Jim Gannon

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Jim Gannon
Personal information
Full name James Paul Gannon
Date of birth 7 September 1968 (1968-09-07) (age 39)
Place of birth    Southwark, London, England
Playing position Centre-half; various
Club information
Current club Stockport County
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1988–1989
1989–1990
1990
1990–2000
1994
2000–2001
2001–2004		 Dundalk
Sheffield United
Halifax Town
Stockport County
→ Notts County (loan)
Crewe Alexandra
Shelbourne		 00? 0(?)
000 0(0)
002 0(0)
383 (52)
002 0(0)
007 0(0)
00? 0(?)   
Teams managed
2004–2005
2006–		 Dundalk
Stockport County

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

James Paul "Jim" Gannon (born 7 September 1968), known affectionately as "Jimbo," is an English-born Irish football manager and former player. He is currently manager of Stockport County, having held the position since January 2006.

He was born in Southwark, South London and moved with his family to Ireland at a young age. Gannon received his start in higher level football from the Irish club Dundalk. In April 1989 Gannon was transferred from Dundalk to English team Sheffield United and after 12 months he moved to Stockport County where he had a distinguished ten year career. His 479 club appearances puts him in third spot in Stockport’s all-time appearance list and his 65 goals are 9th in their scoring records. After a dispute with Stockport over arrangements for his testimonial, he had a brief spell at Crewe Alexandra, before returning to Ireland with Shelbourne.

Gannon was and still is known by Stockport fans as 'the Ghost', due to his knack of 'ghosting' in behind the defensive wall to head in free-kicks. He has received two distinguished honours from the club’s supporter—elected to the Stockport Hall of Fame and as Honorary Vice President of the Hatters Independent Supporters Club.

He was awarded a testimonial against Manchester City F.C. in August 2000 [1].

On his return to Ireland, Gannon completed his accountancy exams and had a number of successful years at Shelbourne which included winning 2 League Championships, scoring in a Champions League qualifier [2]] and playing in the UEFA Cup.

In June 2004 he was appointed as Dundalk manager. On 14 November 2005, Gannon confirmed his resignation from Dundalk. Gannon's position had been called into question after his chief supporters, vice-chairman Tom Baldwin and chief executive Sean Connolly, left the club.

At the end of 2005, after the resignation of Turner as Stockport County manager, Gannon was appointed as caretaker manager whilst the club searched for a permanent replacement. However results improved enough during his short time at the club for him to be offered the job full time. Stockport were five points adrift of safety at the time[1], but he eventually guided the team to survival in the 2005–06 season. Improvements continued the following season, with Gannon leading County to a League record nine consecutive victories without conceding, and missing out on the League Two playoffs on goal difference.

On his fifth visit to Wembley he guided Stockport to a 3-2 win over Rochdale in May 2008 to win promotion to Division One [3].

Gannon is a highly ambitous manager and is one of few managers in the lower leagues to hold a full UEFA Pro Licence[2]. Despite being relatively new to management, Gannon has been unafraid to criticise referees or other clubs, notably Bristol Rovers after a controversially postponed match[3] and the likes of Liverpool[4] and Manchester City[5] for the controversial signings of young players.

Contents

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

[edit] As a manager


[edit] Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Stockport County Flag of England February 22, 2006 Present 132 62 29 41 46.9

[edit] References

  1. ^ Table at the time of Gannon's appointment. StockportMAD, 17 June 2007.
  2. ^ Gannon sets sights on Championship. Virgin Media Sport, 12 September 2007.
  3. ^ County upset at late postponement. Metro News, 17 June 2007.
  4. ^ Liverpool snatch young 'keeper. Norn Iron MAD, 17 June 2007.
  5. ^ Compensation for youngsters imminent. Manchester Evening News, 17 June 2007.

[edit] External links

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