Alex Pike
Alex Pike has been in the Gosport dugout since December 2005
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 29 March 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1985–1988 | Holt United (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 1988–1991 | Wimborne Town (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 1991–1993 | Wimborne Town | ||
| 1993–1995 | Bournemouth F.C. | ||
| 1996–2000 | Wimborne Town | ||
| 2000–2002 | Lymington (Co Manager) | ||
| 2002–2005 | Hamworthy United | ||
| 2005– | Gosport Borough | ||
Alex Pike (born March 29, 1960 in Portsmouth) is a non-league football manager, currently managing Gosport Borough of the Conference South.
Pike began his football management career in junior football in the early 1980s with Dorset Police reserves in the Bournemouth Football Association Wednesday League. At this time he also co-founded and managed M&J Security FC who gained entry to division 5 of the BFA Saturday League, winning the title at the first attempt. Before the new season began, the club was sold to a local night club owner who renamed the team Zig Zag FC. Promotions were achieved in the next three seasons to bring the club to BFA Saturday Division 1.
The stellar nature of Pike's early foray into football management had not gone unnoticed and in 1985 he was appointed assistant manager to former AFC Bournemouth, Bristol Rovers and Yeovil Town player Chris Weller at Holt United in the Dorset Premier League.
At the end of the first season at Holt, Weller left to take over as manager of Wimborne Town, asking Pike to follow him as his assistant. Pike declined the offer, deciding to stay at Holt for the time being.
He was offered the manager's job at Holt but did not feel ready to step into the role at the time and persuaded a friend, former Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle and Exete City player Nick Jennings to take the helm with Pike as his assistant.
Only 18 months after being appointed at Wimborne Town, Weller was sacked and the club offered Jennings the role, with Pike following him as his assistant.
In 1991-1992, his first full season as sole manager of Wimborne Town, Pike won the Wessex League title, the Dorset Senior Cup and FA Vase with a 5-3 victory over Guiseley at Wembley Stadium. At the time, Pike was only 32 and was the youngest manager to win the FA Vase - a record which still stands today. In the two periods in which he managed Wimborne (1991-1993 & 1996-2000), Pike won the Wessex League title on three separate occasions.
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