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Eastwood was born in Whalley and attended Pleckgate High School in Blackburn.
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As a schoolboy, he was with Blackburn Rovers before joining Burnley as a YTS trainee when he left school. Released at the end of the 1998-1999 season, he went on to play for Conference clubs Morecambe and Southport, then spent four seasons with Stalybridge Celtic. He scored 63 goals from 153 appearances in all competitions, and spent time on loan at Hyde United and Ashton United, before signing for Rossendale United in 2006.
Over his three seasons with the club, he averaged 20 goals a season, was their leading scorer, and was player-manager from November 2008 to the end of the 2008-2009 season, when he left the post by mutual consent after Rossendale finished bottom of the Northern Premier League Division One North.
He then joined Bamber Bridge as a player. In January 2009, Eastwood joined Preston North End as technical youth development officer, to work with the youngest players in the club"s centre of excellence.
