Stuart Gray (footballer born 1960)
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| Stuart Gray | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Stuart Gray | |
| Date of birth | April 19, 1960 (age 46) | |
| Place of birth | Withernsea, England | |
| Playing position | Midfielder and left-back Manager |
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| Club information | ||
| Current club | Northampton Town | |
| Youth clubs | ||
1978-1980 |
Withernsea YC Nottingham Forest |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1980-1983 1983 1983-1987 1987-1991 1991-1993 |
Nottingham Forest →Bolton Wanderers (loan) Barnsley Aston Villa Southampton Total |
49 (3) 10 (0) 120 (23) 106 (9) 12 (0) 297 (35) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2001 2002 2004 2007- |
Southampton Aston Villa (caretaker) Wolverhampton Wanderers (caretaker) Northampton Town |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Stuart Gray (born Withernsea, 19 April 1960) is an English former footballer and manager, who is currently manager of English League One side Northampton Town.
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[edit] Playing career
In his playing career he played for five clubs, as a midfielder and left-back:
- Nottingham Forest (1980-1983); 48+1 Football League appearances and 3 goals
- Bolton Wanderers (on loan) (1983); 10 League appearances
- Barnsley (1983-1987); 117+3 appearances and 23 goals
- Aston Villa (1987-1991); 102+4 appearances and 9 goals
- Southampton (1991-1992); 10+2 appearances
He joined Southampton in September 1991 for a fee of £200,000 as one of Ian Branfoot's first signings. Initially, this appeared to be a useful signing for the club as he could play either at left-back as cover for Micky Adams or in midfield, but a serious knee injury sustained in an FA cup match against Bolton Wanderers ended his playing career.
Earlier in that FA Cup run, Gray scored his only goal for Southampton, in a replay against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Micky Adams hit a probing left-foot pass which dropped between Peter Schmeichel and Paul Parker. Gray nipped between the goalkeeper and defender to stroke the ball home from just outside the area. Southampton eventually went on to win the game in a penalty shoot-out after scores were level 2-2 after extra time. This was the first ever such shoot-out involving First Division sides.
[edit] Management career
After his playing career was finished, Gray joined the coaching staff at The Dell before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers in June 1994 as reserve team coach. His family were unable to settle in the West Midlands at this time, so he returned to Southampton, initially working in the community office, before becoming reserve team coach under Dave Jones in July 1997, moving up to first team coach in November 1998, a role he retained after the appointment of Glenn Hoddle as manager in January 2000.
When Hoddle was lured away to Tottenham Hotspur in March 2001, Gray initially took over as caretaker manager, before taking on the role permanently in June, as Southamptom moved to their new St Mary's Stadium. Early results were poor and chairman Rupert Lowe panicked about the effect on the club's investment in the new stadium and Gray was sacked after little more than 3 months in charge, to be replaced by Gordon Strachan. During his brief tenure as manager, he broke Southampton's transfer record, signing Rory Delap for a fee of £4 million.
He has since coached successfully at a number of football clubs. These include Aston Villa, where he and John Deehan acted as joint caretaker managers after the departure of Graham Taylor. Stuart Gray moved briefly to Crystal Palace to assist caretaker manager, Kit Symons. He then joined Dave Jones at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the capacity of assistant manager. The two had previously worked together at Southampton. After the dismissal of Jones from Wolverhampton, Gray remained as assistant manager to Glenn Hoddle, once more acting as caretaker manager after Hoddle's departure.
On 2 January 2007, Gray was appointed as the manager of Northampton Town[1] after accepting a 2 and a half year contract; he replaced John Gorman who had resigned on 20 December 2006.
[edit] Managerial stats
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Southampton |  |
March 30, 2001 | October 21, 2001 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 31.58 |
| Aston Villa | |
January 24, 2002 | February 5, 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.00 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
November 1, 2004 | December 2, 2004 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Northampton Town | |
January 2, 2007 | Present | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 27.27 |
As of 08:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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| Preceded by Glenn Hoddle |
Southampton F.C. manager 2001 |
Succeeded by Gordon Strachan |
| Preceded by John Gregory |
Aston Villa F.C. manager (Joint caretaker) 2002 |
Succeeded by Graham Taylor |
| Preceded by Dave Jones |
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. manager (Caretaker) 2004 |
Succeeded by Glenn Hoddle |
| Preceded by Jim Barron and Ian Sampson (Caretakers) |
Northampton Town F.C. manager 2007- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Northampton Town F.C. - Current Squad |
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