Chris Beaumont

This article is about the English footballer. For the Australian artist, see Christopher Beaumont.
Chris Beaumont
Personal information
Full name Christopher Paul Beaumont
Date of birth (1965-12-05) 5 December 1965
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Denaby United ? (?)
1988–1989 Rochdale 34 (7)
1989–1996 Stockport County 258 (39)
1996–2001 Chesterfield 158 (6)
2001–2002 Ossett Town 37 (6)
Total 487 (58)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Christopher Paul Beaumont (born 5 December 1965) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for several teams in the Football League. Perhaps his best remembered spell was with Chesterfield which saw Beaumont score the winning goal in the 1996-97 FA Cup quarter final against Wrexham.[1] He also came on as a substitute in the semi final against Middlesbrough at Old Trafford and set up Jamie Hewitt's dramatic equaliser to take the tie to a replay.[2] Beaumont played for the Spireites over 150 times and left the club in 2001 which resulted in a spell at Ossett Town These days Beaumont runs a Post Office in Sheffield. Beaumont also works at Newfield Secondary School in Sheffield as a head of year, He is known to attend frequent Chesterfield F.C matches when time allows.[3]

References

  1. "Beaumont puts Spireites in sight of twin towers: Football". The Independent. 10 March 1997. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  2. Shaw, Phil (13 April 1997). "Hewitt keeps the Chesterfield dream alive". London: The Independent. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. , Chesterfield F.C.

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