| Steve Wigley | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Wigley | |
| Date of birth | 15 October 1961 | |
| Place of birth | Ashton-under-Lyne, England | |
| Playing position | Winger | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Curzon Ashton | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981–1985 1985–1987 1987–1989 1989–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 |
Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Birmingham City Portsmouth Exeter City Bognor Regis Town |
82 (2) 28 (1) 87 (4) 120 (12) 23 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1995–1997 2004 2004 |
Aldershot Town Southampton (caretaker) Southampton |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Steve Wigley (born 15 October 1961) is an English football coach and former player for Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Birmingham City, Portsmouth and Exeter City. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. Exeter City Football Club are an English football club based in Exeter, who were members of the Football League from 1920 to 2003 and rejoined He made 340 appearances in the Football League. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs He is the former manager of Southampton. Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton.
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Playing career
Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Wigley earned a reputation as a tricky winger for home-town club Curzon Ashton, jinking his way through defences and dazzling crowds with his skilful ball displays. Ashton-under-Lyne (pop 43200 is a Market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England Curzon Ashton FC are a football club whose home ground is the Tameside Stadium Richmond Street Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, It was this that attracted Brian Clough who promptly signed him for Nottingham Forest. Brian Howard Clough, OBE ( 21 March, 1935 – 20 September, 2004) was a successful footballer and subsequently football Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham After making his debut as a 21-year-old, Wigley played 82 times for Forest before moving to Sheffield United in 1985. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Unfortunately, he never found success in Sheffield and moved to Birmingham City soon after, where during a spectacular display against Portsmouth F.C., Pompey manager Alan Ball was persuaded to sign him for the club. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. Alan James Ball Jr, MBE (12 May 1945 &ndash 25 April 2007 was an English professional footballer and football club manager After spending four years of mixed fortunes on the South Coast, Wigley moved to Exeter to finish his playing career before taking on his first managerial job at Aldershot. Aldershot Town Football Club is a Football League club based in Aldershot, England, founded in the spring of 1992 just after the closure of debt-ridden
Coaching and managerial career
Aldershot Town
Wigley was appointed as manager of Aldershot Town after the departure of Steve Wignall. The Shots were by this time in the Isthmian League first division but failed to achieve promotion under Wigley's leadership, finishing 4th, 5th and finally 7th in a three year period. History The league was founded in 1905 and was strongly dedicated to Amateurism. To this day, Wigley has the dubious honour of being Aldershot Town's least successful manager.
Nottingham Forest
After three years at Aldershot, Academy Director Paul Hart persuaded him to return to Nottingham Forest as assistant academy director. In his time at Forest, Wigley moved up the ranks to become first team coach before short-lived Saints boss Stuart Gray lured him to Southampton as academy director in the summer of 2001. Stuart Gray (born 19 April 1960 in Withernsea, England) is an English former footballer and manager, who is currently Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. Southampton Football Club Academy or Saints Academy is the youth organisation run by Southampton Football Club to encourage and develop young footballers in the South At the same time, Platt, now England Under 21 boss, asked Wigley to help out with coaching the young internationals. England's national Under-21 football team, also known as England Under-21s or England U21(s is considered to be the feeder team for the England national football team
Southampton
During Gordon Strachan's reign at Southampton, Wigley moved to focus more on the first team than the academy players. This page is about the footballer and manager Gordon C Strachan was indicted in the Watergate scandal Gordon David Strachan (/strɔn/ When Strachan left the club in 2004, Wigley was asked to step in as caretaker. Wigley clearly felt ill at ease in charge of the Saints so after two games in charge, Paul Sturrock was brought in from Plymouth Argyle. Paul Whitehead Sturrock (born 10 October 1956 in Ellon Aberdeenshire, Scotland) is a Scottish football manager. For details of the current season see Plymouth Argyle FC season 2008-09 Plymouth Argyle Football Club, commonly known as Argyle During the rumoured player disputes with Sturrock, Wigley stepped in as an intermediary and helped solve differences at the club.
When Sturrock left the club in August 2004 only two games into the new season, chairman Rupert Lowe revealed that Wigley had been appointed full time boss of the Saints and not just caretaker. Rupert James Graham Lowe is a British businessman who was the chairman of Southampton Football Club from 1996 to 2006 Opponents of Wigley claimed that he was not yet ready for Premier League management; with only three years in charge of Aldershot, a non-league club. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs However, some fans were happy with the appointment as it meant that Glenn Hoddle, widely reviled by many Saints fans could not return. Glenn Hoddle (born 27 October 1957 in Hayes, London) is an English football manager and former footballer who played as a attacking
Wigley's first tenure in the Premiership ended prematurely – he was dismissed by Southampton on 8 December after just 14 matches, the only win coming in the local derby against arch-rivals and former club Portsmouth. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Wigley resumed duties with the club's young players but finally left St Mary's later in the season.
Manchester City
After leaving Southampton, Wigley joined up with former Nottingham Forest team-mate Stuart Pearce at Manchester City as assistant manager/first team coach. Stuart Pearce MBE (born 24 April 1962 in Hammersmith, London) is an English football manager and TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club During his first season at City, he guided City's reserve team to third place in the Premiership North Reserve League. Wigley left City after Pearce was sacked in May 2007.
England Under-21
Wigley teamed up with Pearce again, this time as England Under-21 coach, after Pearce was appointed to this role in 2007. England's national Under-21 football team, also known as England Under-21s or England U21(s is considered to be the feeder team for the England national football team In August 2007 the Football Association appointed Wigley as 'National Coach', assuming responsibility for the 17-21 age groups to help develop young players. The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey [1]
References
External links
- Management statistics on Soccerbase
- League career statistics at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wigley, Steve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wigley, Stephen |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional footballer, coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961-10-15 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ashton-under-Lyne, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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