Gary Johnson (footballer)
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Gary Johnson (born September 28, 1955) is a British football manager. He is currently the manager of Bristol City.
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[edit] Management career
He was formerly with Cambridge United, Kettering Town, Watford (as director of their youth academy) and Yeovil Town. He has also managed the Latvian National Team.
[edit] Cambridge United
As assistant manager of Cambridge, Johnson helped John Beck organise the U's remarkable rise in the early 1990s, in which they came within two matches of becoming the first club to rise from the old Fourth Division to the top flight in successive seasons. Johnson was briefly caretaker manager in late 1992 and then took charge from 1993 until 1995.
[edit] Kettering Town
After being sacked by Cambridge, Johnson took over as manager of Kettering Town, but was sacked in the 1996-97 season and moved to Watford, as director of their youth academy.
[edit] Latvia
He was approached by the Latvian football authorities for help, and became coach of their national team for two years from 1999 to 2001.
Whilst coaching Latvia, he spotted the potential of Marian Pahars and recommended him to Southampton's manager Dave Jones, who invited Pahars for a trial before signing him in March 1999.
[edit] Yeovil
Returning to England, Johnson was appointed manager of Yeovil. In his first year in charge the Glovers won the FA Trophy and finished third in the Football Conference; the following year they won the greater prize of the Conference championship and promotion the Football League. Yeovil were immediately contenders in the League and were Division Three champions at the second attempt.
[edit] Bristol City
Despite turning down an approach from Derby County in the summer of 2005, Johnson became Bristol City's target when their manager Brian Tinnion resigned that September. Yeovil agreed compensation terms and he became City's manager on 26 September 2005. Despite a long losing streak through October and November, City's fortunes turned around under Johnson and a good run of form in the second half of the season saw them in play-off contention, eventually finishing ninth. Johnson won the League One Manager of the Month award for April 2006 and is also having a good 2006-07 season so far.
[edit] Managerial stats
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cambridge United |  |
October 22, 1992 | April 1, 1995 | 135 | 41 | 57 | 37 | 30.37 |
| Yeovil Town | |
June 19, 2001 | September 23, 2005 | 221 | 116 | 59 | 46 | 52.48 |
| Bristol City | |
September 26, 2005 | Present | 78 | 36 | 24 | 18 | 46.15 |
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| Preceded by Ian Atkins |
Cambridge United coach 1993 – 1995 |
Succeeded by Tommy Taylor |
| Preceded by Graham Carr |
Kettering Town Manager 1995-1997 |
Succeeded by Steve Berry |
| Preceded by Revaz Dzodzuashvili |
Latvia national football team coach 1999 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Aleksandrs Starkovs |
| Preceded by Colin Addison |
Yeovil Town coach 2001 – 2005 |
Succeeded by Steven Thompson |
| Preceded by Brian Tinnion |
Bristol City coach 2005 – Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Bristol City F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Basso | 2 Orr | 3 Woodman | 4 Fontaine | 5 McCombe | 6 Carey | 7 Murray | 8 Noble | 9 Brooker | 10 Jevons | 11 Betsy | 14 Skuse | 15 Showunmi | 16 Keogh | 17 Russell | 18 McAllister | 19 Smith | 20 Partridge | 22 Weale | 23 Wilson | 24 Lamb | 25 Benyon | 26 Myrie-Williams | 27 Artus | 28 Wilson | 29 Wring | 30 Grubb | 33 L. Johnson | 32 Thomas | 34 Andrews | 40 Ballard | Manager: G. Johnson |
