Simon Grayson | ||
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Personal information | ||
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Full name | Simon Nicholas Grayson | |
Date of birth | 16 December 1969 | |
Place of birth | Ripon, ![]() | |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
Playing position | Defender | |
Youth clubs | ||
1984–1988 | ![]() | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
1988–1992 1992–1997 1997–1999 1999–2002 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002–2006 Total |
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188 (4) 49 (0) 35 (0) 5 (0) 13 (0) 10 (1) 7 (0) 126 (6) 435 (12) | 0 (0)
Teams managed | ||
2005–2008 2008–2012 2012–2013 2013–2017 2017 2018 |
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Simon Nicholas Grayson (born 16 December 1969) is an English former professional footballer and manager.
As a player, he was a right back, but he was also utilised in midfield in a career that lasted from 1988 until 2006. Having started his career with Leeds United he played in the Premier League for Leicester City, Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers, before moving into the Football League with Sheffield Wednesday, Stockport County, Notts County, Bradford City and Blackpool. He was appointed as player/manager of Blackpool in 2005, and a year later retired from playing to concentrate on the managerial side of his job.
In 2008, he was appointed manager of Leeds United, but despite leading them to promotion to the Championship he was dismissed in February 2012. He was soon back in management though taking over from Lee Clark at Huddersfield Town. He again gained promotion from League One via the play-offs, beating Sheffield United in the final. But after a run of twelve games without a win he was dismissed at the end of January 2013. On 18 February 2013 Grayson became the new manager of Preston North End taking over from Graham Westley who had been relieved of his duties the previous week.
External links
- Simon Grayson career stats at Soccerbase
- Simon Grayson management career stats at Soccerbase
Blackpool Football Club - Managers |
Barcroft 1903 to 09 • Cox 1909 to 11 • Norman 1918 to 23 • Buckley 1923 to 27 • Beaumont 1927 to 28 • Evans 1928 to 33 • MacFarlane 1933 to 35 • Smith 1935 to 58 • Suart 1958 to 67 • Mortensen 1967 to 69 • Shannon 1969 to 70 • Stokoe 1970 to 72 • Potts 1972 to 76 • Brown 1976 to 78 • Stokoe 1978 to 79 • Ternent 1979 to 80 • Ball 1980 to 81 • Brown 1981 to 82 • Ellis 1982 to 89 • Mullen 1989 to 90 • Carr 1990 • Ayre 1990 to 94 • Allardyce 1994 to 96 • Megson 1996 to 97 • Worthington 1997 to 99 • McMahon 2000 to 04 • Hendry 2004 to 05 • Grayson 2005 to 08 • Holloway 2009 to 12 • Appleton 2012 to 13 • Ince 2013 to 14 • Riga 2014 • Clark 2014 to 15 • McDonald 2015 to 16 • Bowyer 2016– |
Leeds United Football Club - Managers |
Ray (1919–20) • Fairclough (1920–1927) • Ray (1927–35) • Hampson (1935–47) • Edwards (1947–48) • Buckley (1948–53) • Carter (1953–58) • Edwards (1958c) • Lambton (1958–59) • Taylor (1959–61) • Revie (1961–74) • Clough (1974) • Lindley (1974c) • Armfield (1974–78) • Lindley (1978c) • Stein (1978) • Lindley (1978c) • Adamson (1978–80) • Lindley (1980c) • Merrington (1980c) • Clarke (1980–82) • Gray (1982–85) • Gunby (1985c) • Bremner (1985–88) • Hunter (1988c) • Wilkinson (1988–96) • Graham (1996–98) • O'Leary (1998–2002) • Venables (2002–03) • Reid (2003) • Gray (2003–04c) • Blackwell (2004–06) • Carver (2006c) • Geddis (2006c) • Wise (2006–08) • Williams (2008c) • McAllister (2008) • Grayson (2008–12) • Redfearn (2012c) • Warnock (2012–13) • Redfearn (2013c) • McDermott (2013–14) • Hockaday (2014) • Redfearn (2014c) • Milanič (2014) • Redfearn (2014–15) • Rösler (2015) • Evans (2015–16) • Monk (2016–17) • Christiansen (2017–18) • Heckingbottom (2018) • Bielsa (2018–) |
Huddersfield Town Association Football Club - Managers |
