Nigel Winterburn was born on 11 December 1963 and is an English retired professional footballer, coach and current television personality for BT Sport.
20 Facts About Nigel Winterburn
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Nigel Winterburn played primarily as a left back from 1981 to 2003.
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Nigel Winterburn is best known for his role alongside Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Martin Keown and Lee Dixon, forming a celebrated defensive line for Arsenal in the Premier League and European football during the 1990s.
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Nigel Winterburn played in the top flight for West Ham United and in the Football League for Wimbledon as well as being contracted to Birmingham City and Oxford United.
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Nigel Winterburn earned two caps for England between 1989 and 1993.
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Nigel Winterburn became an apprentice at Birmingham City in May 1980 before turning professional in 1981, after he had played for Nuneaton schoolboys.
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Nigel Winterburn was voted Player Of The Year for the club in four consecutive seasons, and earned England under-21 honours.
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Nigel Winterburn began his Arsenal career at right-back, an emergency measure employed by Graham after he'd been unsuccessful in finding a worthwhile replacement for Viv Anderson.
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Nigel Winterburn made his Arsenal league debut as a substitute at Highbury against Southampton on 21 November 1987, and on the remainder of that season he played in 17 league games.
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Nigel Winterburn put the kick low and strong to the right hand corner as he viewed it, but Luton goalkeeper Andy Dibble guessed correctly and pushed the ball round the post.
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Sansom, demoted to reserve team football, left Arsenal for Newcastle United in December 1988 and Nigel Winterburn settled into his more familiar left back role as a result, staying in it for more than a decade.
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Nigel Winterburn was eventually booked, and subsequently fined two weeks wages, but despite the two-point deduction - one more than Manchester United as Arsenal had been involved in a similar brawl against Norwich City in 1989 - Arsenal went on to win the league comfortably.
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Two years later, Nigel Winterburn was in the Arsenal team which won both cup competitions and thus completed his domestic set of medals.
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Nigel Winterburn came on as a sub for Manchester United winger Lee Sharpe in the final match of the contest against Germany.
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Arsenal went on to reach the UEFA Cup final but Nigel Winterburn had been forced out of the team by the Brazilian left back Sylvinho, although he in turn was displaced by the fledgling Ashley Cole within another 12 months.
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Nigel Winterburn retired in 2003, his last game coming on 2 February 2003 against Liverpool.
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Nigel Winterburn made his second and final appearance for the senior national side nearly four years later on 19 June 1993 against Germany.
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On 14 July 2008, Nigel Winterburn joined Paul Ince's backroom staff at Blackburn Rovers as defensive coach.
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In 2013, Nigel Winterburn became a pundit for BT Sport for the start of their football coverage.
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Nigel Winterburn regularly appears on the programme BT Sport Score.