Ian Hendon

Hendon with West Ham United
Personal information
Full name Ian Michael Hendon
Date of birth (1971-12-05) 5 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Ilford, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1981–1989 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Tottenham Hotspur 4 (0)
1992 → Portsmouth (loan) 4 (0)
1992 → Leyton Orient (loan) 6 (0)
1993 → Barnsley (loan) 6 (0)
1993–1997 Leyton Orient 131 (5)
1995 → Birmingham City (loan) 4 (0)
1997–1999 Notts County 82 (6)
1999–2000 Northampton Town 60 (3)
2000–2003 Sheffield Wednesday 49 (2)
2003 → Barnet (loan) 4 (1)
2003 Peterborough United 7 (1)
2003–2009 Barnet 139 (19)
Total 496 (37)
International career
1992–1993 England U21 7 (0)
Managerial career
2004 Barnet (caretaker)
2008–2010 Barnet
2010 Dover Athletic
2011–2012 West Ham United Under-23
2015–2016 Leyton Orient
2019–2020 Europa Point
2021 Waterford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Michael Hendon (born 5 December 1971) is an English football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Hendon was born in Ilford, Greater London. Primarily a right-back but sometimes deployed in the centre or in midfield, he began his career with Tottenham Hotspur, winning the FA Youth Cup in 1990. He made his first-team debut in 1989, and made seven appearances for the club over the next four years, also representing England Under-21 seven times. He was an unused substitute in the 1991 FA Charity Shield.

While with Spurs Hendon had loan spells with Portsmouth, Leyton Orient and Barnsley before joining Orient on a permanent basis in August 1993. He spent three and a half years at Brisbane Road, with a brief loan spell at Birmingham City in 1995.

He later played for Notts County, Northampton Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Peterborough United before joining then Football Conference side Barnet in 2003, having been on loan there six months previously. He was briefly joint caretaker manager at Barnet with Danny Maddix between the departure of Martin Allen and the arrival of Paul Fairclough.

Joining up with his mentor Peter Shreeves, who has coached him at Tottenham and Sheffield Wednesday, he captained the club in their return to the Football League in his second season, and remained a key player for four years. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Hendon was initially not offered a new playing contract by Barnet, but was given the chance to join Paul Fairclough's coaching staff. Nevertheless, he featured in the early fixtures of 2007–08, before dropping back as new players arrived. He remained registered as a player until the end of the 2008–09 season when he retired as a player to concentrate solely on management.[1]

As a player Hendon featured in the PFA Third Division Team of the Year three times, once each with Leyton Orient (1996–97), Notts County (1997–98) and Northampton Town (1999–00).[2][3][4]

Managerial career

Following Paul Fairclough's step-down after the 3–0 Boxing Day defeat to Aldershot Town, Hendon was asked to take over as caretaker manager of Barnet.[5] Fairclough's last game was a 2–0 win at A.F.C. Bournemouth, leaving the side with 19 points from their 23 league games. Performances improved under Hendon, and some adept loan signings including Paul Furlong, Matt Lockwood, Jake Cole and Yannick Bolasie helped to drag The Bees away from the relegation battle and to mathematical safety with four games to spare.[6]

He declared his desire to take the job permanently and was given the job on a two-year deal in April 2009.[7][8] The Bees started the 2009–10 season in superb form and were top of the league at one point, but Hendon was sacked on 28 April 2010 after a disastrous run of form left the Bees in serious relegation trouble.[9] The last game of Hendon's reign was a 1–0 defeat to Accrington Stanley. On 28 May 2010, he was appointed the manager of Conference South side Dover Athletic, but just 18 days later quit the club to become assistant manager to his former Bees teammate Andy Hessenthaler at Gillingham.[10] Hessenthaler had been his predecessor as Dover manager. In July 2011 he was appointed, by new manager Sam Allardyce, as development coach at West Ham United.[11] In December 2012, he was promoted to the role of first-team coach following the departure of Wally Downes.[12]

On 28 May 2015, it was announced Hendon would be returning to Brisbane Road as Leyton Orient's new manager, replacing Fabio Liverani following the club's relegation to League Two.[13] Following a poor run of results, Hendon was sacked in January 2016.[14]

After a spell as assistant manager at Ebbsfleet United,[15] he took over as manager of Europa Point in Gibraltar, on 26 November 2019, following the departure of Allen Bula.[16] Hendon's appointment saw a significant upturn in results, with 7 wins in 12 games, only for the season to be voided in May 2020 by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]

In June 2021 Hendon was reportedly offered a role as first team coach at Southend United,[18] but on 24 November 2021, it was announced that Hendon had been appointed manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford. His appointment came just days after they had sacked their manager Marc Bircham, leaving Hendon with just 48 hours and two training sessions to prepare for their final game of the season, a crucial Promotion/relegation playoff Final vs League of Ireland First Division side UCD.[19][20]

Managerial statistics

For Barnet (permanent spell) and Leyton Orient:[21]
As of 29 November 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Barnet (joint caretaker) 23 March 2004 30 March 2004 1 0 1 0 000.0
Barnet 28 December 2008 28 April 2010 74 21 21 32 028.4
Dover Athletic 28 May 2010 15 June 2010 0 0 0 0 !—
Leyton Orient 28 May 2015 18 January 2016 31 10 11 10 032.3
Europa Point 26 November 2019 3 May 2020 12 7 3 2 058.3
Waterford 24 November 2021 27 November 2021 1 0 0 1 000.0
Total 119 38 36 45 031.9

Honours

Player

Tottenham Hotspur

Notts County

Barnet

Individual

Manager

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Barnet manager hangs up his boots". BBC Sport. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (1997). The 1997–98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-85291-581-0.
  3. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9.
  4. ^ a b "BBC News | FA CARLING PREMIERSHIP | Keane claims award double". news.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Fairclough stands down at Barnet". 27 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Gillingham assistant manager Ian Hendon reflects on his time at Barnet ahead of Gills clash with the Bees". Kent Online. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Hendon wants Barnet job next season too". Times Series. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. ^ "League Managers Association - HENDON APPOINTED MANAGER AT BARNET". leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Hendon's contract terminated". Barnet Football Club. 28 April 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  10. ^ "Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler justifies move for Ian Hendon". Kent Online. 21 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Sam Allardyce in the market for eight new signings". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  12. ^ Day, Richard (25 January 2013). "Ex-Gills". Gillingham F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  13. ^ "BBC Sport - Ian Hendon: West Ham coach named Leyton Orient manager". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Ian Hendon: Leyton Orient manager sacked by League Two club". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  15. ^ "Introducing Ian…". Ebbsfleet United Football Club | Official Website of the Fleet. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Ian Hendon, nuevo entrenador del Europa Point FC de Gibraltar". 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Gibraltar National League Season Declared Null and Void". Gibraltar Football Association. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Ian Hendon offered coaching role at Southend United". Echo. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Waterford FC". Waterford FC. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  20. ^ Fallon, John (24 November 2021). "Ian Hendon appointed Waterford manager for promotion/relegation playoff". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Managers: Ian Hendon". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  22. ^ "Notts County FC - Honours". www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  23. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2005). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2005–2006. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 630, 636–637. ISBN 978-0-7553-1384-6.
  24. ^ "Ian Hendon named Sky Bet League 2 Manager of the Month". www.efl.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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