Graham Westley
Westley in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Graham Neil Westley | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Hounslow, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Newport County (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1986 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Gillingham | 2 | (0) |
| 1987 | Barnet | 3 | (1) |
| 1987–1988 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | (4) |
| 1988–1990 | Kingstonian | 28 | (9) |
| 1990 | Wealdstone | 8 | (1) |
| 1990 | Farnborough Town | 11 | (3) |
| 1990 | Harlow Town | 2 | (0) |
| 1990–1992 | Enfield | 41 | (14) |
| 1992 | Aylesbury United | 5 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | Harrow Borough | 17 | (4) |
| 1993 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 8 | (1) |
| 1993 | Molesey | 2 | (1) |
| 1994 | Walton & Hersham | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 149 | (39) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1997 | Kingstonian | ||
| 1997–1998 | Enfield | ||
| 1999–2003 | Farnborough Town | ||
| 2003–2006 | Stevenage | ||
| 2006–2007 | Rushden & Diamonds | ||
| 2007 | Kettering Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2008–2012 | Stevenage | ||
| 2012–2013 | Preston North End | ||
| 2013–2015 | Stevenage | ||
| 2015–2016 | Peterborough United | ||
| 2016– | Newport County | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Graham Neil Westley (born 4 March 1968) is an English former professional footballer who is currently manager of Newport County.
Westley started his managerial career at the age of 28, managing Kingstonian for five months, before spending a year in charge of Enfield. In 1999, Westley became manager of Farnborough Town, guiding them to the Football Conference in 2002. He left Farnborough the following season, to become manager of Stevenage. He took the club to within one game of promotion to the Football League, but left the club in 2006 when his contract expired. Westley then had a brief, but successful, spell with Rushden & Diamonds, as well as acting as caretaker manager at Kettering Town. He took a year out of the game, before rejoining Stevenage in May 2008. He guided the club to FA Trophy success in 2009, before securing promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history in April 2010, finishing the season as league champions. Westley guided the club to back-to-back promotions in his first season as a Football League manager, following Stevenage's successful 2010–11 League Two play-off campaign. At the start of 2012, Westley left Stevenage to join Preston North End. He was sacked by the club in February 2013. A month later, Westley rejoined Stevenage, his third spell at the club.
Westley was born in Hounslow, London and he started his footballing career as an apprentice with Queens Park Rangers. During his time at QPR, Westley represented England at U18 level. He then joined Gillingham in March 1986. He made two league appearances for the club before joining Barnet. He made three appearances and scored one goal for them in the Football Conference during the 1987–88 season, making his debut for the club in a 2–2 draw against Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose. Westley joined Wycombe Wanderers in the latter stages of 1987 for a fee of £7,500, making a scoring debut in a 2–1 away victory at Telford United. He scored in Wycombe's next two games, and was a first-team regular until manager Peter Suddaby left the club in January 1988. Westley played just once under new manager Jim Kelman and left soon afterwards to sign for Kingstonian. He played 24 times for Wycombe, scoring five goals in all competitions during the club's 1987–88 campaign. He later played for a number of non-League clubs, including Kingstonian, Wealdstone, Farnborough Town, Harlow Town, Enfield, Aylesbury United, Harrow Borough, Tooting & Mitcham United, Molesey and Walton & Hersham – three of which he would later go on to manage. During his time at Kingstonian, he suffered a dislocated ankle and broken leg in three places, which subsequently cut his playing career short after never fully recovering from the injury. On his playing career, Westley said "I felt sorry for myself too often when I should have been leading the team".
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