John McGreal - Football Coach

John Leslie McGreal (born 2 June 1972) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is currently an U21s coach at Ipswich Town. He began his career at Tranmere Rovers, making his debut in the 1991–92 season. He became a first-team regular from the 1993–94 season, playing a total of 233 games across eight seasons, until he was sold to Ipswich Town for a £750,000 fee in August 1999. He helped his new club to win promotion into the Premier League with victory in the 2000 play-off final. He played 54 Premier League games in two seasons, before Ipswich were relegated back into the First Division in 2002. He stayed with the club for another two years before signing with Burnley in June 2004. He spent three seasons in the Championship with Burnley, being named as Player of the Year in 2005, and retired at the end of the 2006–07 season. He played a total of 489 league and cup games in 16 seasons as a professional in the English Football League and Premier League, scoring seven goals. McGreal went into coaching after retiring as a player, joining the Colchester United Academy in 2009. He briefly stood in as the first team's caretaker-manager in November 2015, before being given the job on a permanent basis following the club's relegation out of League One in May 2016. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Colchester United	15
League One 15/16	3
FA Cup 15/16	1

Colchester United	16/20
League Two 16/17	46
League Cup 16/17	1
EFL Trophy 16/17	3
FA Cup 16/17	1
League Two 17/18	46
League Cup 17/18	1
EFL Trophy 17/18	3
FA Cup 17/18	1
PDL U23 18/19	9
League Two 18/19	46
EFL Trophy 18/19	3
League Cup 18/19	1
FA Cup 18/19	1
League Two 19/20	40
EFL Trophy 19/20	4
League Cup 19/20	5
FA Cup 19/20	1

Swindon Town FC	21

Ipswich Town	21
FA Cup 21/22	1
League One 21/22	3