John Dreyer

DEFENCE

John Dreyer

Stevenage career: 2001-3

31 (0) Appearances #310 all-time
0 Goals
39% Win Rate #345 all-time
18 Aug 2001 Debut v Stalybridge Celtic (H)
A four-division drop in under two seasons would see many ex-professionals lose their appetite for the game. Not defender John Dreyer, however

Factfile

Position
Defence
Years
2001-3
Place of Birth
Alnwick
Previous Clubs
Cambridge United, Bradford City, Bolton Wanderers, Stoke City, Luton Town, Oxford United, Wallingford Town
Later Clubs
Maidenhead United (M) (2003), Rushden & Diamonds (A) (2006), Stevenage (A) (2008), Preston North End (A) (2012), Southport (A) (2017), Ware (M) (2018), Oldham Athletic (A) (2019), Barnet (A) (2022), Burton Albion (A) (2023)

Biography

A four-division drop in under two seasons would see many ex-professionals lose their appetite for the game. Not John Dreyer, however. Once a Premier League centre-back on the books at Bradford City, Dreyer featured in an injury-affected 2001-2 season and was appointed on a semi-coaching role at Broadhall Way.

Dreyer arrived at the start of the 2000-1 campaign on a free from Cambridge. He featured sporadically during his two-year spell at Broadhall Way due to age and fitness. Coming to the end of his playing career, this experience was valuable and saw him take over as boss on a caretaker basis once Wayne Turner left in December 2002.

After leaving, Dreyer was handed a managerial role at Maidenhead United before joining up with Graham Westley at Rushden and Diamonds in 2006 as assistant. It was a role that Dreyer was to reprise when Westley was reappointed as Stevenage manager. And, in doing so, it completed a full circle for the Alnwick-born defender.

Statistics

Appearances 31 #310 all-time
Starts 31
Off the Bench 0
Goals 0 #500 all-time
Wins 12
Defeats 10
Yellow Cards 9
Red Cards 0
Win Rate 38.7% #345 all-time

Career Timeline

29
2001-02 0 goals
Debut season Most appearances
2
2002-03 0 goals
Final season
Season Starts Subs Goals YC RC Wins Defeats Apps Win %
2002-03 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0%
2001-02 29 0 0 9 0 12 9 29 41.38%

Overall

Games played 31
Win rate 38.71%

League

Games played 26
Win rate 38.46%

Cup

Games played 5
Win rate 40%