Stuart Naysmith was a fictional footballer on Sky One

Sky One

Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...

's television drama Dream Team

Dream Team (TV series)

Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club....

. He was a central defender and manager

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

 for Harchester United

Harchester United F.C.

Harchester United Football Club was a fictional Premier League football club from the Midlands, featured in the television series Dream Team...

. He was the father of Ryan Naysmith

Ryan Naysmith

Ryan Naysmith was a character in the Sky One football drama Dream Team from 2002-2006. He played on the left wing and was the son of Stuart Naysmith and godson of Harchester legend Henry Leslie. He joined Harchester United after being released from Birmingham City due to committing arson...

, who also played for Harchester and was godson of Stuart's close friend and team mate Henry Leslie.

Naysmith joined Harchester from Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

 during the 2002 summer transfer window

Transfer window

The transfer window is the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other countries into their playing staff. Such a transfer is completed by registering the player into the new club through FIFA...

 to fulfill his life long dream of playing club football alongside Henry Leslie. He was described a solid former-England

England national football team

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 star who was to boost the Harchester defence.

He played two seasons in Harchester, though a recurring knee injury would eventually end his playing career after playing with the injury against Manchester City. He became a player-manager shortly before his playing career ended. After being released from his managerial position, Stuart planned on going to the media about match fixing

Match fixing

In organised sports, match fixing, game fixing, race fixing, or sports fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. Where the sporting competition in question is a race then the incident is referred to as...

 allegations against himself and the club. After a failed assassination plot by Pilar Hernandez, Stuart was forced to leave the country under witness protection

Witness protection

Witness protection is protection of a threatened witness or any person involved in the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during and after a trial, usually by police...

at the behest of friend Owen Fenton.

External links

• Stuart Naysmith at Harchester.net