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{{short description|English footballer}}
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| fullname = John Keith Ebbrell<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|5704|accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>
| fullname = John Keith Ebbrell<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|5704|accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|01|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|01|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_place = [[Bromborough]],<ref name=Hugman/> [[Cheshire]], England
| birth_place = [[Bromborough]],<ref name=Hugman/> [[Merseyside]], England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/162 162] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/162}}</ref>
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/162 162] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/162}}</ref>
| position = [[Midfielder]]<ref name=Hugman/>
| position = [[Midfielder]]
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| currentclub = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] (U23 assistant manager)
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| years2 = 1997–1999 | clubs2 = [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0
| years2 = 1997–1999 | clubs2 = [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0
| totalcaps = 208 | totalgoals = 13
| totalcaps = 208 | totalgoals = 13
| manageryears1 = 2016 | managerclubs1 = [[Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy#Under-18s|Everton U18]]
| manageryears1 = 2016 | managerclubs1 = [[Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy#Under-18 squad|Everton U18]]
| manageryears2 = 2016– | managerclubs2 = [[Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy#Under-23s|Everton U23]] (assistant manager)
| manageryears2 = 2016–2022 | managerclubs2 = [[Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy#Under-21 squad|Everton U23]] (Assistant Manager)
| manageryears3 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs3 = [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.]] (Assistant Manager)
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'''John Keith Ebbrell''' (born 1 October 1969) is an English former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who made more than 200 appearances in the [[English Football League|Football League]] and [[Premier League]] in the 1980s and 1990s. He was appointed assistant manager of [[Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy#Under-23s|Everton's under-23 team]] in 2016, with responsibility for Head of Academy Coaching added in 2020.
'''John Keith Ebbrell''' (born 1 October 1969) is an English football coach and former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who was most recently Assistant Manager at [[Oldham Athletic F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-announce-departure-join-david-25150148
|title=Everton announce departure
|work=Liverpool Echo
|date=1 October 2022
|accessdate=3 October 2022}}</ref>

As a player he was a [[midfielder]] who played 207 times in the league for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] between 1986 and 1997, playing numerous seasons in the [[Premier League]] and being part of the team that won the [[FA Cup]] in 1995. He played for [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] in the [[Football League]] but an ankle injury limited him to one appearance over two years and would later lead to his retirement.

He returned to Everton initially as a scout but would join [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]] as a youth team coach and later, manager of their centre of excellence. He returned to the Toffees in 2015 and held a variety of different roles.


==Playing career==
==Playing career==


===Everton===
===Everton===
Ebbrell signed schoolboy forms for Everton aged 12. Everton proposed Ebbrell attend trials for the first intake of the FA/GM National Football School at Lilleshall in 1984. The trials were successful and he went on to captain the England schoolboys teams at various age levels. Shortly after graduating he signed professional forms for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in 1986 and was quickly fast-tracked by [[Howard Kendall]] to regularly train with the first team squad, resulting in an early first team call-up and then to becoming a regular first team player in the early 1990s. During a difficult decade for the Toffees Ebbrell was part of the Everton squad that reached the [[1995 FA Cup Final]] starting 3 of the 6 matches,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/teams/everton/tab/players/season/1995/comp/7/|title=Everton players: FA Cup 1995}}</ref> but after missing the semi-final (in which Everton comfortably beat an impressive [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]) through suspension, manager [[Joe Royle]] continued with the other two-thirds of the Dogs of War for the final – [[Barry Horne (footballer)|Barry Horne]] and [[Joe Parkinson]], and strikers [[Duncan Ferguson]] and [[Daniel Amokachi]] were chosen to be the outfield subs ahead of Ebbrell.
Ebbrell signed schoolboy forms for Everton aged 12. Everton proposed Ebbrell attend trials for the first intake of the FA/GM National Football School at Lilleshall in 1984. The trials were successful, and he went on to captain the England schoolboys' teams at various age levels. Shortly after graduating he signed professional forms for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in 1986 and was quickly fast-tracked by [[Howard Kendall]] to regularly train with the first team squad, resulting in an early first team call-up and then becoming a regular first team player in the early 1990s. During a difficult decade for the Toffees, Ebbrell was part of the Everton squad that reached the [[1995 FA Cup final]] starting 3 of the 6 matches,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/teams/everton/tab/players/season/1995/comp/7/|title=Everton players: FA Cup 1995}}</ref> but after missing the semi-final (in which Everton comfortably beat an impressive [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]) through suspension, manager [[Joe Royle]] continued with the other two-thirds of the Dogs of War for the final – [[Barry Horne (footballer)|Barry Horne]] and [[Joe Parkinson]], and strikers [[Duncan Ferguson]] and [[Daniel Amokachi]] were chosen to be the outfield subs ahead of Ebbrell.


