Justin Edinburgh
Justin Charles Edinburgh (18 December 1969 – 8 June 2019) was an English professional football manager and player who played as a left back.
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Edinburgh in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Justin Charles Edinburgh | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Basildon, England | ||
| Date of death | 8 June 2019 (aged 49) | ||
| Place of death | Basildon, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Southend United | 37 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1990–2000 | Tottenham Hotspur | 213 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Portsmouth | 34 | (1) |
| 2003–2006 | Billericay Town | ||
| Total | 287 | (2) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Billericay Town (player-manager) | ||
| 2006 | Fisher Athletic | ||
| 2007–2008 | Grays Athletic | ||
| 2009–2011 | Rushden & Diamonds | ||
| 2011–2015 | Newport County | ||
| 2015–2017 | Gillingham | ||
| 2017 | Northampton Town | ||
| 2017–2019 | Leyton Orient | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur, where he made 213 league appearances in a decade at the club. He also played in the Football League for Southend United and Portsmouth before finishing his career with non-league side Billericay Town. In 1991 he was part of Spurs FA Cup winning side wearing number 2 and he also won the League Cup with the club in 1999, despite being sent off in the final.
Following retirement, he managed at non-league level for Fisher Athletic, Grays Athletic and Rushden & Diamonds before taking Newport County to the Football League during a four-year tenure. He went on to manage both Gillingham and Northampton Town before once more winning promotion from the National League as he guided Leyton Orient back to the EFL in 2019. He remained manager of Orient at the time of his death in June 2019.