John Gorman (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Gorman | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Winchburgh, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Celtic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1970 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 1970–1976 | Carlisle United | 261 | (5) |
| 1976–1979 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | (0) |
| 1979–1982 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 111 | (1) |
| 1979–1981 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 48 | (15) |
| 1982–1983 | Phoenix Inferno (indoor) | 45 | (7) |
| 1983–1984 | Phoenix Pride (indoor) | 45 | (9) |
| 1986 | Gillingham | 0 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1994 | Swindon Town | ||
| 1999 | West Bromwich Albion (caretaker) | ||
| 2003 | Wycombe Wanderers (caretaker) | ||
| 2004 | Gillingham (caretaker) | ||
| 2004–2006 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 2006 | Northampton Town | ||
| 2008 | Southampton (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Gorman (born 16 August 1949) is a Scottish former football player and coach.
During his time recovering from injury at Tottenham Hotspur he practised his hobby as a cartoonist, frequently having his work shown in Tottenham's match-day programmes.
Gorman began his career at Celtic, but only played one game, a Scottish League Cup match in 1968. He was released and signed for Carlisle United and was almost ever present in their one season in the old First Division. He signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 1976 before injury as a result of a tackle by Jimmy Case lost him his place. The injury caused him to miss the final part of Spurs' unsuccessful relegation fight in 1977, and all of Spurs' promotion season of 1977-78. In 1979, he moved to the United States where he signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL. He remained with Tampa Bay for four seasons and was a 1979 Second Team, 1980 Honorable Mention and 1981 First Team All Star. In the fall of 1982, he moved to the Phoenix Inferno of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He played two seasons with Phoenix, the second after the team became known as the Phoenix Pride.
Gorman's coaching career has often been intertwined with his longtime friend Glenn Hoddle, starting when Gorman became Hoddle's assistant at Swindon Town in 1991. With Hoddle as player-manager and featuring in most of the club's games, Gorman received plenty of the credit for this turnaround. So much so, that when Glenn Hoddle left to take over at Chelsea in 1993 he offered Gorman the chance to join him. His mind was made up when Town chairman Ray Hardman offered him the vacant manager's position; he accepted (a popular decision at the time) and looked forward to the forthcoming season in the Premier League, to which Swindon had just won promotion. However, it was not a successful first season in the top flight for the Wiltshire club, who did not win a league game until their 16th match and ended the season relegated in bottom place with just five wins and having conceded 100 goals from 42 matches. A promising start to the following season suggested that a quick return to the Premier League was possible, but a downturn in form dragged Swindon into the bottom half of the table and Gorman was sacked in November 1994.
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