there until the club folded in 1976.