John Gill (football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Gill | ||
| Date of birth | 21 December 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Drogheda United (Assistant Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Home Farm | ? | (?) |
| 1989–1993 | Drogheda United | ? | (?) |
| 1989–1990 | → Bray Wanderers (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Sligo Rovers (loan) | ? | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | St Francis | ? | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001 | Kilkenny City (assistant) | ||
| 2002 | Kildare County (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Dublin City | ||
| 2005 | Athlone Town | ||
| 2005–2008 | Dundalk | ||
| 2009–2010 | St Patrick's Athletic (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2013 | Malahide United | ||
| 2014 | Shamrock Rovers (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Bray Wanderers (assistant) | ||
| 2015– | Drogheda United (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Gill (born 21 December 1963) is an Irish football manager who is currently the assistant manager at Drogheda United.
He began his schoolboy playing career in the early 80's with Stella Maris, before being signed by his local Leinster Senior League club, Fairview CYM – then managed by his father. From there, Gill, along with his brother Mark, moved to Home Farm F.C. in 1986 after being spotted by Ray Treacy in the Oscar Traynor competition playing for Fairview against the Athletic Union League. During a three-year spell at Tolka Park, Gill sampled the delights of playing in America, before moving on to Drogheda United in 1989 along with three other players from that Home Farm team. In his first season with the Louth club – along with Gerry Scully – Gill helped the side to an incredible 27-match unbeaten run and the First Division crown.
But a quick return to the second tier would follow just twelve months later, but again Gill and Scully helped the Boynesiders to a First Division title and another promotion in 1991. Once more, however, relegation was to soon follow, though Gill was to spend a part of that season on-loan at both Bray Wanderers and Sligo Rovers, then managed by Dermot Keely.
Gill earned his first job in a coaching capacity at another LSL club, Whitehall Rangers, when he decided to become Martin Kerr's assistant in ‘94 a year after the birth of his first daughter Hayley Gill. Kerr was the captain of the famous St Francis F.C. team that reached the FAI Cup final in 1990. In Gill's first season there, he, along with Warren Patmore, was sent-off in a Leinster Senior Cup match against Dundalk at Oriel Park on 18 October 1994. Three more years were to follow there and his youngest daughter Shannon Gill was born on 21 September 1996 and he took a small break from football to spend time with his family, but at the end of 1999, Gill got his first big break in his management career when he joined Billy Walsh at Kilkenny City F.C..
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