David John Beasant (/ˈbɛsənt/; born 20 March 1959) is an English football coach and former goalkeeper.
As a player, he was a goalkeeper, who notably played top-flight football for Wimbledon, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Southampton and Nottingham Forest. He also was on the books at Premier League teams Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan Athletic and Fulham, but failed to make an appearance for either. He spent the rest of his career in the Football League with Grimsby Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Bradford City and Brighton & Hove Albion, as well as with non-league sides Edgware Town and North Greenford United. He played in Wimbledon's 1988 FA Cup victory, during which he became the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup final, and the first goalkeeper since 1875 to lift the cup as captain of the winning team. He made two appearances for the England national football team. On 10 May 2015, Beasant became the oldest individual to be selected in the squad for a match in Football League history while representing Stevenage, as a substitute against Southend United in the League Two play-off semi-final second leg, at the age of 56.
Since retiring, Beasant has worked as a goalkeeping coach for Fulham, Northern Ireland, the Glenn Hoddle Academy, Bristol Rovers, Stevenage and Reading.
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David John Beasant (/ˈbɛsənt/; born 20 March 1959) is an English football coach and former goalkeeper. As a player, he was a goalkeeper, who notably played...
featured the first ever penalty save in an FA Cup final, by DaveBeasant from John Aldridge. Beasant is often mistakenly believed to have been the first goalkeeper...
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the Glenn Hoddle Academy, where his father - former England goalkeeper DaveBeasant - was a coach. Following an unsuccessful trial with Birmingham City,...
contribute to Manchester United's 4–0 win over Chelsea. In 1988, Wimbledon's DaveBeasant became the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup final at Wembley...
at Southampton, negotiated his loan from Colorado Rapids as cover for DaveBeasant, with a view to a permanent transfer. His second league appearance came...
However, the man who had saved his penalty – Wimbledon's goalkeeper DaveBeasant – had gone, transferred to Newcastle United in the close season, and...
Glenn Hoddle and fellow former footballers Graham Rix, Nigel Spackman, DaveBeasant and John Gorman. The main objective of the academy is to get former Premier...
had to pull out of the squad due to a thumb injury and was replaced by DaveBeasant. Head coach: Leo Beenhakker Head coach: Jack Charlton Each national team...
second goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup Final at Wembley, after DaveBeasant for Wimbledon in 1988. After the interval, Nayim cushioned a kick from...
made 181 league appearances. He also at times covered for the likes of DaveBeasant, Hans Segers and Paul Heald, and also spent a period on loan at Crystal...
himself on the bench numerous times, playing second choice 'keeper to DaveBeasant. He was finally released from Forest, in 2000 as the club's financial...
John Fashanu, Robbie Savage, Tim Sherwood, John Scales, Neil Ruddock, DaveBeasant, Paul Walsh, Dennis Wise, and England team manager Terry Venables. As...
legends of the old Wimbledon, such as John Fashanu, DaveBeasant, Efan Ekoku, Neil Sullivan, Dave Bassett, Wally Downes, Marcus Gayle, Neal Ardley, Alan...
penalty, only for John Aldridge's shot to be saved by Dons goalkeeper DaveBeasant. During the 1993–94 season Sanchez left Wimbledon for newly promoted...
competing with another goalkeeper with a reputation for eccentricity, DaveBeasant. Despite the fuss caused by the match-fixing allegations (see below)...
Italy he had to pull out of the squad due to injury and was replaced by DaveBeasant. Seaman remained a member of the England squad under new manager Graham...
featured several former Newcastle players, John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, DaveBeasant, John Beresford, Paul Bracewell, Les Ferdinand, Paul Gascoigne, Steve...
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