John McGovern (footballer)

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John McGovern
Personal information
Full name John Prescott McGovern
Date of birth 28 October 1949 (1949-10-28) (age 62)
Place of birth Montrose, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1965–1968 Hartlepool United 72 (5)
1968–1974 Derby County 190 (16)
1974–1975 Leeds United 4 (0)
1975–1982 Nottingham Forest 253 (6)
1982–1984 Bolton Wanderers 16 (0)
National team
Scotland U23
Teams managed
1982–1984 Bolton Wanderers
1994–1996 Rotherham United
1997–1998 Woking
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

John McGovern (born 28 October 1949 in Montrose) is a Scottish former association football player and manager. McGovern is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest side that won the European Cup twice, under the management of Brian Clough.

Although McGovern was born in Scotland, he moved with his family to Hartlepool at the age of seven. He was a fine all-round athlete from an early age, but it was at rugby rather than football that he first excelled. At school in Hartlepool, he was the fly half and captain of the under-15 team. Switching to the round-ball code at 15, he was signed on apprentice forms by Brian Clough and in Hartlepool's first team at the age of 16.

At the age of 19 he became the youngest player to play in all four divisions of the Football League and during his playing career he won promotion with Hartlepool United, Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He also won two Scottish U23 caps, and was to go on a play over 500 league games during his career. He forged a long-lasting relationship with manager, Brian Clough, and assistant-manager, Peter Taylor, at both Derby County and Nottingham Forest, who recognised his footballing ability, despite his missing a muscle in his back.

McGovern transferred from Hartlepool United to Derby County for a fee of £7500 in September 1968, and by January he had established himself in the Derby side that was to win promotion back to the First Division and won the First Division title in 1972.[1]

He was still with the Rams when Brian Clough controversially resigned as manager in October 1973, but Clough took him to Leeds United in August 1974 just after beginning what would be an ill-fated 44-day spell as manager of the Elland Road side. Clough made a quick management comeback in January 1975 with Second Division side Nottingham Forest in January 1975 and Clough signed him for Forest the following month..[2] McGovern went on to be captain of Nottingham Forest where he won the League Championship again along with two League Cups and two European Cups. He would end up spending more than seven years at the City Ground.

McGovern joined Bolton Wanderers as Player Manager in 1982–83, and he made a total of 16 League appearances for them before moving to Horwich RMI.[3] . During his time at Bolton he had to work under tight financial restraints and therefore had to rely on a lot of the clubs younger players including Warren Joyce, Steve Thompson, Simon Farnworth and Jimmy Phillips all of whom are now working as football coaches themselves.

Assistant Manager at Plymouth Argyle and Hull City, Joint Manager at Rotherham United (with Archie Gemmill), and he was also Manager of Woking F.C. from 1997 to 1998.

In January 2012, McGovern appeared on the BBC Three documentary Britain's Gay Footballers.

Contents

[edit] Honours

Derby County
Nottingham Forest

[edit] Career statistics

This table is incomplete.

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe[A] Other[B] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hartlepool United 1965–66[7] 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - 1 0
1966–67[8] 33 1 1 0 0 0 - - - - 34 1
1967–68[9] 33 4 1 0 1 0 - - - - 35 4
1968–69[7] 5 0 0 0 1 2 - - - - 6 2
Total 72 5 2 0 2 2 - - - - 76 7
Derby County 1968–69[2] 18 0 ? ? ? ? - - - - ? ?
1969–70[2] 33 4 ? ? ? ? - - - - ? ?
1970–71[10] 34[2] 6 3 0 2 1 - - 3 1 42 8
1971–72[11] 40 3 ? ? ? ? - - ? ? ? ?
1972–73[2] 39 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1973–74[2] 26 2 ? ? ? ? - - - - ? ?
Total[11] 190 16 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 227 20
Leeds United 1974–75[2] 4 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nottingham Forest 1974–75[12] 8 0 ? ? ? ? - - - - ? ?
1975–76[12] 41 0 ? ? ? ? - - - - ? ?
1976–77[12] 39 0 ? ? ? ? - - ? ? ? ?
1977–78[12] 31 4 ? ? ? ? - - - - ? ?
1978–79[12] 36 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1979–80[12] 41 2 ? ? ? ? ? ? - - ? ?
1980–81[13] 27[12] 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 36 0
1981–82[12] 30 0 ? ? ? ? - - - - ? ?
Total[14] 253 6 18 1 33 3 ? ? ? ? 335 11
Bolton Wanderers 1982–83[15] 14 0 0 0 4 1 - - - - 18 1
1983–84[15] 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 2 0
Total 16 0 0 0 4 1 - - 0 0 20 1
Career totals 535 27 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[edit] Notes

^A European statistics should include European Cup (1972/73, 1974/75 and 1978/79 to 1980/81) and Super Cup (1979/80 and 1980/81)
^B Other statistics should include Watney Cup (1970/71), Texaco Cup (1971/72), Charity Shield (1972/73, 1974/75 and 1978/79), Anglo-Scottish Cup (1976/77), Intercontinental Cup (1980/81) and Football League Trophy (1983/84)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mike Cockayne. "SEASONAL RECORD: (Part 1) 1968-71". John McGovern: Derby County FC. Sporting Heroes. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=37310. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "John McGovern: Leeds United FC". Seasonal breakdown for Hartlepool, Derby and Leeds. Sporting Heroes. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=42021. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
  3. ^ Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
  4. ^ a b c d "McGovern: John Prescott (John)". Leeds United Player Profiles. Tony Hill. http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/M/McGovernJP.php. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "European Super Cup: 1979/80". Footballsite.co.uk. http://footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/European/SuperCup/SuperCup1979-80.htm. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 
  6. ^ "Anglo-Scottish Cup: 1976/77". This is one of our Trophy cabinets. Forest forays. http://forestforays.piczo.com/trophies?cr=2&linkvar=000044. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 
  7. ^ a b Hartlepool stats by season at inthemadcrowd
  8. ^ List of Hartlepool appearances 66/7 at inthemadcrowd
  9. ^ List of Hartlepool appearances 67/8 at inthemadcrowd
  10. ^ Tony Williams and Roy Peskett (compilers) (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 362-00094-8. 
  11. ^ a b "SEASONAL RECORD: (Part 2) 1971-74". John McGovern: Derby County FC 1968-74. Sporting Heroes. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=37311. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h "John McGovern: Nottingham Forest 1975-82". Career league stats by season. Sporting Heroes. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=42022. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
  13. ^ Rollin (ed), Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1981–82. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0362-02046-9. 
  14. ^ "Player profile: John Prescott McGovern". Ex-players. U-REDS.com: Nottingham Forest Supporters Online. http://u-reds.com/players/players.htm. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
  15. ^ a b Simon Marland (2002). Bolton Wanderers Official History (1874-2002). 

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