Greg Abbott (footballer)

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Greg Abbott
Personal information
Full name Gregory Stephen Abbott
Date of birth 14 December 1963 (1963-12-14) (age 44)
Place of birth    Coventry, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Carlisle United (assistant manager)
Youth clubs
1980–1982 Coventry City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1982
1982–1991
1991–1992
1992–1996
 Coventry City
Bradford City
Halifax Town
Hull City
Guiseley		 000 0(0)
281 (38)
028 0(1)
124 (16)
00? 0(?)   
Teams managed
2007 Carlisle United (caretaker)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gregory Stephen "Greg" Abbott (born December 14, 1963 in Coventry, England) is an English former footballer and is currently on the coaching staff at Carlisle United, where he also served a spell as caretaker manager. During his playing career, he played for Coventry City, Bradford City, Halifax Town and Hull City.

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[edit] Playing career

Abbott started his career with Coventry City, first signing schoolboy forms, before becoming an apprentice in June 1980. He developed through the junior and reserve teams to sign a professional contract in January 1982 but at the end of the season he was given a free transfer without making a league appearance.[1] The youth development team at Coventry instead recommended Abbott to Bradford City, where he was given a trial in July, and then a one year's contract.[1] He stayed on at City and won a Division Three championship medal in 1984–85 but the triumph was overshadowed by the Bradford fire. Abbott played in a number of positions including right back and central midfield and also scored a number of goals for City. Those goals included a hat-trick in a 3–1 win over Plymouth Argyle on 16 September 1987 as City went top of Division Two. They remained in the promotion chase throughout the season but missed out after a defeat in the final game of the season and then through the play-offs.

He remained at Bradford for another three years playing a total of 281 games, and scoring 38 goals, to join Halifax Town. He spent just one season at Halifax before teaming up with former manager Terry Dolan at Hull City. His playing career finished at non-league Guiseley.

[edit] Managerial career

He is the assistant manager at Carlisle United. He was appointed as caretaker manager on August 13, 2007 after the sacking of Neil McDonald.[2] When Carlisle appointed Cheltenham Town manager John Ward as their new manager on October 3, 2007,[3] Abbott returned to his original assistant manager role with the club.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Player

Bradford City

[edit] Managerial stats

As of October 3, 2007.
Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Carlisle United (Caretaker) Flag of England August 13, 2007 October 3, 2007 9 5 3 1 55.56

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport, p83. ISBN 0907969380. 
  2. ^ "Carlisle dismiss manager McDonald", BBC Sport, 2007-08-13. Retrieved on 2007-08-13. 
  3. ^ "Ward handed Carlisle manager post", BBC Sport, 2007-10-03. Retrieved on 2007-10-03. 

[edit] External links

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(c) caretaker (d) director of coaching (s) secretary-manager


Persondata
NAME Abbott, Gregory Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abbott, Greg, Abbott, Gregory
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player & manager
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Coventry, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH