John Gorman (footballer)

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John Gorman
Personal information
Full name	John Gorman
Date of birth	16 August 1949 (1949-08-16) (age 59)
Place of birth	Winchburgh, Scotland
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Celtic
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1968–1970 1970–1976 1976–1979 1979–1982 1986	Celtic Carlisle United Tottenham Hotspur Tampa Bay Rowdies Gillingham	000 (0) 261 (5) 030 (0) 111 (1) 000 (0)[1]
Teams managed
1993–1994 1999 2003 2004 2004–2006 2006 2008	Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion (caretaker) Wycombe Wanderers (caretaker) Gillingham (caretaker) Wycombe Wanderers Northampton Town Southampton (caretaker)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Gorman (born 16 August 1949 in Winchburgh, West Lothian) is a Scottish former football player and coach. He was released on 22 April 2009 as Assistant Manager of Ipswich Town

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching and management career 3 Managerial stats 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

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Gorman began his career at Celtic, but only played one game, a Scottish League Cup match in 1968. He was released and signed for Carlisle United and was almost ever present in their one season in the old First Division. He signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 1976 before injury as a result of a tackle by Jimmy Case lost him his place. He went on to play for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL for four seasons (1979–1982) alongside Rodney Marsh and Manny Andruszewski.^[2]

[edit] Coaching and management career

Gorman's coaching career has often been intertwined with his longtime friend Glenn Hoddle, starting when Gorman became Hoddle's assistant at Swindon Town. When Hoddle left for Chelsea, Gorman became full-time manager at Swindon. His spell as manager was unsuccessful, with Gorman receiving some unkind nicknames (such as "John Gormless") from fans and the side finishing bottom of the Premiership in 1993–94. Gorman was sacked halfway through the 1994–95 season, with Swindon on the verge of a second successive relegation (which his successor Steve McMahon was unable to prevent).

Despite being Scottish, he later rejoined Hoddle as his assistant when Hoddle became England manager. After Hoddle's dismissal Gorman became assistant manager at Reading. He then worked with Hoddle at Southampton and Tottenham. After leaving Tottenham in 2003 he was briefly caretaker manager at Wycombe but was passed over in favour of Tony Adams. He was taken on as an assistant to Andy Hessenthaler at Gillingham, and acted as caretaker manager after Hessenthaler stepped down before returning to Wycombe as manager after Adams' resignation in late 2004

After turning around Wycombe's poor form, the club finished the 2004–05 season strongly and only just missed out on a play-off place. At the start of the 2005–06 season, a new club record was set by going 21 consecutive league games unbeaten. Towards the end of the season it was announced that Gorman would be taking a temporary leave of absence for personal reasons, his wife Myra having died from cancer a few weeks earlier.^[3] However it was announced on 26 May that the club and manager had parted company permanently.^[4]

On 5 June 2006 Gorman was announced as the new manager of Northampton Town replacing Colin Calderwood. Calderwood was given the Nottingham Forest position after Northampton finished 2nd in League Two and were promoted. On 20 December, Gorman resigned citing personal reasons. He later attributed his departure to stress.^[5] He had been in charge for 22 league games, which saw five wins, with just one at home all season.

In May 2007 he became the chief scout at Southampton.^[6] Following George Burley's departure to become Scotland manager in January 2008, he was appointed joint caretaker manager, along with Jason Dodd.^[7] After a stint as caretaker manager, John Gorman was relieved of his duties after Nigel Pearson was placed in charge of the club on 19 February 2008. Gorman and Dodd both left the club in June 2008, following the appointment of new manager Jan Poortvliet.^[8]

On 30 December 2008, Gorman was appointed Assistant Manager of Ipswich Town, having previously been with the club 10 years prior in the same role. Gorman was released in April 2009 when Jim Magilton was sacked as manager.

On 8 June 2009, Gorman was appointed assistant manager of Queens Park Rangers, and thus reunited with his old friend, manager Jim Magilton.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Swindon Town		4 June 1993	21 November 1994	68	14	34	20	20.58
West Bromwich Albion		27 July 1999	3 August 1999	0	0	0	0	00.00
Wycombe Wanderers		2 October 2003	5 November 2003	8	2	3	3	25.00
Gillingham		23 November 2004	30 November 2004	1	1	0	0	100.00
Wycombe Wanderers		30 November 2004	5 June 2006	82	30	25	27	36.58
Northampton Town		5 June 2006	20 December 2006	27	6	10	11	22.22
Southampton		14 February 2008		0	0	0	0	00.00

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• John Gorman management career stats at Soccerbase
• Article on BBC website
• Profile on www.angelfire.com
• League Managers Association profile
• Fact file

