Gary Megson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary John Megson | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1979 | Plymouth Argyle | 78 | (10) |
| 1979–1981 | Everton | 22 | (2) |
| 1981–1984 | Sheffield Wednesday | 123 | (13) |
| 1984 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Newcastle United | 24 | (1) |
| 1985–1989 | Sheffield Wednesday | 110 | (12) |
| 1989–1992 | Manchester City | 82 | (2) |
| 1992–1995 | Norwich City | 46 | (1) |
| 1995 | Lincoln City | 2 | (0) |
| 1995 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 489 | (41) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1996 | Norwich City | ||
| 1996–1997 | Blackpool | ||
| 1997–1999 | |||
| 1999 | Stoke City | ||
| 2000–2004 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| 2005–2006 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| 2007 | Leicester City | ||
| 2007–2009 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Gary John Megson (born 2 May 1959) is an English former football player and manager.
He has previously managed Norwich City, Blackpool, , Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday. His biggest successes so far came at West Bromwich Albion, where he managed them in the Premier League in 2002 and again in 2004.
He is the son of former player Don Megson and the brother of Neil Megson, another former footballer.
As a player, Megson was a tough-tackling defensive midfielder who played for nine different clubs. He began his career at Plymouth Argyle, where he impressed enough for Everton to sign him for a £250,000 transfer fee. Megson struggled to establish himself in the Everton line-up, and after two years at Goodison, he moved to Sheffield Wednesday, where his father had once played, for a fee of £130,000.
Megson immediately gained a place in Wednesday's starting lineup, and was a member of the team that gained promotion to the top flight in 1983–84, ending a 14-year exile from the elite. In his three years at Hillsborough, he missed only three league games. In the summer of 1984, he was signed by Nottingham Forest, only for Brian Clough to decide "he couldn't trap a bag of cement". Megson spent five months at the City Ground, without making a single first-team appearance before being sold to Newcastle United.
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