John Ward (footballer)

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Personal information
John Ward
Full name	John Patrick Ward
Date of birth	April 7, 1951 (1951-04-07) (age 57)
Place of birth	Lincoln, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Carlisle United
Number	Manager
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1970–1979 1972 1979–1981 1981–1982 1982	Lincoln City → Workington (loan) Watford Grimsby Town Lincoln City	240 (91) 011 0(3) 027 0(6) 003 0(0) 001 0(0)
Teams managed
1991–1993 1993–1996 1997–1998 2000–2001 2003–2007 2007–	York City Bristol Rovers Bristol City Wolverhampton Wanderers (caretaker) Cheltenham Town Carlisle United
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Patrick Ward (born April 7, 1951 in Lincoln, England) is an English football manager and former player. He is currently manager of Carlisle United.

As a player, Ward spent the bulk of his career as a forward at Lincoln City where he scored more than 100 goals between 1970 and 1979. He also had spells at Watford, Grimsby and Workington.

Following his retirement from playing, Ward was assistant manager to Graham Taylor at Watford from 1982 and then followed Taylor to Aston Villa in 1987. After Taylor became England manager in 1990, Ward remained at Villa for a further season under Jozef Venglos before becoming manager of York City in 1991. He later managed both Bristol clubs, Bristol Rovers and Bristol City, and was assistant to Adrian Heath at Burnley.

In 1998 Ward became assistant manager to Colin Lee at Wolverhampton Wanderers. After Lee's departure, he had a brief spell as caretaker manager before reverting to assistant under Dave Jones. He helped the club win promotion to the Premier League in 2003 but left the club at the of the season. Ward was appointed Cheltenham Town manager in November 2003 and in 2006 guided the club to promotion into League One. After keeping the Robins in League One the following season, he moved to Carlisle United in October 2007.^[1]

Managerial stats

As of November 11, 2007.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	L	D	Win %
York City		October 1, 1991	March 1, 1993	70	22	24	24	31.42
Bristol Rovers		August 1, 1993	May 10, 1996	155	65	48	42	41.93
Bristol City		March 27, 1997	October 28, 1998	84	38	27	19	45.23
Wolverhampton Wanderers		December 18, 2000	January 3, 2001	4	3	1	0	75.00
Cheltenham Town		November 6, 2003	October 2, 2007	207	76	77	54	36.71
Carlisle United		October 3, 2007	Present	20	10	6	4	50.00

[edit] Notes

^ "Ward handed Carlisle manager post", BBC Sport, 2007-10-02. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.

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York City F.C. – Managers

Collier (1928–30) • Sherrington (1930–33) • Collier (1933–37) • Mitchell (1937–50) • Duckworth (1950–52) • Spencer (1952–53) • McCormick (1953–54) • Bartram (1956–60) • Lockie (1960–67) • Shaw (1967–68) • Johnston (1968–75) • McGuinness (1975–77) • Wright (1977–80) • Lyons (1980–81) • Randall (1981–82) • Swallow (1982) • Smith (1982–87) • Saxton (1987–88) • Swallow (1988) • Bird (1988–91) • Ward (1991–93) • Little (1993–99) • Thompson (1999–2000) • Dolan (2000–03) • Brass (2003–04) • Busby (2004–05) • McEwan (2005–07) • Walker (2007–)

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Bristol Rovers F.C. – Managers

Homer (1899–1920) • Hall (1920–21) • Wilson (1921–26) • Palmer (1926–29) • McLean (1929–30) • Prince-Cox (1930–36) • Smith (1936–37) • Fletcher (1938–50) • Tann (1950–68) • Ford (1968–69) • Dodgin (1969–72) • Megson (1972–77) • Campbell (1977–79) • Jarman (1979–80) • Cooper (1980–81) • Gould (1981–83) • Williams (1983–85) • Gould (1985–87) • Francis (1987–91) • Dobson (1991) • Rofe (1991–92) • Allison (1992–93) • Ward (1993–96) • Holloway (1996–2001) • Francis (2001) • Thompson (2001–02) • Graydon (2002–04) • Atkins (2004–05) • Trollope (2005–)

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Bristol City F.C. – Managers

Hollis (1897–99) • Campbell (1899–1901) • Hollis (1901–05) • Thickett (1905–10) • Bacon (1910–11) • Hollis (1911–13) • Hedley (1913–15) • Hamilton (1915–19) • Palmer (1919–21) • Raisbeck (1921–29) • Bradshaw (1929–32) • Hewison (1932–49) • Wright (1949–50) • Beasley (1950–58) • Doherty (1958–60) • Ford (1960–67) • Dicks (1967–80) • Houghton (1980–82) • Hodgson (1982) • Cooper (1982–88) • Jordan (1988–90) • Lumsden (1990–92) • Smith (1992–93) • Osman (1993–94) • Jordan (1994–97) • Sweeney (1997) • Ward (1997–98) • Lennartsson (1998–99) • Pulis (1999–2000) • Fawthrop & Burnside (2000) • Rosenior (2000) • Wilson (2000–04) • Tinnion (2004–05) • Millen (2005) • Johnson (2005–)

v • d • e Cheltenham Town F.C. – Managers

Robertson (1991–1992) • Parsons (1992–1995) • Robinson (1995–1997) • Cotterill (1997–2002) • Allner (2002–03) • Gould (2003) • Ward (2003–07) • Downing (2007–)

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Carlisle United F.C. – Managers

Kirkbride (1904–05^s) • McCumiskey (1905–06^s) • Houston (1906–08^s) • Stansfield (1908–10) • Houston (1910–12) • Graham (1912–13) • Bistow (1913–30) • Hampson (1930–33) • Clarke (1933–35) • Kelly (1935–36) • Westgarth (1936–38) • Talyor (1938–40) • Harkness (1940–45) • Clarke (1945–46^s) • Broadis (1946–49) • Shankly (1949–51) • Emery (1951–58) • Beattie (1958–60) • Powell (1960–63) • Ashman (1963–67) • T. Ward (1967–68) • Stokoe (1968–70) • MacFarlane (1970–72) • Ashhman (1972–75) • Young (1975–76) • Moncur (1976–80) • Harvey (1980) • Stokoe (1980–85) • Robson (1985) • Stokoe (1985–86) • Gregg (1986–87) • Middlemass (1987–91) • McCaffrey (1991–92) • McCreery (1992–93) • Wadsworth (1993–96^d) • Day (1996–97) • Knighton (1997–98) • Pearson (1998–99) • Mincher (1999) • Wilkinson (1999–2000) • Atkins (2000–2001) • Collins (2001–2002) • Barr (2002^c) • Collins (2002–03) • Simpson (2003–06) • McDonald (2006–07) • Abbott (2007^c) • J. Ward (2007–)

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Carlisle United F.C. – current squad

1 Westwood • 2 Raven • 3 Aranalde • 4 Bridge-Wilkinson • 5 Livesey • 6 Murphy • 7 Gall • 8 Lumsdon • 9 Graham • 10 Carlton • 11 Thirlwell • 12 Joyce • 13 Bradley • 14 Garner • 15 Arnison • 16 J. Smith • 18 Hackney • 19 Reid • 20 Howarth • 21 Horwood • 22 Campion • 23 Kirkup • 24 Vipond • 25 G. Smith • 26 Dobie • 27 Taylor • 28 Madine • Manager: Ward

Persondata
NAME	Ward, John Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ward, John
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player, coach & manager
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH