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Gary Johnson
Johnson with Yeovil Town in 2013
Personal information
Full name Gary Stephen Johnson
Date of birth (1955-09-28) 28 September 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Hammersmith, London, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Torquay United (manager)
Youth career
Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Watford
Malmö FF
Soham Town Rangers
Cambridge United
Newmarket Town
Managerial career
1986–1988 Newmarket Town (player-manager)
1992–1995 Cambridge United
1995–1997 Kettering Town
1999–2001 Latvia
2001–2005 Yeovil Town
2005–2010 Bristol City
2010–2011 Peterborough United
2011 Northampton Town
2012–2015 Yeovil Town
2015–2018 Cheltenham Town
2018– Torquay United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Stephen Johnson (born 28 September 1955) is an English retired semi-professional footballer and current manager of Torquay United.

A diminutive centre-midfielder as a player, Johnson started at his local club Fulham before leaving their youth team to sign for Watford. He never broke into the first team and went to train with Malmö FF in Sweden for a couple of years before returning to England play for non-league sides Soham Town Rangers and Newmarket Town, while in non-league football Johnson set up a football coaching company running soccer schools for children. Johnson started his managerial career as player-manager in the Eastern Counties League with Newmarket Town, before after two seasons he left to become reserve team coach at Cambridge United. Two years later he became John Beck's assistant manager, during his time in the role Cambridge earned successive promotions and found themselves on the verge of the Premier League. After Beck's departure, Johnson had a brief spell in caretaker charge before taking over permanently in at the end of the season. Johnson spent two seasons in charge of Cambridge but with the club heading for relegation from the Football League he was relieved of his position. Johnson was then appointed manager of Conference side Kettering Town, but was sacked after eighteen months in the role. After a less than successful period as a manager Johnson returned to coaching and rejoined Watford, where Graham Taylor offered him the role of academy director. With Watford about to promote him to the role of first team coach, he was invited by an agent to help facilitate the transfer of Latvian players to England and after impressing the Latvian Football Federation he was appointed the manager of the Latvia national football team. On the field his time in Latvia was less than successful with only one competitive win and he left the job after a 1–1 draw with San Marino in April 2001.

Johnson returned to England as manager of Conference side Yeovil Town who had narrowly missed out on promotion to the Football League, one of Johnson's first signing was his son Lee whom he had been previously introduced to the Watford academy. Yeovil finished third in his first season, but had success lifting the FA Trophy, for the first time in the club's history. Johnson built on this success by guiding Yeovil to the Conference title in his second season in charge winning the title by a records points margin and earning promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's 108-year history. After missing out on the Third Division play-offs on goal difference in their first season in the league, Yeovil won the League Two title in 2005 and promotion to the third tier. Having rejected a number of offers, Johnson left Yeovil in September 2005 for their West Country rivals Bristol City. After stabilising the club, in his first full season in charge he guided them to promotion from League One to the second tier of English football. He guided Bristol City to fourth place in the Championship and the 2008 Football League Championship play-off Final but the club missed out on promotion to the Premier League. After two seasons of mid-table finishes Johnson was sacked by Bristol City in March 2010, following his departure Johnson had brief spells with Peterborough United and Northampton Town before in January 2012 he returned to Yeovil Town replacing his former captain Terry Skiverton who subsequently became his assistant. His first full season in charge saw Johnson guide Yeovil to a third promotion, this time via the play-offs, and into the second tier for the first time in the club's history. Yeovil's time in the Championship was short-lived suffering an immediate relegation and with the club facing a second successive relegation Johnson was sacked in February 2015.

Less than two months later, Johnson was appointed manager of struggling League Two side Cheltenham Town but having failed to avoid relegation he led them to an immediate return to the Football League winning the National League title by a twelve-point margin, the first time a relegated team had won the National League title since 1989, and Johnson became only the second manager to win multiple National League titles. After two seasons of guiding Cheltenham to safety in League Two, Johnson was sacked in August 2018 four matches into the new season. In September 2018, Johnson was hired by National League South side Torquay United and guided them to the title and promotion back to the National League.

Playing career

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[1] [2] [3] [4]

Management career

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Newmarket Town

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Cambridge United

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Kettering Town

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Watford

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Latvia

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Yeovil Town

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Bristol City

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Peterborough United

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Northampton Town

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Yeovil Town

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  • Reappointed January 2012[15]
  • Promotion to the Championship[16]
  • Sacked February 2015[17]

Cheltenham Town

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On 21 August 2018, four matches into the 2018–19 season Johnson was sacked by Cheltenham Town after only picking up just a single point from their opening four matches.[22]

Torquay United

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On 13 September 2018, Johnson was appointed manager of National League South side Torquay United following the sacking of Gary Owers after just three wins in their opening nine league games this season.[23]

