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| 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,  England
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| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position: | Defender | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1984–1988 | Leeds United
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 1992–1997 1997–1999 1999–2002 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002–2006 Total |
Leeds United Leicester City Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) → Stockport County (loan) → Notts County (loan) → Bradford City (loan) Blackpool |
0 (0) 188 (4) 49 (0) 35 (0) 5 (0) 13 (0) 10 (1) 7 (0) 126 (6) 435 (12) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2005–2008 2008–2012 2012–2013 2013–2017 2017 2018 2019–2020 2021 2021–2022 |
Blackpool Leeds United Huddersfield Town Preston North End Sunderland Bradford City Blackpool Fleetwood Town Bengaluru
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Simon Nicholas Grayson (born 16 December 1969) is an English former professional footballer and manager. He was most recently the manager of Indian Super League club Bengaluru.
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.
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| Blackpool Football Club - Managers |
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| Leeds United F.C. - Managers |
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| Huddersfield Town Association Football Club - Managers |
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| Preston North End Football Club - Managers |
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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) · Neil (2017–21) · McAvoy (2021) · Lowe 2021 to (2024) · Marsh c (2024) · Heckingbottom (2024–) |
| Sunderland Football Club - Managers |
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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 (2020–22) • Neil (2022) • Canningc (2022) • Mowbray (2022–23) • Beale (2023–24) • Doddsc (2024) • Le Bris (2024–) |
| Bradford City Association Football Club - Managers |
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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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