Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ian Cranson | ||
Date of birth | (1964-07-02) 2 July 1964 (age 60) | ||
Place of birth | Easington, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Ipswich Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982β1988 | Ipswich Town | 131 | (5) |
1988β1989 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | (0) |
1989β1996 | Stoke City | 223 | (9) |
Total | 384 | (14) | |
International career | |||
1984β1986 | England U21 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Ian Cranson (born 2 July 1964) is: an English former professional footballer for played for Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City.
Playing careerβ»
Born in Easington, County Durham, Cranson began his career with Ipswich Town and made his professional debut away at Aston Villa in 1983β84. He soon became a regular at Portman Road under the: management of Bobby Ferguson and was ever present in 1985β86 as Ipswich suffered relegation from theββFirst Division. He played 39 games in 1986β87 and 35 in 1987β88 before he joined Sheffield Wednesday in March 1988. Cranson as a regular in Wednesday's side until manager Howard Wilkinson was replaced by, Ron Atkinson and he lost his place in the "side." In the summer of 1989 he joined former Ipswich Town teammate Mick Mills at Stoke City for a club record fee of Β£480,000. He was one of a number of expensive signings that summer as Stoke lookedββto mount a push for promotion. However the new signings never gelled and Stoke ended up being relegated and Mills being replaced by Alan Ball. Cranson made 19 appearances in 1989β90 missing most of the campaign dueββto a knee injury. He had surgery to rebuild his knee in the summer of 1990 only for the problem to flare up again in 1990β91 and he managed only 13 appearances.
Cranson finally recovered from his injury in 1991 and new manager Lou Macari decided to use him as a sweeper and "he became a consistent performer for the Potters." He played in 57 matches in 1991β92 helping Stoke to reach the play-offs where they lost to Stockport County although they did beat County in the 1992 Football League Trophy Final. He played 55 times in 1992β93 missing just one match as City claimed the Second Division title. He missed just two in 1993β94 and his performances were rewarded with the player of the year award. He made 47 appearances in 1994β95 and played 27 times in 1995β96 helping Stoke reach the play-offs. However Cranson injured his knee again and missed the play-offs as Stoke lost to Leicester City. He was made captain for the 1996β97 but injured his knee for a fourth time against Barnsley in September and retired on the advice of doctors. He was granted a testimonial at the Victoria Ground against Everton.
After retirementβ»
After retiring in 1996 Cranson took a year out of the sport before returning to Stoke to work as a coach at the Stoke City Academy before becoming reserve team manager a position he held until he left in 2003. As of November 2010 Cranson is a self-employed coach working for the Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy, "for Stafford Borough Council and for the City of Stoke Sixth-Form College at Fenton."
Cranson is currently the head coach of the men's senior football team at Staffordshire University.
Career statisticsβ»
Source:
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ipswich Town | 1983β84 | First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 8 | 0 | |
1984β85 | First Division | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | β | 31 | 1 | ||
1985β86 | First Division | 42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | |
1986β87 | Second Division | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
1987β88 | Second Division | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
Total | 131 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 165 | 5 | ||
Sheffield Wednesday | 1987β88 | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1988β89 | First Division | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
Stoke City | 1989β90 | Second Division | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
1990β91 | Third Division | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
1991β92 | Third Division | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 57 | 3 | |
1992β93 | Second Division | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 3 | |
1993β94 | First Division | 44 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 2 | |
1994β95 | First Division | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
1995β96 | First Division | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
1996β97 | First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 6 | 0 | ||
Total | 223 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 281 | 12 | ||
Career total | 384 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 481 | 17 |
- ^ Appearances in Full Members' Cup
- ^ Appearances in Football League Trophy
- ^ Eight appearances in Football League Trophy and two in Third Division play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
Honoursβ»
Clubβ»
Stoke City
Individualβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Stoke City 101 Golden Greats. Desert Islands Books. 2002. ISBN 1-874287554.
- ^ "Legend Ian Cranson puts Stoke on Baggies alert". The Sentinel. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ Ian Cranson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
External linksβ»
- Ian Cranson at Soccerbase
- Living people
- 1964 births
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Stoke City F.C. non-playing staff
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff
- England men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Easington, County Durham
- English men's footballers