Walker (1908–10) · Pudan (1910–12) · Knightonc (1912) · Fairclough (1912–19) · Langley (1919–21) · Chapman (1921–25) · Potter (1925–26) · Chaplin (1926–29) · C. Stephenson (1929–42) · Magner (1942–43) · Steele (1943–47) · G. Stephenson (1947–52) · Board Of Directorsc (1952) · Beattie (1952–56) · Shankly (1956–59) · Boot (1959–64) · Greavesc (1964) · Johnston (1964–68) · Greaves (1968–74) · Collins (1974–75) · Johnston (1975–77) · Haselden (1977) · Johnston (1977–78) · Buxton (1978–86) · Smith (1986–87) · McAllisterc (1987) · Macdonald (1987–88) · Hand (1988–92) · Ross (1992–93) · Warnock (1993–95) · Horton (1995–97) · Jackson (1997–99) · Bruce (1999–2000) · Macari (2000–02) · Wadsworth (2002–03) · Machin (2003) · Jackson (2003–07) · Murphy, Mitchell, Booty, Dungworthc (2007) · Ritchie (2007–08) · Murphyc (2008) · Ternent (2008) · Murphyc (2008) · Mitchellc (2008) · Clark (2008–12) · Grayson (2012–13) · Lillisc (2013) · Robins (2013–14) · Lillisc (2014) · Powell (2014–15) · Lillisc (2015) · Wagner (2015–2019) · Hudsonc (2019) · Siewert (2019) · Hudsonc (2019) · Cowley (2019–20) · Corberán (2020–) |
Preston North End Football Club - Managers |
Sudell (1881–95) · Parker (1906–15) · Hayes (1919–23) · Lawrence (1923–25) · Richards (1925–27) · Gibson (1927–31) · Hayes (1931–32) · Muirhead (1936–37) · Taylorc (1938) · Scott (1949–53) · Symon (1953–54) · Milnec (1954) · Hill (1954–56) · Britton (1956–61) · Milne (1961–68) · Seith (1968–70) · Nicholsonc (1970) · Ball (1970–73) · Lordc (1973) · Charlton (1973–75) · Stilesc (1975) · A. Kellyc (1975) · Catterick (1975–77) · Stiles (1977–81) · Docherty (1981) · A. Kelly (1981) · Lee (1981–83) · A. Kelly (1983–85) · Booth (1985–86) · Kidd (1986) · Clarkc (1986) · McGrath (1986–90) · Chapman (1990–92) · Allardycec (1992) · Beck (1992–94) · Peters (1994–98) · Moyes (1998–2002) · O'Hanlonc (2002) · C. Brown (2002–04) · Davies (2004–06) · Simpson (2006–07) · R. Kellyc (2007) · Irvine (2007–09) · R. Kellyc (2009–10) · Ferguson (2010) · Unsworthc (2010–11) · P. Brown (2011) · Alexander & Unsworthc (2011–12) · Westley (2012–13) · Grayson (2013–17) · Thompson (2017) |
Sunderland Football Club - Managers |
Watson (1888–96) • Campbell (1896–99) • Mackie (1899–1905) • Kyle (1905–28) • Cochrane (1928–39) • Murray (1939–57) • Brown (1957–64) • Hardwick (1964–65c) • McColl (1965–68) • Brown (1968–72) • Elliott (1972c) • Stokoe (1972–76) • MacFarlane (1976c) • Adamson (1976–78) • Merrington (1978c) • Elliott (1978–79) • Knighton (1979–81) • Docherty (1981c) • Durban (1981–84) • Robson (1984c) • Ashurst (1984–85) • McMenemy (1985–87) • Stokoe (1987c) • Smith (1987–91) • Crosby (1991–93) • Butcher (1993) • Buxton (1993–95) • Reid (1995–2002) • Wilkinson (2002–03) • McCarthy (2003–06) • Ball (2006c) • Quinn (2006) • Keane (2006–08) • Sbragia (2008–09) • Bruce (2009–11) • Black (2011c) • O'Neill (2011–13) • Di Canio (2013) • Ball (2013c) • Poyet (2013–15) • Advocaat (2015) • Allardyce (2015–16) • Moyes (2016–17) • Grayson (2017) • Stockdalec (17) • Coleman (2018–2018) • Stockdalec (2018) • Ross (2018–19) • Fowler c (2019) • Parkinson (2019–20) • Taylor c (2020) • Johnson (2020–) |
Bradford City Association Football Club - Managers |
Campbell (1903–05) • O'Rourke (1905–21) • Menzies (1921–26) • Veitch (1926–28) • Fosterc (1928) • O'Rourke (1928) • Peart (1930–35) • Ray (1935–37) • Westgarth (1938–43) • Sharp (1943–46) • Barker (1946–47) • Milburn (1947–48) • Steele (1948–52) • A.Harrisi (1952) • Powell (1952–55) • P.Jackson (1955–61) • Brocklebank (1961–64) • B. Harris (1965–66) • Watson (1966–67) • Hair (1967–68) • McAnearney & Hallettc (1968) • Wheeler (1968–71) • Wilsonc (1971) • Edwards (1971–75) • Kennedy (1975–78) • Napier (1978) • Mulhall (1978–81) • McFarland (1981–82) • Cherry (1982–87) • Dolan (1987–89) • Yorath (1989–90) • Docherty (1990–91) • Stapleton (1991–94) • Lawrence (1994–95) • Kamara (1995–98) • Jewell (1998–2000) • Hutchings (2000) • McCallc (2000) • Jefferies (2000–01) • Smithc (2001) • Law (2002–03) • Atherton, Jacobs, Wetherall & Windassc (2003) • Robson (2003–04) • Todd (2004–07) • Wetherall (2007) • McCall (2007–10) • Jacobsc (2010) • Taylor (2010–11) • P. A. Jackson (2011) • Cooperc (2011) • Parkinson (2011–16) • McCall (2016–18) • Abbottc (2018) • Grayson (2018–) |
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- Living people
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- Leeds United F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Premier League players
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- Leeds United F.C. managers
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. managers
- Preston North End F.C. managers
- English Football League managers
- Sunderland A.F.C. managers
- Bradford City A.F.C. managers