John Gorman (footballer)

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John Gorman
Personal information
Full name Johnathan Gorman
Date of birth August 16, 1949 (1949-08-16) (age 58)
Place of birth    Winchburgh, Scotland
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Southampton (Chief Scout)
Youth clubs
Celtic
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1970–1976
1976–1979
1979–1982		 Carlisle United
Tottenham Hotspur
Tampa Bay Rowdies		 261 (5)
015 (0)
00? (?)   
Teams managed
1993–1994
1999
2003
2004
2004–2006
2006
2006–
2008		 Swindon Town
West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)
Wycombe Wanderers (caretaker)
Gillingham (caretaker)
Wycombe Wanderers
Northampton Town
Southampton (Chief Scout)
Southampton (caretaker)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

John Gorman (born August 16, 1949 in Winchburgh, West Lothian, Scotland) is a former football player and coach. He is currently Chief Scout at Southampton, after a brief as joint-caretaker manager in conjunction with First-Team Coach Jason Dodd.

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[edit] Playing career

Gorman began his career at Celtic, but failed to break into the first team. 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.

[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. However it was announced on May 26 that the club and manager had parted company permanently.

On Monday June 5, 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 December 20, Gorman resigned citing personal reasons. He later attributed his departure to stress.[1] 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.[2] Following George Burley's departure to become Scotland manager, he was appointed caretaker manager with Jason Dodd in January 2008.

After a stint as caretaker manager, John Gorman was relieved of his duties after Nigel Pearson was placed in charge of the club on the 19th february 2008.

[edit] Managerial stats

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pressure was too much for Gorman. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on December 22, 2006.
  2. ^ Gorman returns to Saints as scout. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on May 25, 2007.

[edit] External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Bryan Robson		 England Assistant Manager
1996-1999		 Succeeded by
Peter Beardsley
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(c) caretaker
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(s) secretary

(c) caretaker