 Gee in 2009 while withTamworth | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Hucknall Town | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1996 | Dunkirk | ||
| 2002–2004 | Tamworth | ||
| 2007 | Alfreton Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Darron Gee is an English formerfootballer who played as amidfielder. He was most recently theassistant manager ofYork City.
Gee played innon-League football withHucknall Town, before moving intomanagement withDunkirk, with whom he wonpromotion to theCentral Midlands League Supreme Division in the 1995–96 season. He went on to have spells asGary Mills'assistant manager atGrantham Town,King's Lynn andTamworth. He took over as Tamworth manager in 2002, and in a two-year spell won theSouthern League Premier Division title, reached anFA Trophy final and kept the club in theFootball Conference. He worked with Mills again atNotts County andAlfreton Town, and after initially taking over as manager at Alfreton, followed Mills to Tamworth in 2007. Having won theConference North title in 2009, the pair moved on to York City in 2010, winning theConference Premier play-offs and FA Trophy in2011–12. Both left the club in 2013.
Gee spent 12 years as a reserve-teammidfielder and committee member forHucknall Town innon-League football, although his playing career was hampered by recurrent injuries to his right knee.[1][2] Having had seven operations on his knee, he was unable to pursue a playing career in professional football.[3]
Gee started hismanagerial career withDunkirk, leading them to second place in theCentral Midlands League Premier Division in the 1995–96 season, thus winningpromotion to the Central Midlands League Supreme Division.[1][4] He left the club after one season to becomeGary Mills'assistant manager atGrantham Town in July 1996.[1][5] Gee had become acquainted with Mills having lived with his Nottingham Forest teammateColin Walsh.[1] The pair were in charge when Grantham won theSouthern League Midland Division championship in 1997–98.[5] They went on to work together atKing's Lynn andTamworth.[6]
After Mills departed Tamworth to become first-team coach atCoventry City, Gee took over as manager in May 2002 on a three-year contract.[6] He took them into theFootball Conference from the Southern League Premier Division, winning the title by a 13-point margin in 2002–03.[7] The same season saw Gee also take his team to the2003 FA Trophy Final atVilla Park, where Tamworth were beaten 2–1 byBurscough on 18 May 2003.[8]
Gee considered leaving Tamworth during January 2004 after he and his players received verbal abuse from some fans, but decided to continue after talks with his family and the club's chairman.[9] Having led Tamworth to safety from relegation he announced in April 2004 that he would resign at the end of 2003–04, wanting to spend more time with his wife and young son, having been working continuously for four years.[10] His resignation came into effect after their final match of the season,[11] a 1–1 draw away toAldershot Town on 24 April 2004.[12]
Gee was appointed assistant manager at recently relegatedLeague Two clubNotts County on 10 May 2004 to be reunited Mills,[13] thus fulfilling the promise Mills made to Gee when the pair started working together that they would go on to manage theNottinghamshire club.[1] Mills was dismissed on 4 November 2004, with Gee's departure coming a week later after his contract with the club was terminated.[14] He commented in retrospect that "What happened at Notts County devastated us both. We had always been successful until then."[15]
He joinedConference North clubAlfreton Town as assistant manager to Mills on 25 May 2005,[16] before being appointed as manager on 26 January 2007 following Mills' return to Conference club Tamworth.[17] Gee managed Alfreton in one match, a 1–0 win overLeigh RMI on 27 January 2007, before leaving to join Mills at Tamworth as his assistant on 30 January.[18][19] Tamworth were relegated at the end of 2006–07,[20] before Mills and Gee led the team to promotion back into the Conference by winning the Conference North title in 2008–09.[21]
Gee joined Tamworth's Conference Premier rivalsYork City as assistant manager on 13 October 2010 following Mills' appointment as manager.[22] Mills and Gee led York to promotion to League Two with a 2–1 victory overLuton Town in the2012 Conference Premier play-off final atWembley Stadium, as well as a 2–0 win overNewport County at Wembley eight days earlier in the2012 FA Trophy Final.[23] Following York's promotion, Gee switched from part-time to full-time status, having previously combined his position as assistant manager with his directorship of aNottingham-basedCCTV company.[24][25] Gee left York by mutual consent after two and a half years with the club on 4 March 2013,[26] two days after Mills was dismissed as manager.[27]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Dunkirk | 1995 | July 1996 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 063.9 | [1][4][5] |
| Tamworth | May 2002 | 24 April 2004 | 103 | 49 | 24 | 30 | 047.6 | [6][11][12][28] |
| Alfreton Town | 26 January 2007 | 30 January 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | [17][18][19] |
| Total | 140 | 73 | 32 | 35 | 052.1 | — | ||
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