John Ward
English association football player and manager (born 1951)
John Ward (born 7 April 1951) is an English football manager and retired player.
 Ward as manager of Bristol Rovers in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Patrick Ward[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1951[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1979 | Lincoln City | 240 | (91) |
| 1972 | → Workington (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 1979–1981 | Watford | 27 | (6) |
| 1981–1982 | Grimsby Town | 3 | (0) |
| 1982 | Lincoln City | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 282 | (100) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991–1993 | York City | ||
| 1993–1996 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| 1997–1998 | Bristol City | ||
| 2000–2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (caretaker) | ||
| 2003–2007 | Cheltenham Town | ||
| 2007–2008 | Carlisle United | ||
| 2010–2012 | Colchester United | ||
| 2012–2014 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| 2015 | Walsall (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Managerial statistics
change- As of 18 December 2015.[2]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| York City | 1 October 1991 | 1 March 1993 | 70 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 31.43 | ||
| Bristol Rovers | 1 August 1993 | 10 May 1996 | 155 | 65 | 42 | 48 | 41.94 | ||
| Bristol City | 27 March 1997 | 28 October 1998 | 84 | 38 | 19 | 27 | 45.24 | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (caretaker) | 18 December 2000 | 3 January 2001 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | ||
| Cheltenham Town | 6 November 2003 | 2 October 2007 | 207 | 76 | 54 | 77 | 36.71 | ||
| Carlisle United | 2 October 2007 | 3 November 2008 | 62 | 26 | 13 | 23 | 41.94 | ||
| Colchester United | 31 May 2010 | 24 September 2012 | 111 | 33 | 39 | 39 | 29.73 | ||
| Bristol Rovers | 17 December 2012 | 28 March 2014 | 69 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 34.78 | ||
| Walsall (caretaker) | 30 November 2015 | 18 December 2015 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | ||
| Total | 763 | 288 | 212 | 263 | 37.75 | ||||
Honours
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- Football League Second Division runner-up: 1997–98
Cheltenham Town
Individual
- Football League Two Manager of the Month: November 2005[3]
- Football League One Manager of the Month: February 2008,[4] March 2008[5]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "John Ward". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ↑ "John Ward's managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
- ↑ "John Ward". LMA. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ↑ "Carlisle boss earns manager prize". BBC Sport. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ↑ "Carlisle manager Ward earns award". BBC Sport. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2022.