===Sheffield United===
===Sheffield United===
In 1997 Howard Kendall, then manager of [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], bought Ebbrell in a £1.2m transfer deal.
In 1997 Howard Kendall, then manager of [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], bought Ebbrell in a £1.2m transfer deal.


Ebbrell's career at Sheffield United was blighted by an ankle injury, originally sustained at Everton but deteriorated after surgery during his time at Sheffield United, to the extent that Ebbrell was forced to retire from professional football early in 1999. He made his Sheffield United debut against [[Reading F.C.|Reading]], but was replaced by [[Don Hutchison]] at half time due to injury,<ref>{{cite web
Ebbrell's career at Sheffield United was blighted by an ankle injury, originally sustained at Everton but deteriorated after surgery during his time at Sheffield United, to the extent that Ebbrell was forced to retire from professional football early in 1999. He made his Sheffield United debut against [[Reading F.C.|Reading]], but was replaced by [[Don Hutchison]] at half time,<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/kendalls-higher-calling-1276020.html
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/kendalls-higher-calling-1276020.html
|title=Kendall's higher calling
|title=Kendall's higher calling
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|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref> meaning he only completed 45 minutes of action in his Sheffield United career.
|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref> meaning he only completed 45 minutes of action in his Sheffield United career.


Everton hosted a testimonial match in which Joe Royle provided the opposition in the form of [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], as recognition of Ebbrell's service extending to more than 10 years of top flight football with Everton.
Everton hosted a testimonial match in which [[Joe Royle]] provided the opposition, in the form of [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], as recognition of Ebbrell's service extending to more than 10 years of top flight football with Everton.


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
Ebbrell's first post-playing football role was as Chief Scout under [[David Moyes]] at [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], a post Ebbrell held for 3 years before subsequently leaving to pursue a football agency role. Ebbrell co-founded X8 Ltd, a football representation and agency business. In 2002 X8 merged with Proform Sports Management Ltd. The combined agency represented approximately 60 players (including a young [[Wayne Rooney]]). Ebbrell resumed his football career when he started coaching at [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]] in the 2008–09 season.
Ebbrell's first post-playing football role was as Chief Scout under [[David Moyes]] at [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], a post Ebbrell held for 3 years before subsequently leaving to pursue a football agency role. Ebbrell co-founded X8 Ltd, a football representation and agency business. In 2002, X8 merged with Proform Sports Management Ltd. The combined agency represented approximately 60 players (including a young [[Wayne Rooney]]). Ebbrell resumed his football career when he started coaching at [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]] in the 2008–09 season.


In July 2010 Ebbrell succeeded Kenny Shiels as Tranmere Rovers' Centre of Excellence Manager.
In July 2010 Ebbrell succeeded Kenny Shiels as Tranmere Rovers' Centre of Excellence Manager.


In March 2015 Ebbrell rejoined Everton in an Academy Coaching role.
In March 2015 Ebbrell re-joined Everton in an Academy Coaching role.


In January 2016 Ebbrell took charge of Everton's Under-18 side as Manager.
In January 2016 Ebbrell took charge of Everton's Under-18 side as Manager.


