- Nigel Adkins
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Nigel Adkins Personal information Full name Nigel Howard Adkins Date of birth 11 March 1965 Place of birth Birkenhead, England Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Southampton (manager) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1983–1986 Tranmere Rovers 86 (0) 1986–1993 Wigan Athletic 155 (0) 1993–1996 Bangor City 95 (0) Teams managed 1993–1996 Bangor City 2006–2010 Scunthorpe United 2010– Southampton * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Nigel Howard Adkins (born 11 March 1965 in Birkenhead, England) is a former footballer and is the current manager of Championship Club Southampton.
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Playing career
As a player, Adkins was goalkeeper for Tranmere Rovers, Wigan Athletic and Bangor City.[1] He graduated from the University of Salford in Physiotherapy.[2]
Managerial career
Adkins was in charge of Bangor City in the League of Wales, where he was at the helm for the Citizens' title wins in 1994 and 1995.
Scunthorpe United
Adkins was appointed caretaker manager by Scunthorpe United chairman Steve Wharton in November 2006, following the departure of the previous manager, Brian Laws. Adkins had previously held the role of physio at the club.[3] After his spell as caretaker he was appointed as permanent manager on 7 December 2006.[4]
As Adkins had been promoted to the manager's seat from the role of club physiotherapist, Scunthorpe supporters chanted "Who needs Mourinho, we've got our physio!" on the terraces of Glanford Park in his honour.[5]
Adkins guided Scunthorpe to promotion from League One to the Championship with three matches to spare on 14 April 2007, and they went on to seal the divisional title to end an absence of more than 40 years from the league's second tier.[6] The Sun newspaper named Adkins the "emergency boss of the year" in an article that looked at the match winning average of replacement bosses in the 2006–07 season following the departure of the previous manager.[7]
Scunthorpe were relegated from the Championship the following season, but returned via the League One playoffs in May 2009, playing at Wembley in consecutive months, having played Luton Town in the final of the Football League Trophy on 5 April.
They struggled once again in the higher division, but this time avoided relegation by finishing 20th and being five points clear of Sheffield Wednesday – the last relegated club.
Southampton
Adkins joined Southampton on 12 September 2010 after the Saints and Scunthorpe United agreed a compensation package. Adkins has signed a three year contract, and is joined there by his former assistant at Scunthorpe, Andy Crosby.[8] Nigel gained his first victory in charge in his third game winning 1–0 at Sheffield Wednesday, with Lee Barnard scoring the only goal. The good start to his tenure continued and he guided Southampton into the play-off part of the table for the first time in League One on 2 November 2010 after a 4–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge. After this result, the club joined the League One promotion rush, which was expected of them at the start of the campaign, and before the slow start. On the clubs 125th anniversary match, Adkins saw his side beat Peterborough 4–1. This was the sixth home win in a row, the best home form for the football club since 1992. Adkins guided his team into the top two for the first time since being relegated, after a 4–0 win over Exeter City on New Year's Day 2011 and managed a victory against Premier League opposition in Blackpool just one week later, taking his side into the 4th round of the FA Cup. Just three days later it got even better for Nigel as he led his side to a 6-0 win away to Oldham Athletic and in the process recorded their fifth straight victory. During Adkins' first transfer window at the club, he secured the contract of highly rated winger Adam Lallana for a new 4 and a half year contract. He signed winger Dany N'Guessan on loan from Leicester City, and signed Jonathan Forte on a 3 and a half year contract from Adkins' former club Scunthorpe United.
Under the guidance of Adkins, The Saints achieved a club record of clean sheets in one season. Beating the previous record of 19 set by Peter Shilton in the early 80s. Adkins guided his side to promotion into the The Championship after a 3–1 home win against Walsall on 7 May 2011, earning his third Football League One promotion in his managerial career. He also got acknowledged by the footballing authorities as he won the League One Manager of the Month for April 2011 after winning seven of the eight games that month and putting Southampton on the brink of promotion.
He then broke a 12 year hoodoo of not winning on the opening day of the league season by beating Leeds United at St. Mary's by three goals to one and send them straight into second in the The Championship. In the process, he also broke a record by leading Southampton to seven consecutive league wins for the first time in their history.
Two subsequent away wins, against Barnsley (1-0) and Ipswich (5-2) kept Southampton top of the The Championship. The club record of consecutive league victories extended to 10 after a 1-0 win at home to Millwall. They suffered a minor blip in their next game, a 3-2 defeat at Leicester City but bounced back winning 3-1 in the second round of the Carling Cup at Swindon Town. Nigel then guided The Saints to two successive home wins in a week; 3-2 over Nottingham Forest and 4-1 against Birmingham City.
Update: (19 Nov) Nigel has achieved another record at Southampton FC by winning 18 consecutive home league games. (20 in all competitions) Southampton FC now have 39 points from 17 games and currently occupy 1st place in the championship table 5 points clear of West Ham. Another incredible statistic is that since Nigel took over at St Mary's, they have only lost one league home game (Brentford 0-2 Dec 2010) in 29 games. W25 D3 L1. (to 19 Nov)
Managerial statistics
Team Nat From To Record G W D L Win % Bangor City 
1993 1996 116 74 18 24 63.79 Scunthorpe United 
6 November 2006 12 September 2010 199 83 44 72 41.71 Southampton 12 September 2010 present 66 45 10 11 68.18 Total 381 202 72 107 53.02 - As of 19 November 2011
Honours
As a manager
- League of Wales: 1993–94, 1994–95
- League One champions: 2006–07
- League One Play-off winners 2008–09
- Football League Trophy Runners-Up 2009
- League One Runners-Up: 2010–11
Individual
- League One Manager of the Month February 2007 Scunthorpe United
- League One Manager of the Month April 2011 Southampton
- Winner of the final quarter of the Castrol LMA Managers' Performance table 2010-2011 season Southampton[9]
References
- ^ Nigel Adkins plays mind games as Scunthorpe steel themselves for second crack at City this season – Times Online
- ^ "Having a Ball", Times Higher Education, 24 November 1995
- ^ Nigel Adkins works wonders as Scunny make the most of little money – The Sport Blog; The Guardian newspaper
- ^ Scunthorpe appoint Adkins as boss – BBC Sport
- ^ Nigel Adkins – Adkins diet just the tonic for united Scunny – SoccerLens
- ^ Adkins hails Sharp as Iron go up – BBC Sport
- ^ Who Needs Mourinho? – The Sun
- ^ "New First Team Manager Appointed". Southampton FC. 12 September 2010. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2152032,00.html. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ^ Adkins presented with Castrol award - LMA. 22 July 2011
External links
- Nigel Adkins management career stats at Soccerbase
- Nigel Adkins In Profile on Southampton club website
- Nigel Adkins career profile
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Southampton F.C. – current squad 1 Davis · 2 Richardson · 3 Harding · 4 Schneiderlin · 6 Fonte · 7 Lambert · 8 Cork · 9 Barnard · 10 Do Prado · 12 Butterfield · 13 Fox · 14 Hammond · 15 Jaïdi · 16 Martin · 18 Chaplow · 20 Lallana · 21 Białkowski · 22 Connolly · 23 Dickson · 24 Holmes · 25 Seaborne · 26 Hooiveld · 28 Reeves · 29 Doble · 30 Ward-Prowse · 32 Stephens · 33 De Ridder · 34 Shaw · 35 Moore · 36 Dovey · 39 Dean · Manager: Adkins
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