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bryan Robson	England Assistant Manager 1996-1999	Succeeded by Peter Beardsley

v • d • e Wycombe Wanderers F.C. – Managers McCormick (1951–52) · Cann (1952–61) · McDonald (1961) · G. Adams (1961–62) · Welsh (1962–64) · Darvill (1964–68) · Lee (1968–76) · Powell (1976–77) · Reardon (1977–78) · Williams (1978–80) · Keen (1980–84) · Bence (1984–86) · Gane (1986–87) · Suddaby (1987–88) · Kelman (1988–90) · O'Neill (1990–95) · Smith (1995–96) · Gregory (1996–98) · Smillie (1998–99) · Sanchez (1999–2003) · T. Adams (2003–04) · Gorman (2004–06) · Lambert (2006–08) · Taylor (2008–)

v • d • e Swindon Town F.C. – Managers S. Allen (1902–1933) · Vizard (1933–1939) · Harris (1939–1940) · Page (1945–1953) · Lindley (1953–1955) · Head (1956–1965) · D. Williams (1965–1969) · Ford (1969–1971) · Mackay (1971–1972) · L. Allen (1972–1974) · D. Williams (1974–1978) · Smith (1978–1980) · Trollope (1980–1983) · Beamish (1983–1984) · Macari (1984–1989) · Ardiles (1989–1991) · Hoddle (player) (1991–1993) · Gorman (1993–1994) · McMahon (1994–1998) · Quinn (1998–2000) · Todd (2000) · King (2000–2001) · Evans (2001) · King (2001–2005) · Onuora (2005–2006) · Wise (2006) · A. Williams (caretaker) (2006) · Sturrock (2006–07) · Byrne (caretaker) (2007–2008) · Malpas (2008) · Byrne (caretaker) (2008) · Wilson (2008–)

v • d • e Gillingham F.C. – Managers Groombridge (1896–1906) · Smith (1906–08) · Groombridge (1908–13) · Gilligan (1913–15) · Collins (1919–20) · Brown (1920) · McMillan (1920–22) · Groombridge (1922–23) · Curtis (1923–26) · Hoskins (1926–29) · Hendrie (1929–31) · Maven (1932–37) · Ure (1937–38) · Harvey (1938–39) · Clark (1939–58) · Barratt (1958–62) · Cox (1962–65) · Boswell (1966) · Hayward (1966–71) · Nelson (1971–74) · Ashurst (1974–75) · Summers (1975–81) · Peacock (1981–87) · Paul Taylor (1987–88) · Burkinshaw (1988–89) · Richardson (1989–92) · Roeder (1992–93) · Flanagan (1993–95) · Smillie (1995) · Pulis (1995–99) · Peter Taylor (1999–2000) · Hessenthaler (2000–04) · Gorman (2004) · Hare/Roberts/Smith (2004) · Ternent (2004–05) · Cooper (2005) · Jepson (2005–07) · Docherty/Onoura (2007) · Stimson (2007–)

v • d • e Northampton Town F.C. – Managers Jones (1897–1907) · Chapman (1907–12) · Bull (1912–13) · Lessons (1913–19) · Hewison (1920–25) · Tresadern (1925–30) · English (1931–35) · Puddefoot (1935–37) · Cresswell (1937–39) · Smith (1939–49) · Dennison (1949–54) · Smith (1954–59) · Bowen (1959–67) · Marchi (1967–68) · Flowers (1968–69) · Bowen (1969–72) · Baxter (1972–73) · Dodgin (1973–76) · Crerand (1976–77) · Petts (1977–78) · Dodgin (1977) · Bowen (1978) · Keen (1978–79) · Walker (1979–80) · Dodgin (1980–82) · Walker (1982–84) · Barton (1984–85) · Carr (1985–90) · Foley (1990–92) · Chard (1992–93) · Barnwell (1993–94) · Atkins (1995–99) · Broadhurst (1999) · Wilson (1999–2001) · Broadhurst (2001–03) · Fenwick (2003) · Wilkinson (2003) · Hill (2003) · Calderwood (2003–06) · Gorman (2006) · Barron and Sampson (2006–07) · Gray (2007–)

v • d • e Southampton F.C. – Managers Knight (1894–95s) · Robson (1895–96s) · Arnfield (1897–1911s) · Swift (1911–12) · Arnfield (1912–19s) · McIntyre (1919–24) · Goss (1924–1925s) · Chadwick (1925–31) · Kay (1931–36) · Goss (1936–37) · Parker (1937–43) · Dominy (1943–46) · Dodgin (1946–49) · Cann (1949–51) · Roughton (1952–55) · Bates (1955–73) · McMenemy (1973–85) · Nicholl (1985–91) · Branfoot (1991–94) · Ball (1994–95) · Merrington (1995–96) · Souness (1996–97) · Jones (1997–2000) · Hoddle (2000–01) · Gray (2001) · Strachan (2001–04) · Sturrock (2004) · Wigley (2004) · Redknapp (2004–05) · Bassett and Wise (2005c) · Burley (2005–08) · Gorman and Dodd (2008c) · Pearson (2008) · Poortvliet (2008–09) · Wotte (2009–) (s) secretary (c) caretaker