Ebbrell was appointed Assistant Manager of Everton's under 23 team for the 2016–17 season, winning the Premier League 2 Division 1 title in its first season in u23 format. Everton under 23 team won the Premier League 2 Division 1 title for the second time in three seasons in April 2019.
Ebbrell was appointed Assistant Manager of Everton u23's team for the 2016–17 season, winning the Premier League 2 Division One title in its first season in u23 format. Everton u23s won the Premier League 2 Division One title for the second time in three seasons in April 2019.

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Ebbrell was promoted to the position of Head of Academy Coaching and Under-23s Assistant Manager in November 2020, with responsibility for overseeing the Academy Coaching programme, whilst continuing his role as assistant to Academy Director and Under-23s manager David Unsworth. Earlier this year, he was appointed to the role of "Academy Player Senior Development Coach" following the departure of Unsworth and the appointment of Paul Tait as the side's under-21 manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-announce-departure-join-david-25150148
|title=Ebbrell to join Unsworth at Boundary Park
|work=Liverpool Echo
|date=1 October 2022
|accessdate=3 October 2022}}</ref>


In October 2022, he was appointed Assistant Manager under [[David Unsworth]] at [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.]]
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Ebbrell was promoted to the position of Head of Academy Coaching and Under-23s Assistant Manager in November 2020, with responsibility to oversee the Academy Coaching programme whilst continuing his role as assistant to Academy Director and Under-23s manager David Unsworth.


===Playing career statistics===
===Playing career statistics===
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==References==
==References==
*Marcel Brands says Academy coach's promotion supports Everton's 'vision' - https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/marcel-brands-everton-academy-coach-19214249
*Marcel Brands says Academy coach's promotion supports Everton's 'vision' – https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/marcel-brands-everton-academy-coach-19214249
*Ebbrell Given Expanded Academy Role - https://www.evertonfc.com/news/1886660/ebbrell-given-expanded-academy-role
*Ebbrell Given Expanded Academy Role – https://www.evertonfc.com/news/1886660/ebbrell-given-expanded-academy-role
*2nd Title in 3 Years - https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-u23s-premier-league-champions-16133927
*2nd Title in 3 Years – https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-u23s-premier-league-champions-16133927
*Ebbrell Back With Blues - http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2015/03/09/ebbrell-back-with-the-blues
*John Ebbrell Returns – http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/john-ebbrell-returns-everton-fc-8799641
*John Ebbrell Returns - http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/john-ebbrell-returns-everton-fc-8799641
*Everton Club Website Profile – http://www.evertonfc.com/players/j/je/john-ebbrell
*Everton Club Website Profile - http://www.evertonfc.com/players/j/je/john-ebbrell
*Tranmere Rovers give John Ebbrell coaching role – http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8858685.stm
*Tranmere Rovers give John Ebbrell coaching role – http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8858685.stm
*Debut for Sheffield Utd – https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/kendalls-higher-calling-1276020.html
*Debut for Sheffield Utd – https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/kendalls-higher-calling-1276020.html
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John Ebbrell
Personal information
Full name John Keith Ebbrell[1]
Date of birth (1969-10-01) 1 October 1969 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Bromborough,[1] Merseyside, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1997 Everton 207 (13)
1997–1999 Sheffield United 1 (0)
Total 208 (13)
Managerial career
2016 Everton U18
2016–2022 Everton U23 (Assistant Manager)
2022–2023 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. (Assistant Manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Keith Ebbrell (born 1 October 1969) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who was most recently Assistant Manager at Oldham Athletic F.C.[3]

As a player he was a midfielder who played 207 times in the league for Everton between 1986 and 1997, playing numerous seasons in the Premier League and being part of the team that won the FA Cup in 1995. He played for Sheffield United in the Football League but an ankle injury limited him to one appearance over two years and would later lead to his retirement.

He returned to Everton initially as a scout but would join Tranmere Rovers as a youth team coach and later, manager of their centre of excellence. He returned to the Toffees in 2015 and held a variety of different roles.

