Julian Andrew Dicks was born on 8 August 1968 and is an English football coach and former footballer who is assistant manager of EFL Championship side Watford.
50 Facts About Julian Dicks
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Julian Dicks was voted West Ham's player of the year four times between 1990 and 1997.
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Julian Dicks played in the Football League for Birmingham City where he started his footballing career, ending it in 2002 in non-league football with Canvey Island.
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Julian Dicks became manager of Wivenhoe Town in 2009, before moving to Grays Athletic later that year.
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Julian Dicks was capped by both the England U21 and England B sides.
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Julian Dicks was known as a "hard man" adopting the nickname of The Terminator.
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Julian Dicks was a tough tackler with a strong shot in regular demand as a penalty and free-kick taker.
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Julian Dicks was born in Keynsham Hospital, Bristol to mother, Carol and father Ron who worked as a fork-lift truck driver for Courage Brewery.
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Julian Dicks attended Novers Lane Primary School, in Knowle, Bristol and Merrywood Boys Secondary School in Knowle.
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Julian Dicks started his footballing career at Birmingham City, aged 14, having moved from his home in Bristol.
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Julian Dicks made his debut for West Ham on 2 April 1988 in a Division One game against Sheffield Wednesday.
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The new manager and Julian Dicks exhibited a poor working relationship from the outset.
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On 13 October 1990, playing in a game against Bristol City at Ashton Gate, Julian Dicks hit a dip on the edge of the pitch, his foot going over the edge resulting in a loss of feeling in his left leg.
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Julian Dicks continued to play but after the game he could barely walk.
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Green believed Julian Dicks was in need of an operation on his knee cartilage.
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Julian Dicks was picked to play in the next game, against Swindon Town but lasted only 38 minutes.
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Julian Dicks played again in the next game on 24 October 1990, against Blackburn Rovers but again had to be substituted.
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Julian Dicks was sent off three times and picked up a string of bookings which saw him miss significant periods of the season and he was stripped of the captaincy by manager Bonds.
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Souness thought Julian Dicks to be "my kind of player" and signed him for Liverpool that week in a swap deal which involved David Burrows and Mike Marsh moving to West Ham.
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Julian Dicks' signing had been part of an effort by Souness to "toughen up" the Liverpool team as he had planned to pair him with fellow hard man, Neil Ruddock.
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Julian Dicks's discipline had improved and he had yet to be booked whilst in Liverpool colours.
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Unfortunately for Julian Dicks, Souness was proving to be an unpopular manager.
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Julian Dicks had dropped fan-favourites Ian Rush and John Barnes to the reserve team due to perceived under performance and he had tried to integrate too many young and inexperienced players for many fans' liking.
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In February 1994 after a shock FA Cup loss to Bristol City, a game in which Julian Dicks did not play, the fans were calling for him to resign.
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Julian Dicks was replaced by Roy Evans who had always disliked Dicks and his style of play.
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Now with Evans as Liverpool manager Julian Dicks found himself out of favour.
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Julian Dicks took over the goalkeeper's gloves after regular 'keeper, Ludek Miklosko had been sent-off for a foul on Daniel Amokachi.
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In 2000 Julian Dicks was granted a testimonial match by West Ham.
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Julian Dicks made his debut for the England under-21 team in Lausanne, Switzerland in a friendly game against the Switzerland under-21 team on 28 May 1988.
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Julian Dicks played in England's first game of the competition against the Mexico under-21 team in the Stade Mayol in Toulon on 5 June 1988.
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Julian Dicks was sent-off for a foul on a Mexican player.
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Four years later, in 1992, Julian Dicks was called in to the England B team.
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Julian Dicks' performances had earlier given rise to journalists to call for his inclusion in the squad.
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The FA considered the video evidence provided and a report from referee Hart and Julian Dicks was given a three-match ban.
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In 1997 with Glenn Hoddle now manager of England, Julian Dicks met, by chance, his assistant, John Gorman whilst on holiday.
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Gorman said that Julian Dicks had been a candidate for selection for a game against Mexico in 1997.
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Julian Dicks returned to football on 5 January 2009 when he was appointed manager of Eastern Counties League side Wivenhoe Town, but left the club shortly after the end of that season by mutual consent.
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Julian Dicks took take charge of the Sealand side at the Tynwald Hill International Football Tournament on the Isle of Man in July 2013.
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On 19 June 2014, Julian Dicks was appointed as a new manager of the West Ham United Ladies.
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On 29 June 2015, Julian Dicks was appointed first-team coach for his former team, West Ham United, under new manager and former teammate, Slaven Bilic.
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In June 2016, Julian Dicks signed a contract to keep him on the coaching staff at West Ham for a further two years.
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When Bilic was sacked by West Ham in November 2017, Julian Dicks left the club.
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On 4 October 2018, Julian Dicks was appointed manager of Heybridge Swifts.
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Julian Dicks left Heybridge to again work for Slaven Bilic, at West Bromwich Albion.
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On 16 December 2020, following Bilic's sacking, Julian Dicks left West Brom too.
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On 15 September 2021, Julian Dicks resigned from the role after suffering five consecutive defeats at the start of the season.
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On 8 December 2022, Julian Dicks was appointed assistant manager of EFL Championship side Watford, returning to England after a stint in the United States working as technical director at Carolina Velocity.
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Julian Dicks met his wife Kay in 1985 and they married in 1988.
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Julian Dicks's brother, Grantley is a former footballer and coach.
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Julian Dicks went on to run the Shepherd and Dog Public House in Langham, near Colchester, Essex.