Ian Liversedge is a sports physiotherapist who is currently working for League One

Football League One

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 Huddersfield Town football

Huddersfield Town F.C.

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 club. He is a former professional footballer.

As a physiotherapist

Huddersfield Town appointed him as their physiotherapist on 4 July 2008, after four years with Accrington Stanley

Accrington Stanley F.C.

Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....

, replacing Lee Brendan Martin

Lee Brendan Martin

Lee Brendan Martin is an ex-professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for many teams in the north of England....

. He left the club after the dismissal of Stan Ternent

Stan Ternent

Francis Stanley "Stan" Ternent is an English former footballer and manager. He managed Blackpool, Hull City, Bury, Burnley, Gillingham and Huddersfield Town. He is currently a scout for Sunderland.-Career:...

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Liversedge started his physiotherapy career at Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

. He subsequently worked at Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic A.F.C.

Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...

, Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

, Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

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, Altrincham

Altrincham F.C.

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 and Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

 where he spent five years with Stan Ternent

Stan Ternent

Francis Stanley "Stan" Ternent is an English former footballer and manager. He managed Blackpool, Hull City, Bury, Burnley, Gillingham and Huddersfield Town. He is currently a scout for Sunderland.-Career:...

. Whilst at Burnley he was given the sobriquet

Sobriquet

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 'Sos'. He has also worked at the Beaumont Hospital in Bolton

Bolton

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He joined Accrington Stanley in June 2004, then in the Conference

Conference National

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, with a brief to "establish the medical side of the operation ... virtually from scratch". When he left, Chief Executive

Chief executive officer

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 Robert Heys said "Ian played an important role in our promotion back to the Football League in 2006".

Radio appearance

Liversedge took part in the BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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 programme "Kicking Off The Dream", which looked behind the scenes at Oldham Athletic, on 4 January 1990.

Disciplinary matters

The FA

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 Regulatory Commission fined Liversedge £100 and warned him as to future conduct, on 4 October 2007, for a breach of FA Rule E3 - Improper conduct. This arose from an incident at the Accrington Stanley v Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

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 League Two

Football League Two

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 match on 1 September 2007. He was charged again, for using bad language during the Accrington Stanley v Milton Keynes Dons

Milton Keynes Dons F.C.

.Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire...

game on 24 March 2008.