John Deehan

Football player infobox
playername = John Deehan


fullname = John Matthew Deeham
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1957|8|6|df=yes
cityofbirth = Solihull
countryofbirth = England
height =
currentclub = "none"
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1975–1979
1979–1981
1981–1986
1986–1988
1988–1990
1990
clubs = Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion
Norwich City
Ipswich Town
Manchester City
Barnsley
caps(goals) = 110 (40)
047 0(5)
162 (62)
049 (11)
000 0(0)
011 0(2)
manageryears = 1994–1995
1995–1998
1998–1999
1999–2002
2002
2003–2006
2006–2007
managerclubs = Norwich City
Wigan Athletic
Sheffield United (assistant manager)
Aston Villa (assistant manager)
Aston Villa (caretaker)
Northampton Town (Director of Football)
Lincoln City (Director of Football)

John Deehan (born 6 August 1957 in Solihull), is a former football player who in recent years has had several spells in coaching and management. He has most recently been the Director of Football at Lincoln City. As a player Deehan was a striker who is best known for productive spells with Aston Villa and Norwich City. He was a member of the Norwich sides which won the Football League Cup in 1985 and the Second Division championship in 1986. In 2002, Norwich fans voted Deehan into the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame in recognition of his contribution as a player. In the summer of 1986, he left Norwich to join Ipswich Town in a player exchange deal that saw Trevor Putney move to Carrow Road.

From 1989 until 1992 he was player-coach at Manchester City before being lured away to Norwich City as Mike Walker's assistant. He helped coach an unfancied Canaries side to a surprise third place finish in the inaugural FA Premier League (season 1992-93), and was promoted to the manager's seat the following January when Walker moved to Everton. Norwich finished 12th in the Premiership in 1993-94 and started the following season reasonably well despite the (then) record English sale of Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million. By Christmas 1994, the Canaries were seventh in the Premiership and looked a reasonably good bet for a UEFA Cup place. But Deehan's men suddenly went into a free-fall, won only one of their final 20 games and plummeted to 20th place and relegation. Shortly before relegation was confirmed, Deehan announced his resignation and caretaker Gary Megson unsuccessfully tried to keep the Canaries in the Premiership.

John Deehan's absence from football did not last long. He began the 1995-96 season as manager of Wigan Athletic in the Football League Third Division, and after two seasons at the helm he guided them to the Division Three title and promotion to Division Two. After safeguarding Wigan's survival in 1997-98, he accepted the assistant manager's job at Sheffield United and for one season worked under Steve Bruce. But Deehan's time at Bramall Lane was not successful and he resigned after the club failed to get anywhere near the Division One playoff places.

After leaving Sheffield United, John Deehan worked again with Steve Bruce at Huddersfield Town, in 1999/2000 season. After leaving Town, he made a football comeback with Aston Villa when he was appointed assistant manager to John Gregory in July 2001. [Cite news
title= Deehan joy at Villa role
url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/1449951.stm
publisher= BBC Sport
date= 2001-07-21
accessdate= 2007-11-15] In January 2002, Deehan was named joint caretaker manager of Villa (with Stuart Gray) when Gregory resigned. He left the club when Graham Taylor was named Villa manager for the second time.

In October 2003, John Deehan became Director of Football at Northampton Town, with Colin Calderwood working under him as team manager. The duo were appointed to get the team promoted from the league's basement division, and achieved this aim in the 2005-06 season. Both Calderwood and Deehan left the club at the end of the 2005-06 season, with Deehan moving to Lincoln City as Director of Football. On 15 October 2007, it was confirmed that Deehan and Lincoln City manager John Schofield had left the club. [Cite news
title= Lincoln City sack boss Schofield
url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/7045372.stm
publisher= BBC Sport
date= 2007-10-15
accessdate= 2007-11-15] In November 2007 he was employed as a scout by Premier League side Bolton Wanderers who were looking for a number of ex-professionals to head their recruitment drive lead by former Everton manager Colin Harvey.

In September 2008 Deehan expressed interest in the vacant manager's post at League Two side Grimsby Town, saying "I think Grimsby Town is a good club and a good opportunity for any manager. Whenever I've been to Blundell Park, I've been impressed with the set-up and the positive approach to football." [Cite news
title= Decision time for Grimsby as Buckley gets the boot...again
url= http://www.givemefootball.com/league-two/decision-time-for-grimsby-as-buckley-gets-the-boot
publisher= GiveMeFootball.com
date= 2008-09-19
accessdate= 2008-10-05]

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* [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/deehan.htm Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk]