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| Full name | John Gorman[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1949-08-16)16 August 1949 (age 76) | ||
| Place of birth | Winchburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Winchburgh Albion | |||
| Celtic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1970 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 1970–1976 | Carlisle United | 229 | (5) |
| 1976–1979 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | (0) |
| 1979–1982 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 111 | (1) |
| 1979–1981 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | ||
| 1982–1983 | Phoenix Inferno (indoor) | ||
| 1983–1984 | Phoenix Pride (indoor) | ||
| 1986 | Gillingham[a] | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 370 | (6) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Swindon Town | ||
| 1999 | West Bromwich Albion (caretaker) | ||
| 2003 | Wycombe Wanderers (caretaker) | ||
| 2004 | Gillingham (caretaker) | ||
| 2004–2006 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 2006 | Northampton Town | ||
| 2008 | Southampton (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Gorman (born 16 August 1949) is a Scottish formerfootball player and coach.
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Gorman began his career atCeltic, but only played one game, aScottish League Cup match in 1968. He was released and signed forCarlisle United and was almost ever present in their one season in the old First Division. He signed forTottenham Hotspur in 1976 before injury as a result of a tackle byJimmy Case lost him his place. The injury caused him to miss the final part of Spurs' unsuccessful relegation fight in 1977, and all of their promotion season of 1977–78.
In 1979, he moved to the United States where he signed with theTampa Bay Rowdies of theNASL.[3] He remained with Tampa Bay for four seasons and was a 1979 Second Team, 1980 Honorable Mention and 1981 First Team All Star.[4] In the fall of 1982, he moved to thePhoenix Inferno of theMajor Indoor Soccer League. He played two seasons with Phoenix, the second after the team became known as the Phoenix Pride.
Gorman's coaching career has often been intertwined with his longtime friendGlenn Hoddle, starting when Gorman became Hoddle's assistant atSwindon Town in 1991. With Hoddle as player-manager and featuring in most of the club's games, Gorman received plenty of the credit for this turnaround. So much so, that when Glenn Hoddle left to take over at Chelsea in 1993 he offered Gorman the chance to join him. His mind was made up when Town chairmanRay Hardman offered him the vacant manager's position; he accepted (a popular decision at the time) and looked forward to the forthcoming season in thePremier League, to which Swindon had just won promotion.
However, it was not a successful first season in the top flight for theWiltshire club, who did not win a league game until their 16th match and ended the season relegated in bottom place with just five wins and having conceded 100 goals from 42 matches.[5] A promising start to the following season suggested that a quick return to the Premier League was possible, but a downturn in form dragged Swindon into the bottom half of the table and Gorman was sacked in November 1994.[6]
Despite being Scottish, he later rejoined Hoddle as assistant manager of theEngland team in 1996. After Hoddle's dismissal in 1999, Gorman became assistant manager atReading.
When Glenn Hoddle became manager of Tottenham Hotspur in March 2001, he became Hoddle's assistant at theNorth London club.
After leaving Tottenham in 2003 he was appointed caretaker manager at Wycombe but was passed over in favour ofTony Adams.[7][8] He was taken on as an assistant toAndy Hessenthaler atGillingham, and acted as caretaker manager after Hessenthaler stepped down before returning to Wycombe as manager after Adams' resignation in late 2004.[9]
After turning around Wycombe's poor form, the club finished the2004–05 season strongly and only just missed out on a play-off place. At the start of the2005–06 season, a new club record was set by going 21 consecutive league games unbeaten. Towards the end of the season it was announced that Gorman would be taking a temporary leave of absence for personal reasons, his wife Myra having died from cancer a few weeks earlier.[10] However it was announced on 26 May that the club and manager had parted company permanently.[11]
On 5 June 2006 Gorman was announced as the new manager ofNorthampton Town replacingColin Calderwood. Calderwood was given theNottingham Forest position after Northampton finished 2nd in League Two and were promoted. On 20 December, Gorman resigned citing personal reasons. He later attributed his departure to stress.[12] He had been in charge for 22 league games, which saw five wins, with just one at home all season.
In May 2007 he became the chief scout atSouthampton.[13] FollowingGeorge Burley's departure to becomeScotland manager in January 2008, he was appointed joint caretaker manager, along withJason Dodd.[14] After a stint as caretaker manager, John Gorman was relieved of his duties afterNigel Pearson was placed in charge of the club on 19 February 2008. Gorman and Dodd both left the club in June 2008, following the appointment of new managerJan Poortvliet.[15]
On 30 December 2008, Gorman was appointed Assistant Manager ofIpswich Town, having previously been with the club 10 years prior in the same role. Gorman was released in April 2009 whenJim Magilton was sacked as manager.
On 8 June 2009, Gorman was appointed assistant manager ofQueens Park Rangers, and thus reunited with his old friend, managerJim Magilton but left by mutual consent in December 2009 along with Magilton.[16]
On 10 May 2010, Gorman was appointed assistant manager ofMilton Keynes Dons, under new managerKarl Robinson. On 2 May 2012, Gorman announced that he was to retire from football at the end of theseason after the Dons conclude theirLeague One play-off campaign.[17]
Gorman published his autobiography,Gory Tales: The Autobiography of John Gorman in 2008, as "Gory" was the nickname given him during his playing days. The book chronicled not only his long playing and managerial careers, but also how he dealt with the February 2006 death of his wife, Myra at age 56, after her year-long battle with cancer. The couple had been together since they were teenagers. Together they raised two children, a daughter Amanda and a son Nick.[18][19]
During his time recovering from injury at Tottenham Hotspur he practised his hobby as a cartoonist, frequently having his work shown in the club's match-day programmes.
Individual
a.^ Gorman was employed as youth team coach at Gillingham in 1986, but played in two League Cup matches.
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