Graham Westley
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| Graham Westley | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Graham Neil Westley[1] | |
| Date of birth | 4 March 1968 | |
| Place of birth | Hounslow, England | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Stevenage Borough (manager) | |
| Youth career | ||
| ?–1986 | Queens Park Rangers | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1986–1987 1987–1988 |
Gillingham Barnet Wycombe Wanderers Kingstonian Wealdstone Farnborough Town Harlow Town Enfield Aylesbury United Harrow Borough Tooting & Mitcham United Molesey Walton & Hersham |
2 (0) 3 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1999–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007 2008– |
Farnborough Town Stevenage Borough Rushden & Diamonds Kettering Town (caretaker) Stevenage Borough |
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Graham Neil Westley (born 4 March 1968) is an English former footballer and is currently manager of Stevenage Borough.
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[edit] Playing career
Westley was born in Hounslow, London and he started his footballing career as an apprentice with Queens Park Rangers before joining Gillingham in March 1986.[1] He made two league appearances for the club before joining Barnet.[2] He made three appearances and scored one goal for them in the Football Conference during the 1987–88 season.[3] He later played for a number of non-League clubs, including Wycombe Wanderers, Kingstonian, Wealdstone, Farnborough Town, Harlow Town, Enfield, Aylesbury United, Harrow Borough, Tooting & Mitcham United, Molesey and Walton & Hersham.[4]
[edit] Managerial career
In 1999 he bought a controlling interest in Farnborough Town and appointed himself as manager.[4][5] He left the club, leaving them in £200,000 of debt,[6] to take over at Stevenage Borough in January 2003.[7] During his three and a half year stint at Stevenage, he saved them from certain relegation from the Football Conference and turned round fortunes to take them to within one game of the Football League in the play-off final. He confirmed in May 2006 that he would leave the club when his contract expired in June.[8] He was appointed manager of Rushden & Diamonds in December 2006,[9] helping the club to get out of a fight against relegation. He managed 13 games, winning seven, drawing three and losing three, but was sacked in February 2007.[10] Shortly after leaving Rushden he was appointed caretaker manager of Kettering Town for the rest of the 2006–07 season in April 2007.[11] He returned as Stevenage manager in May 2008.[12] At the end of the 2008/09 season, Westley had taken Boro to the Conference National play-off semi-finals and to victory in the FA Trophy against York City at Wembley.
[edit] Managerial stats
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Farnborough Town |  |
2 August 1999 | 28 January 2003 | 128 | 66 | 35 | 27 | 51.56 |
| Stevenage Borough | |
29 January 2003 | 30 June 2006 | 157 | 75 | 49 | 33 | 47.77 |
| Rushden & Diamonds | |
18 December 2006 | 25 February 2007 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 53.33 |
| Stevenage Borough | |
2 May 2008 | Present | 58 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 55.17 |
| Total | 358 | 181 | 101 | 76 | 50.56 | |||
[edit] Honours
- FA Trophy: 2009
[edit] References
- ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 649. ISBN 1852916656.
- ^ "Gillingham : 1950/51 - 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/gillingham/gillingham.htm. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ Harman, John (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979-2004: The First 25 Years. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 71–75. ISBN 186983352X.
- ^ a b Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 332. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ^ "Graham Westley's managerial career". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1850. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ "Debt threat to Borough FC". GetHampshire. http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/36398_debt_threat_to_borough_fc__by_cliff_mogg. Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
- ^ "Westley quits Farnborough". BBC Sport. 2003-01-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/2703141.stm. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ "Westley to leave Borough". BBC Beds Herts and Bucks. 2006-05-15. http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2006/05/15/graham_westley_leaves_feature.shtml. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ "Rushden name Westley as new boss". BBC Sport. 2006-12-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rushden_and_diamonds/6189787.stm. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ "Rushden sack Westley after draw". BBC Sport. 2007-02-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rushden_and_diamonds/6394305.stm. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ "Poppies appoint Westley". BBC Northamptonshire. 2007-04-20. http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2007/04/20/graham_westley_kettering_caretaker_boss_feature.shtml. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
- ^ "Westley named as Stevenage boss". BBC Sport. 2008-05-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/7380315.stm. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
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