Adam Brian Lockwood (born 26 October 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the sporting director of

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Career

Lockwood began his career as a trainee with

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, after being released as a youth player by

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. He turned professional in August 1999, but failed to break into the Reading first team and in 2000 joined

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to gain first team experience. In February 2001 he joined

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on loan until the end of the season. He appeared in the 2001

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final for Forest Green but was on the losing side in a 1–0 defeat. In September 2001 he joined

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on loan, a month later making the move permanent on a free transfer. He was a member of the side that won the

in May 2002, having been a runner up the year before with Forest Green, and helped Yeovil to the Conference and League Two titles. He struggled with injuries in the 2004–05 season, but signed a new one-year contract in August 2005. However, he struggled to re-establish himself and in November 2005, joined West Country rivals

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on loan, returning to Yeovil in January 2006. He moved to

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in July 2006. Lockwood committed his future to the club by signing a 2-year extension to his contract at Rovers in the summer of 2010. On 18 May 2012, Doncaster Rovers confirmed that Lockwood would be released at the end of his contract having made 180 appearances scoring 8 goals. On 4 July 2012, Lockwood signed for League One side Bury following his release from Doncaster. He made his home debut for Bury on 18 August 2012, in a 1–1 draw against

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 10 November 2012, in a 2–0 win at home against

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. On 25 September 2013, Lockwood was released by Bury after the two parties mutually agreed to terminate his contract. The following month he joined

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side

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. He made several appearances quickly becoming a favourite to the fans. After fantastic displays for The Lions he caught the attention of

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It was no surprise he had signed for a league club,

Oldham Athletic

Lockwood joined

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on 3 January 2014 until the end of the 2013–14 season. Lockwood made his debut for the club against

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on 28 January, coming on for the injured

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in the 55th minute of the game. Lockwood scored his first goal for the club in a game against M.K. Dons Lockwood scored his second goal for the club in the last game of the season, against

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in a 1–1 draw, extending Oldham's unbeaten run to 10 games. Lockwood was also sent off in the game, thus meaning he would be suspended at the start of the 2014–15 season. The one – year option the club had on Lockwood's contract was exercised, extending his contract till the end of the 2014–15 season. Lockwood won the Spirit of Oldham award at the end of season player awards, this award being given to the player who had had the biggest impact at the club since their arrival at the club mid – season. Manager Johnson named Lockwood as club captain for the 2014–15 season.

Guiseley

In June 2015 Lockwood joined newly promoted National League side Guiseley A.F.C from Oldham. When Guiseley manager Mark Bower was sacked in 2016 with the club bottom of the National League, Lockwood was appointed manager in September 2016 with

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as assistant. He helped the club avoid relegation on the final day of the 2016–17 season, but was sacked on 30 August 2017 at a time when Guiseley were third-from-bottom in the table.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Doncaster Rovers *

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: 2006–07 ''Yeovil Town *

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: 2006–07

References

External links

Adam Lockwood profile
at the

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website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lockwood, Adam 1981 births Living people Footballers from Wakefield English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Leeds United F.C. players Reading F.C. players Maidenhead United F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Bury F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Guiseley A.F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players English football managers Guiseley A.F.C. managers National League (English football) managers 21st-century English sportsmen