14th when he took over [24]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 10 November 2018.
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
P W D L Win %
Newmarket Town 1986 1988 86 24 26 36 027.91 [A]
Cambridge United 22 October 1992 1 April 1995 135 41 37 57 030.37 [25]
Kettering Town May 1995 October 1997 62 16 15 31 025.81 [A]
Latvia 5 September 1999 26 April 2001 14 3 3 8 021.43 [26]
Yeovil Town 19 June 2001 23 September 2005 226 120 45 61 053.10 [25]
Bristol City 26 September 2005 18 March 2010 239 96 69 74 040.17 [25]
Peterborough United 6 April 2010 10 January 2011 33 15 4 14 045.45 [25]
Northampton Town 4 March 2011 14 November 2011 34 7 10 17 020.59 [25]
Yeovil Town 9 January 2012 4 February 2015 162 56 34 72 034.57 [25]
Cheltenham Town 30 March 2015 21 August 2018 172 65 43 64 037.79 [25]
Torquay United 13 September 2018 Present 8 5 2 1 062.50
Total 1,171 448 288 435 038.26 —
A. ^ Statistics for Johnson's time at Newmarket Town and Kettering Town only include league matches.

Personal life

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  • Gibraltarian mother[27]
  • Brothers Pete (chief scout)[28] & Steve[29][30], fourth brother Mike not in football.
  • [31]
  • Wife Karen[32]
  • Son Lee

Honours

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Coach

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Cambridge United

Manager

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Yeovil Town
Bristol City
Cheltenham Town
Torquay United
Individual

References

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  1. ^ "It's dad v son in battle of the bosses". The Sun. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Riga mortis". When Saturday Comes. July 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. ^ May, John (20 November 2003). "Johnson joy at Latvia win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. ^ Lomas, Mark (30 October 2010). "Riga revolution ended in ridicule". ESPN FC. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Johnson is new Yeovil boss". BBC Sport. 19 June 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Yeovil 3–2 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Gary Johnson". Mirror Online. 10 October 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Johnson named Bristol City boss". BBC Sport. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Bristol City 0–1 Hull". BBC Sport. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Boss Gary Johnson leaves Bristol City by mutual consent". BBC Sport. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Gary Johnson appointed new Peterborough United boss". BBC Sport. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Gary Johnson parts with Peterborough United". BBC Sport. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Northampton Town name Gary Johnson as new boss". BBC Sport. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Gary Johnson leaves as Northampton Town boss". BBC Sport. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Gary Johnson replaces Terry Skiverton as Yeovil Town manager". BBC Sport. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Brentford 1–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Gary Johnson: Yeovil manager sacked by League One club". BBC Sport. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Gary Johnson: Cheltenham Town appoint manager for rest of season". BBC Sport. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Gary Johnson to stay on as Cheltenham Town manager". Cheltenham Town F.C. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  20. ^ a b "Cheltenham Town 2–0 FC Halifax Town". BBC Sport. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  21. ^ "Gary Johnson: Cheltenham Town manager to have heart surgery". BBC Sport. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Gary Johnson: Cheltenham Town part company with boss four games into season". BBC Sport. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  23. ^ "Gary Johnson: Torquay United appoint former Cheltenham manager as boss". BBC Sport. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  24. ^ Pilnick, Brent (17 January 2019). "How Gary Johnson turned Torquay United around in four months". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g "Managers: Gary Johnson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  26. ^ Hayhoe, David (7 November 2008). "Latvia – List of International matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  27. ^ "Lee Johnson: Oldham manager rejects Gibraltar playing offer". BBC Sport. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  28. ^ Young, James (24 November 2016). "Suddenly, I was the King of Latvia - Cheltenham Town boss Gary Johnson: The Big Interview". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  29. ^ "Johnson is sacked". Weymouth F.C. 16 March 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  30. ^ https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/16380776.tributes-paid-to-former-burgess-hill-and-arundel-manager-steve-johnson/
  31. ^ Young, James (24 November 2016). "The Big Interview: Gary Johnson part two: I have enjoyed every minute... at every club". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  32. ^ Jones, Tobias (25 November 2007). "The best English manager of our generation". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  33. ^ "Yeovil 3–0 Lincoln". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 April 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  34. ^ "Doncaster 0–4 Yeovil". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 April 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  35. ^ "Yeovil lift FA Trophy". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 May 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  36. ^ "Bristol City 3–1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  37. ^ "Yeovil Town boss Gary Johnson wins outstanding manager trophy at Football League Award". Western Daily Press. Local World. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  38. ^ "Sir Alex Ferguson wins Manager of Year award". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  39. ^ "Johnson lands April manager prize". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  40. ^ "Boss Johnson scoops monthly prize". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  41. ^ "Top Boss Gary Has Really Got The Gulls Dreaming Again". Vanarama National League. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
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