| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Alan Ball | ||
| Date of birth | September 1975[1][2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AFC Totton (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Exeter City | |||
| Southampton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| BAT Sports | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021 | Forest Green Rovers (interim) | ||
| 2022– | AFC Totton | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Alan Ball (born 1975) is an Englishfootball coach who is the manager ofAFC Totton. Previously Ball had been employed withForest Green Rovers as an under-18 team coach and interim manager of the first team.
Ball was a youth player atExeter City andSouthampton during his father's managerial stints at the clubs. Ball later played senior football forBAT Sports.[1]
Following his playing spell, Ball moved into coaching, coaching atChristchurch andWinchester City.[1] In 2014, following coaching spells atPortsmouth and Irish clubShelbourne, Ball moved to the United States, to coachPuget Sound Gunners.[3] Ball later returned to England, coaching in the academies atBlackburn Rovers andStoke City.[4]
On 11 April 2021, following the sacking ofMark Cooper and whilst working as the club's under-18 manager, Ball was appointed interim manager ofForest Green Rovers until the end of the2020–21 season.[5] After having narrowly missed out on promotion to League One through the playoffs, Rob Edwards was appointed head coach, and Ball went back to coach the under-18s team. He left the club with mutual consent in September 2021.[6]
Ball was appointed first-team coach at League Two clubStevenage on 4 January 2022.[7]
In March 2022, Ball was appointed as manager ofSouthern Football League sideAFC Totton.[8] In January 2024, he was linked to a return to former club Forest Green Rovers.[9]
Ball is the son of former1966 World Cup winnerAlan Ball Jr. and the grandson ofAlan Ball Sr. All three family members have managed in theFootball League.[4]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Forest Green Rovers | 11 April 2021 | 27 May 2021[10] | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 050.0 |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 050.0 | ||
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