11 Facts About Brian Eastick

Brian Eastick was born on 27 January 1952 and is an English football manager and former player.

Brian Eastick then took the post of assistant manager of Leyton Orient.

Between 1988 and 1995 Brian Eastick worked part-time at the Football Association's National School at Lilleshall before leaving to take up a role as assistant to Bryan Hamilton in managing the Northern Ireland team between 1995 and 1998.

Brian Eastick spent seven years at Birmingham City, brought in by manager Trevor Francis to develop the youth system from scratch, before spending two years as academy manager and head coach of Newcastle United during Sir Bobby Robson's reign.

When Martin Hunter stepped down in June 2006 to take up a role as first-team coach with Norwich City, Brian Eastick stepped up to take charge of the under-19s.

Brian Eastick led that team to the final of the 2009 European Championships, before taking over as head coach of the England under-20 team, from the 2009 under-20 World Cup finals until the 2011 competition.

Brian Eastick spent several days in Hong Kong in September 2011 as prime candidate for the post of manager of the Hong Kong national football team.

Brian Eastick was offered the post, but turned it down.

Brian Eastick returned to Stuart Pearce's coaching staff, assisting with the under-21 team and with the Great Britain Olympic team.

When Pearce stood in as England manager in February 2012, Brian Eastick took charge of the under-21 match on the same night.

Brian Eastick joined UAE Pro-League club Al Jazira in 2015 for a two-year spell as technical director.