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Kevin Donovan - Wikipedia

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Kevin Donovan
Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-12-17) 17 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Halifax, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1988	Elland Athletic
1987–1988	Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	Huddersfield Town	20	(1)
1992	→ Halifax Town (loan)	6	(0)
1992–1997	West Bromwich Albion	168	(19)
1997–2001	Grimsby Town	154	(23)
2001–2003	Barnsley	54	(1)
2003–2004	Rochdale	7	(0)
2004–2006	York City	31	(2)
2006–2007	Alfreton Town
Total		440	(46)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Donovan (born 17 December 1971) is an English football coach, former professional player and sports co-commentator. He runs his own football academy that is linked to Brighouse Town.

As a player, he was a midfielder from 1988 to 2007 with lengthy spells at West Bromwich Albion and Grimsby Town which saw him win two play-off finals at Wembley Stadium. He also played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Halifax Town, Barnsley and Rochdale before finishing his career off in non-League football with York City and Alfreton Town.

Playing career

Donovan started playing for Elland Athletic in the Halifax league as an 8-year old^[1] before he joined Huddersfield Town, training at the centre of excellence, at 16 he became an apprentice and turned professional in October 1989.^[1]^[2] He joined Halifax Town on loan during February and March 1992, before moving to West Bromwich Albion^[1] for £70,000 in October of that year.^[2] He made his Albion debut against Port Vale in the same month.^[2] Donovan scored in Albion's 3–0 win over Vale in the Division Two play-off final the following May at Wembley as the club clinched promotion.

In July 1997 he signed for Grimsby Town^[1] for a £300,000 fee, joining up with his former manager at Albion, Alan Buckley. His time at Grimsby was arguably the best of his career. In his first season, he scored 21 goals to help the club win twice at Wembley Stadium^[1] in the Football League Trophy,^[3] and in the play-off final, in which Donovan netted the only goal of the game.^[4] However, Donovan failed to score a single goal in the following season for the club.

Two more rather impressive seasons were spent at Blundell Park before Donovan confirmed the Grimsby supporters' worst fears and left to join rivals Barnsley.^[1] His time at Oakwell was mainly blighted by injury problems, and he experienced relegation with the club,^[2] and at the end of the 2002–03 season he was released by The Tykes. During his spell at Barnsley he scored once against Walsall in December 2001.^[5]

Donovan was snapped up by Alan Buckley,^[6] who had managed him at West Brom and Grimsby, and gave him a one-year deal for Rochdale^[1]^[2] However, after another fruitless campaign, playing only seven times for 'Dale, Donovan was released by the club.^[7]

His next port of call was at Conference club York City^[1] on a one-year contract, following a loan spell.^[8] At York he linked up with former Grimsby teammate Paul Groves, but neither really flourished. At the end of the season Donovan moved into the Conference North, joining Alfreton Town for a season before retiring from the game.

Personal life

Donovan runs a football school and coaches the junior side at Brighouse Town.^[9]

He occasionally co-commentates for BBC Radio Humberside on Grimsby Town games.

Honours

Grimsby Town

Second Division play-offs: 1997–98
Football League Trophy: 1997–98

West Bromwich Albion

Second Division play-offs: 1992–93

Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1997–98 Second Division^[10]
Grimsby Town Supporters' Player of the Year 1997–98

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "About Me". KD Pro Coaching. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. p. 69. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
^ "Buckley savours Wembley hat-trick". BBC Sport. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ "Grimsby bounce back to Division 1". BBC News. 24 May 1998. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Barnsley 4–1 Walsall". BBC. 8 December 2001. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
^ "Donovan trains at Dale". BBC Sport. 10 December 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
^ "Dale release Donovan". BBC Sport. 3 February 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
^ "Donovan signs York deal". BBC Sport. 3 June 2004. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
^ "Welcome to Kevin Donovan Soccer Schools". Archived from the original on 7 August 2008.
^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9.

External links

Kevin Donovan at Soccerbase

Awards

v t e 1997–98 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year
GK: Chamberlain DF: Parkinson DF: Taylor DF: Coleman DF: Kennedy MF: Donovan MF: Bracewell MF: Groves MF: Hodge FW: Boli FW: Goater

Grimsby Town F.C. – Player of the Year

1972: Wainman
1973: Booth
1974: Boylen
1975: Barton
1976: Wainman
1977: Waters
1978: Barker
1979: Waters
1980: Crombie
1981: Batch
1982: Batch
1983: Drinkell
1984: Ford
1985: Ford
1986: Hobson
1987: Robinson
1988: O'Riordan
1989: Cunnington
1990: Birtles
1991: Gilbert
1992: Futcher
1993: Futcher
1994: Crichton
1995: Croft
1996: Groves
1997: Rodger
1998: Donovan
1999: Groves
2000: Lever
2001: Coyne
2002: Coyne
2003: Santos
2004: Jevons
2005: McDermott
2006: Jones
2007: Whittle
2008: Barnes
2009: Bennett
2010: Bore
2011: Connell
2012: Hearn
2013: McKeown
2014: McKeown
2015: Magnay
2016: Amond
2017: Andrew
2018: McKeown
2019: McKeown
2020: N/A
2021: N/A
2022: McAtee
2023: Clifton
2024: Rose

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