John Schofield - Football Coach

John David Schofield (born 16 May 1965) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is assistant manager at National League club Scunthorpe United. As a player, he was a midfielder. He spent twelve seasons in the basement division of the Football League with Lincoln City, Doncaster Rovers, Mansfield Town and Hull City, making a total of 547 league and cup appearances after turning professional at the age of 23. He was named Lincoln City's Player of the Year in 1994. Before this, he had spells in non-League with Woolley Miners Welfare, Shepshed Charterhouse, Matlock Town and Gainsborough Trinity. Following his retirement, Schofield held various coaching roles back with Lincoln City, where he eventually became manager and led the club to the League Two play-offs during the 2006–07 season. He has since held a variety of different positions on the coaching staff at Scunthorpe United, Walsall, Cheltenham Town, Cambridge United, Notts County, Gillingham, Scunthorpe United, York City, Doncaster Rovers, Peterborough United, Port Vale. He also managed the Northern Ireland U21 team from 2021 to 2023. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Walsall FC	09
League One 08/09	1

Cheltenham Town	09
League Two 09/10	8
FA Cup 09/10	1

Northern Ireland U21	21/23
UEFA U21 Qual 23	10

Port Vale Asst	23/24