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Nick Cusack
English footballer
Nicholas John Cusack (born 24 December 1965 in Maltby, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English former footballer and, briefly, player-manager. He was for a time chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), and is now an Assistant Chief Executive.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas John Cusack[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-12-24) 24 December 1965 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Maltby, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Alvechurch | ||
| 1987–1988 | Leicester City | 16 | (1) |
| 1988–1989 | Peterborough United | 44 | (10) |
| 1989–1992 | Motherwell | 77 | (17) |
| 1992 | Darlington | 21 | (6) |
| 1992–1994 | Oxford United | 61 | (10) |
| 1994 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1994–1997 | Fulham | 112 | (14) |
| 1997–2002 | Swansea City | 200 | (13) |
| Total | 535 | (71) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002 | Swansea City (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In October 1997 Cusack joined Swansea City from Fulham for a fee of £50,000.[citation needed]
After a period as caretaker manager, he was appointed player-coach in April 2002,[2] but after just 17 games in charge he was replaced by Brian Flynn; he turned down an offer to remain on the coaching staff, and left in September 2002 with the club at the bottom of the Football League.[3]
Cusack was Swansea's PFA representative, and was elected chairman of the Association, succeeding Barry Horne, in November 2001.[4] He was active in the PFA's opposition to a reduction of professional clubs in the league pyramid.[5]
In 2016, Cusack was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress.[6]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Swansea City | 12 April 2002 | 20 September 2002 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11.8 |
Individual
- "Nick Cusack". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- "Swansea turn to Cusack". BBC Sport. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- "Cusack leaves Swansea". BBC Sport. 20 September 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- "Cusack in the PFA chair". BBC Sport. 27 November 2001. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- "PFA 'will fight' club reduction". BBC Sport. 5 December 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- Trades Union Congress, "TUC General Council members Archived 19 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine"
- "Keane claims award double". BBC Sport. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 15 January 2022.