John Gorman (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = John Gorman


fullname = John Gorman
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1949|8|16|df=yes
cityofbirth = Winchburgh
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
nickname =
position = Defender
currentclub = Southampton (Chief Scout)
youthyears =
youthclubs = Celtic
years = 1970–1976
1976–1979
1979–1982
1986
clubs = Carlisle United
Tottenham Hotspur
Tampa Bay Rowdies
Gillingham
caps(goals) = 261 (5)
030 (0)
111 (1)
000 (0) [Gorman played two League Cup games for Gillingham in 1986 in an emergency while he was youth coach at the club.]
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1993–1994
1999
2003
2004
2004–2006
2006
2008
managerclubs = Swindon Town
West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)
Wycombe Wanderers (caretaker)
Gillingham (caretaker)
Wycombe Wanderers
Northampton Town
Southampton (caretaker)

John Gorman (born 16 August 1949 in Winchburgh, West Lothian) is a Scottish former football player and coach. He was last Chief Scout at Southampton, after a brief as joint-caretaker manager in conjunction with first-team coach Jason Dodd.

Playing career

Gorman began his career at Celtic, but failed to break into the first team. He was released and signed for Carlisle United and was almost ever present in their one season in the old First Division. He signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 1976 before injury as a result of a tackle by Jimmy Case lost him his place. He went on to play for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL for four seasons (1979–1982) alongside Rodney Marsh and Manny Andruszewski. [Hugman, B, J,(Ed)"The PFA Premier& Football League Players' Records 1946-2005" (2005) p242 ISBN 1852916656]

Coaching and management career

Gorman's coaching career has often been intertwined with his longtime friend Glenn Hoddle, starting when Gorman became Hoddle's assistant at Swindon Town. When Hoddle left for Chelsea, Gorman became full-time manager at Swindon. His spell as manager was unsuccessful, with Gorman receiving some unkind nicknames (such as "John Gormless") from fans and the side finishing bottom of the Premiership in 1993–94. Gorman was sacked halfway through the 1994–95 season, with Swindon on the verge of a second successive relegation (which his successor Steve McMahon was unable to prevent).

Despite being Scottish, he later rejoined Hoddle as his assistant when Hoddle became England manager. After Hoddle's dismissal Gorman became assistant manager at Reading. He then worked with Hoddle at Southampton and Tottenham. After leaving Tottenham in 2003 he was briefly caretaker manager at Wycombe but was passed over in favour of Tony Adams. He was taken on as an assistant to Andy Hessenthaler at Gillingham, and acted as caretaker manager after Hessenthaler stepped down before returning to Wycombe as manager after Adams' resignation in late 2004.

After turning around Wycombe's poor form, the club finished the 2004–05 season strongly and only just missed out on a play-off place. At the start of the 2005–06 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. [Cite news
title = Gorman takes compassionate leave
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/4926506.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-04-20
accessdate = 2008-09-23] However it was announced on 26 May that the club and manager had parted company permanently. [Cite news
title = Wycombe boss Gorman leaves club
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/5020426.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-05-26
accessdate = 2008-09-23]

On 5 June 2006 Gorman was announced as the new manager of Northampton Town replacing Colin Calderwood. Calderwood was given the Nottingham 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. [Cite news
title = Pressure was too much for Gorman
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/6200779.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-12-22
accessdate = 2008-09-23] 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 at Southampton. [Cite news
title = Gorman returns to Saints as scout
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/6692463.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-05-25
accessdate = 2008-09-23] Following George Burley's departure to become Scotland manager in January 2008, he was appointed joint caretaker manager, along with Jason Dodd. [Cite news
title = Gorman and Dodd take Saints roles
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/7206651.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2008-01-24
accessdate = 2008-09-23] After a stint as caretaker manager, John Gorman was relieved of his duties after Nigel 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 manager Jan Poortvliet. [Cite news
title = Gorman and Dodd leave Southampton
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/7469865.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2008-06-23
accessdate = 2008-09-23]

Managerial stats

References

External links

*soccerbase (manager)|id=801|name=John Gorman
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/6700823.stm Article on BBC website]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/dc/3games/Gorman.html Profile on www.angelfire.com]
* [http://www.leaguemanagers.com/manager/profile-744.html?LMAS=b36d3147cafb54baf06aeb85e69153ff League Managers Association profile]
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/johngorman.htm Fact file]