David Wetherall

Who is David Wetherall?

David Wetherall is an English former footballer who played as a central defender, finishing his playing career with Bradford City at the end of the 2007–08 season. Born in Sheffield, he supported Sheffield Wednesday as a child, and started his playing career there. Before he made a league appearance for Sheffield Wednesday, he transferred to Leeds United and made more than 200 appearances. After this he joined Bradford City for a then club-record fee of £1.4 million and played every minute of every match in his first season for the club. Relegation from the Premier League soon followed and the club went into administration in 2002 but when Stuart McCall departed for Sheffield United, Wetherall became the team captain. Wetherall missed several games through injury in the seasons that followed and Bradford City were further relegated to League One in 2004 and then to League Two in 2007. He played his final game in professional football on 3 May 2008 against Wycombe Wanderers.

Wetherall had two spells as caretaker manager of Bradford City, and was an integral part of club's coaching setup following his retirement as a player.