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Martin Drury
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Huddersfield Town (assistant manager)
Youth career
Doncaster Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Doncaster Rovers 0 (0)
2004 → Gainsborough Trinity (loan)
2004–2006 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2006–2009 Gainsborough Trinity
2007 → Belper Town (loan)
2009–2014 Bradford (Park Avenue)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Bradford (Park Avenue)
2019 Bradford City (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Drury (born 10 April 1986) is an English football coach and former player who is assistant manager at Huddersfield Town.

Playing career

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Born in Huddersfield, Drury played as a left-back for Doncaster Rovers,[1] Gainsborough Trinity, Sheffield Wednesday, Belper Town, and Bradford (Park Avenue).[2][3] He retired at the age of 28 due to injury.[4]

Coaching career

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After retiring as a player, Drury worked for Bradford (Park Avenue) (as both assistant manager and then manager), and also as a coach at Boston United.[5]

At Park Avenue, he was appointed manager in April 2015, replacing John Deacey.[6] He left the club in March 2016, and was replaced by Darren Edmondson.[7]

Drury joined Bradford City in 2016, initially working in their Academy.[4][8] In July 2017 he became a full-time youth coach at the club,[9] and in May 2018 he became Lead Development Coach for the club's entire youth set-up.[4]

He later worked as first-team coach under both Michael Collins and David Hopkin.[8] In February 2019, after the resignation of Hopkin, Drury was appointed as the club's caretaker manager.[8] A few days later he appointed Paul Caddis as club captain, replacing Anthony O'Connor.[10] Drury's first game in charge, on 2 March 2019, was a 5–1 away defeat against Portsmouth. After the game, Drury said that appointing a new permanent manager was a "matter of urgency".[11] Two days later, on 4 March 2019, Gary Bowyer was appointed as Bradford City manager until the end of the 2018–19 season.[12] Drury was retained by the club as a coach.[13] By August 2021 his role was 'Senior Technical and Tactical Coach'.[14] He became Head of Academy Coaching in March 2022,[15] and later that month spoke positively about the achievements of the youth team.[16]

In July 2022 he became an academy coach at Manchester United.[17] He moved to a coaching role at West Bromwich Albion in August 2024,[18] before becoming an assistant coach at Spanish club Valencia in January 2025.[19]

He returned to England in July 2025 to become an assistant first team coach at Brentford.[20]

In January 2026 he became assistant manager at Huddersfield Town.[21]

Personal life

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As of November 2012, Drury was married with two sons.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Potential candidate rules himself out of becoming Rovers' new assistant manager". Doncaster Free Press. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  2. ^ Ian Whiting (6 December 2012). "Martin Drury injury may prompt Bradford Park Avenue rethink". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. ^ Martin Drury at Soccerbase
  4. ^ a b c "New Challenge For Drury". Bradford City A.F.C. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Avenue old boy Drury could provide Boston United with crucial insight". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  6. ^ Steven Coney (28 April 2015). "Martin Drury steps up to replace John Deacey at Bradford PA". The Non-League Football Paper. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  7. ^ Ian Whiting (26 March 2016). "No regrets from Drury after being replaced as Park Avenue boss". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  8. ^ a b c Richard Sutcliffe (25 February 2019). "Martin Drury steps in at Portsmouth as Bradford City begin their search to replace David Hopkin". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. ^ "BANTAMS RECRUIT COACHING TRIO". Bradford City A.F.C. 13 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  10. ^ Simon Parker (28 February 2019). "Caddis named Bradford City captain". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  11. ^ Simon Parker (4 March 2019). "Bantams poised to reveal new manager TODAY". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Gary Bowyer: Bradford City appoint former Blackburn and Blackpool boss as manager". BBC Sport. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  13. ^ Simon Parker (9 March 2019). "Bradford City boss won't make coaching changes". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Two new Bradford City coaches named in academy restructure". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  15. ^ "Drury given new role in Bradford City academy after Nightingale joins Liverpool". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  16. ^ "City set to hand out record number of deals as teen talents shine". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  17. ^ "Bantams confirm Drury's departure for Manchester United". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  18. ^ "Martin Drury joins Carlos Corberán's coaching staff | West Bromwich Albion". www.wba.co.uk.
  19. ^ "Former Bantams coach Drury starts job in La Liga". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 3 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Martin Drury joins Brentford as assistant first-team coach". Brentford FC. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Former Bantams number two to face them in Huddersfield derby". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 20 January 2026.
  22. ^ "Martin Drury". Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2019.


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