Beadle
was appointed to the first team manager’s position in May and was tasked with a
massive job of a complete rebuild of the playing squad, with zero players left
from last season's successful squad.
Beadle’s
playing career began with Gillingham in 1988 and he made his first-team debut
at the age of 16.
He
enjoyed a spell on loan with Southern League Margate before returning to
Priestfield and becoming a first-team regular.
He
made 76 appearances and scored 16 goals which prompted Tottenham Hotspur to pay
£30,000 for his services in June 1992 – a club record for the Gills at the
time.
However,
he never played a senior game for Spurs and had spells out on loan at
Bournemouth and Southend United before being sold to Watford for £5,000 in
September 1984.
But
he swiftly joined Bristol Rovers in November 1995 for £30,000 and scored 43
goals in 127 games before moving to Port Vale for £300,000 in August 1998.
Moves
to Notts County and Bristol City followed and he spent four years at Ashton
Gate, scoring 19 goals in 106 games before being released at the end of the
2002/03 season.
He
had short stay at Brentford before joining Conference side Barnet in September
2003.
He
returned West to become player-coach at Team Bath in December 2003 and in the
summer of 2004, linked up with Clevedon Town.
In
May 2005, Beadle left the Hand Stadium to become manager of Taunton Town and in
October 2005 he took over at Newport County.
He
was sacked by the Exiles at the end of the 2007/08 season after being charged
by the FA of Wales over an incident in an FA Cup tie with Swansea City.
He
returned to management with Clevedon in March 2010 but left at the end of the
following season when he spent almost two years in charge of Cheltenham Town’s
under-16 side.
After
taking a year out of the game, Beadle became manager of Hereford United’s youth
team and in March 2014, he took over as the then-Conference side Bulls`
caretaker boss following the departure of Martin Foyle.
In
May 2014, he was appointed as head coach of Conference South side Sutton United
before being appointed as the first manager of Hereford FC following the demise
of the `old` club.
Beadle
led the phoenix club to league titles in all three of his full seasons in
charge.
He
also took Hereford to the FA Vase final at Wembley in 2016 and to the FA Cup
Second Round, losing to League One side Fleetwood Town in a replay.
He
was sacked by Hereford in September 2018 with the Bulls occupying 12th spot in
the National League North.
In
August 2020, Beadle was appointed as manager of National League side Barnet but
left in December 2020.
The
process of appointing a new manager to take the club forward is already
underway.
Meanwhile,
assistant manager Stuart Fleetwood will take charge of team matters until a new
manager is confirmed. |