Warren Joyce

Bolton Wanderers

Joyce was born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of Walter Joyce, the former Burnley, Blackburn Rovers and Oldham Athletic player, and began his career as a trainee with Bolton Wanderers in 1981. He broke into the first team as a midfielder and in six years made a total of 221 appearances for Bolton, scoring 21 goals.

Preston North End

In October 1987, however, Preston North End manager John McGrath offered £35,000 for his services. With Joyce's father Walter now a coach at Deepdale (he had previously coached at Oldham Athletic), Joyce decided to make the move. Over the next five years, he became a popular figure at Preston earning himself the nickname "Psycho", due to his never-say-die commitment to the cause. In all he played 208 matches for the Lilywhites scoring 44 goals, winning the club's player of the year award and being made club captain. However, when Plymouth Argyle made a £160,000 offer for him in May 1992, Preston accepted the offer and he left for Home Park.

Plymouth Argyle and Burnley

His stay in Devon was short, with Joyce playing only 40 games and scoring four goals in his year there. When Burnley offered £140,000 for him in July 1993 Plymouth decided to cash in, he was on his way back to Lancashire. In three years at Turf Moor he played 90 games and scored 12 goals.

Hull City

A loan stay though at Hull City in January 1995 paved the way for a permanent deal 18 months later, and in July 1996 Joyce signed…

Joyce started coaching at Bury while still a player at Burnley in 1993 and later joined Manchester United's U-16s, where he worked with renowned youth coach Eric Harrison and helped develop talents such as Wes Brown and David Healy. Whilst still a senior player at Hull City, Joyce was asked to step in as caretaker in 1998 eventually taking over as player-manager, where he managed to turn around the season and kept the club away from relegation. Joyce put together a competitive squad with a limited budget and later sold 3 young players to Premier League teams for over £1m. From 2000 to 2004, Joyce was the assistant academy director at Leeds United, where he won 3 Premier League youth titles and the Premier League National Champions Cup alongside developing important players such as James Milner, Aaron Lennon and Scott Carson. After a year-long stint from 2004 to 2005 at Stockport County as the individual development coach, Joyce joined Tranmere Rovers, where he was responsible for developing talents including Aaron Cresswell, Steve Davies and Will Vaulks. In 2006, Joyce was appointed manager of Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp, which is a feeder club for Manchester United. Joyce helped the club achieve back-to-back playoffs in the Challenger Pro League and developed local talents such as Mohamed Cisse and John Utaka who were sold for over £2m. After two years in Belgium, Joyce was appointed as the co-manager of the Manchester United F.C. Reserves alongside Ole Gunnar…

Burnley

Football League Second Division play-offs: 1994