Gary Megson

Gary Megson (born 20 June 1960) is an English former football player and manager. He managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday. He guided West Brom to promotion in 2001–02 and 2003–04, both times from the First Division to the Premier League.

Gary Megson

Personal information
Full name	Gary John Megson
Date of birth	(1959-05-02) 2 May 1959
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1979	Plymouth Argyle	78	(10)
1979–1981	Everton	22	(2)
1981–1984	Sheffield Wednesday	123	(13)
1984	Nottingham Forest	0	(0)
1984–1985	Newcastle United	24	(1)
1985–1989	Sheffield Wednesday	110	(12)
1989–1992	Manchester City	82	(2)
1992–1995	Norwich City	46	(1)
1995	Lincoln City	2	(0)
1995	Shrewsbury Town	2	(0)
Total		489	(41)
Teams managed
1995–1996	Norwich City
1996–1997	Blackpool
1997–1999	Stockport County
1999	Stoke City
2000–2004	West Bromwich Albion
2005–2006	Nottingham Forest
2007	Leicester City
2007–2009	Bolton Wanderers
2011–2012	Sheffield Wednesday
2017	West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Plymouth Argyle	1977–78	Third Division	24	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	28	2
	1978–79	Third Division	42	8	1	0	4	0	0	0	47	8
	1979–80	Third Division	12	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	20	0
	Total		78	10	5	0	9	0	3	0	95	10
Everton	1979–80	First Division	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	15	2
	1980–81	First Division	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
	Total		22	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	25	3
Sheffield Wednesday	1981–82	Second Division	40	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	43	5
	1982–83	Second Division	41	4	7	5	5	1	0	0	53	10
	1983–84	Second Division	42	4	4	0	6	1	0	0	52	5
	Total		123	13	12	5	13	2	0	0	148	20
Newcastle United	1984–85	First Division	20	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	22	2
	1985–86	First Division	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		24	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	28	2
Sheffield Wednesday	1985–86	First Division	20	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	25	3
	1986–87	First Division	35	6	6	1	3	0	1	0	45	7
	1987–88	First Division	37	2	4	0	4	0	2	0	47	2
	1988–89	First Division	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	1
	Total		110	12	15	1	9	0	3	0	137	13
Manchester City	1988–89	Second Division	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	1
	1989–90	First Division	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
	1990–91	First Division	19	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	26	1
	1991–92	First Division	22	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	26	0
	Total		82	2	8	0	5	0	2	0	97	2
Norwich City	1992–93	Premier League	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	1
	1993–94	Premier League	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
	1994–95	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		46	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	50	1
Lincoln City	1995–96	Third Division	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
Shrewsbury Town	1995–96	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			489	41	49	8	40	2	8	0	586	51

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Norwich City	21 December 1995	31 July 1996	27	5	9	13	018.52
Blackpool	5 July 1996	1 July 1997	52	21	15	16	040.38
Stockport County	1 July 1997	25 June 1999	102	35	27	40	034.31
Stoke City	14 July 1999	15 November 1999	22	9	7	6	040.91
West Bromwich Albion	9 March 2000	26 October 2004	221	94	50	77	042.53
Nottingham Forest	10 January 2005	16 February 2006	59	17	18	24	028.81
Leicester City	13 September 2007	24 October 2007	9	3	4	2	033.33
Bolton Wanderers	25 October 2007	30 December 2009	98	27	26	45	027.55
Sheffield Wednesday	4 February 2011	29 February 2012	62	28	12	22	045.16
West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)	20 November 2017	29 November 2017	2	0	2	0	000.00
Total			654	239	170	245	036.54

Honours

As a manager

West Bromwich Albion

• Football League First Division runner-up: 2001–02, 2003–04

Individual

• Premier League Manager of the Month: November 2008