Playing career

Everton

Ebbrell signed schoolboy forms for Everton aged 12. Everton proposed Ebbrell attend trials for the first intake of the FA/GM National Football School at Lilleshall in 1984. The trials were successful, and he went on to captain the England schoolboys' teams at various age levels. Shortly after graduating he signed professional forms for Everton in 1986 and was quickly fast-tracked by Howard Kendall to regularly train with the first team squad, resulting in an early first team call-up and then becoming a regular first team player in the early 1990s. During a difficult decade for the Toffees, Ebbrell was part of the Everton squad that reached the 1995 FA Cup final starting 3 of the 6 matches,[4] but after missing the semi-final (in which Everton comfortably beat an impressive Tottenham Hotspur) through suspension, manager Joe Royle continued with the other two-thirds of the Dogs of War for the final – Barry Horne and Joe Parkinson, and strikers Duncan Ferguson and Daniel Amokachi were chosen to be the outfield subs ahead of Ebbrell.

Sheffield United

In 1997 Howard Kendall, then manager of Sheffield United, bought Ebbrell in a £1.2m transfer deal.

Ebbrell's career at Sheffield United was blighted by an ankle injury, originally sustained at Everton but deteriorated after surgery during his time at Sheffield United, to the extent that Ebbrell was forced to retire from professional football early in 1999. He made his Sheffield United debut against Reading, but was replaced by Don Hutchison at half time,[5] meaning he only completed 45 minutes of action in his Sheffield United career.

Everton hosted a testimonial match in which Joe Royle provided the opposition, in the form of Manchester City, as recognition of Ebbrell's service extending to more than 10 years of top flight football with Everton.

Coaching career

Ebbrell's first post-playing football role was as Chief Scout under David Moyes at Everton, a post Ebbrell held for 3 years before subsequently leaving to pursue a football agency role. Ebbrell co-founded X8 Ltd, a football representation and agency business. In 2002, X8 merged with Proform Sports Management Ltd. The combined agency represented approximately 60 players (including a young Wayne Rooney). Ebbrell resumed his football career when he started coaching at Tranmere Rovers in the 2008–09 season.

In July 2010 Ebbrell succeeded Kenny Shiels as Tranmere Rovers' Centre of Excellence Manager.

In March 2015 Ebbrell re-joined Everton in an Academy Coaching role.

In January 2016 Ebbrell took charge of Everton's Under-18 side as Manager.

Ebbrell was appointed Assistant Manager of Everton u23's team for the 2016–17 season, winning the Premier League 2 Division One title in its first season in u23 format. Everton u23s won the Premier League 2 Division One title for the second time in three seasons in April 2019.

Ebbrell was promoted to the position of Head of Academy Coaching and Under-23s Assistant Manager in November 2020, with responsibility for overseeing the Academy Coaching programme, whilst continuing his role as assistant to Academy Director and Under-23s manager David Unsworth. Earlier this year, he was appointed to the role of "Academy Player Senior Development Coach" following the departure of Unsworth and the appointment of Paul Tait as the side's under-21 manager.[6]

In October 2022, he was appointed Assistant Manager under David Unsworth at Oldham Athletic A.F.C.

Playing career statistics

Season League Apps (sub) League Goals Cup Apps (sub) Cup Goals Total Apps (Sub) Total Goals
1986–87 – (-) – – (1) – – (1) –
1987–88 – (-) – – (-) – – (-) –
1988–89 1 (3) – – (1) – 1 (4) –
1989–90 13 (4) – 4 (-) – 17 (4) –
1990–91 34 (2) 3 14 (-) 4 48 (2) 7
1991–92 39 (-) 1 7 (-) – 46 (-) 1
1992–93 24 (-) 1 4 (-) – 28 (-) 1
1993–94 39 (-) 4 6 (-) – 45 (-) 4
1994–95 26 (-) – 3 (-) – 29 (-) –
1995–96 24 (1) 4 7 (-) 2 31 (-) 6
1996–97 7 (-) – 1 (-) – 8 (-) –
Career 207 (10) 13 16 (2) 6 253 (12) 19

References

  1. ^ a b c "John Ebbrell". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "Everton announce departure". Liverpool Echo. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Everton players: FA Cup 1995".
  5. ^ "Kendall's higher calling". The Independent. 31 March 1997. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Ebbrell to join Unsworth at Boundary Park". Liverpool Echo. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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