John McGovern (footballer)

John McGovern
Personal information
Full name John Prescott McGovern
Date of birth (1949-10-28) 28 October 1949
Place of birth Montrose, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1965–1968 Hartlepool United 72 (5)
1968–1974 Derby County 190 (16)
1974–1975 Leeds United 4 (0)
1975–1982 Nottingham Forest 253 (6)
1982–1984 Bolton Wanderers 16 (0)
National team
1972–1973 Scotland under-23 2 (0)
Teams managed
1982–1984 Bolton Wanderers
1990 Chorley
1994–1996 Rotherham United
1997–1998 Woking
2000–2001 Ilkeston Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

John Prescott McGovern (born 28 October 1949 in Montrose) is a Scottish former association football player and manager. McGovern is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest side that won the European Cup twice, under the management of Brian Clough.

At the age of 19 he became the youngest player to play in all four divisions of the Football League and during his playing career he won promotion with Hartlepools United, Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He also won two Scottish under-23 caps,[1] and was to go on a play over 500 league games during his career. He forged a long-lasting relationship with manager, Brian Clough, and assistant-manager, Peter Taylor, at Hartlepool United, Derby County, Leeds and Nottingham Forest.

Early career

McGovern transferred from Hartlepool United to Derby County for a fee of £7500 in September 1968, and by January 1969 had established himself in the Derby side that was to win promotion to the First Division.[2]

In 1971–72 Derby won the First Division title, and McGovern played in virtually all of their matches. His final match for Derby came in February 1974.[3]

Leeds and Forest

He moved to Leeds United in August 1974, and in January 1975 moved to Second Division side Nottingham Forest, who he captained to two European Cups.[4]

Later career

McGovern joined Bolton Wanderers as player-manager in July 1982, and remained there until January 1985.[5] He made a total of 16 League appearances for Bolton before moving to Horwich RMI.[6]

He was later assistant manager of Chorley and Plymouth Argyle before being appointed joint manager of Rotherham United alongside Archie Gemmill in 1994. He left Rotherham two years later and was subsequently hired as manager of Woking and had a spell as assistant at Hull City before joining Ilkeston Town to replace Keith Alexander as manager in November 2000. He was sacked by the club in March of the following year after an eight-game winless run.[7]

Honours

Derby County
Nottingham Forest

Career statistics

This table is incomplete.

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe[A] Other[B] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hartlepool United 1965–66[10] 100000––10
1966–67[10] 3311000----341
1967–68[10] 3341010----354
1968–69[10] 500012----62
Total 7252022----767
Derby County 1968–69[4] 180????----??
1969–70[4] 334????----??
1970–71[11] 34[4]63021--31428
1971–72[4] 403????--????
1972–73[4] 391??????????
1973–74[4] 262????----??
Total[4] 19016????????22720
Leeds United 1974–75[4] 40??????????
Nottingham Forest 1974–75[4] 80????----??
1975–76[4] 410????----??
1976–77[4] 390????--????
1977–78[4] 314????----??
1978–79[4] 360??????????
1979–80[4] 412??????--??
1980–81[12] 27[4]030204000360
1981–82[4] 300????----??
Total[13] 2536181333????33511
Bolton Wanderers 1982–83[14] 1400041----181
1983–84[14] 200000--0020
Total 1600041--00201
Career totals 53527??????????

Notes

^A European statistics should include European Cup (1972/73, 1974/75 and 1978/79 to 1980/81) and Super Cup (1979/80 and 1980/81)
^B Other statistics should include Watney Cup (1970/71), Texaco Cup (1971/72), Charity Shield (1972/73, 1974/75 and 1978/79), Anglo-Scottish Cup (1976/77), Intercontinental Cup (1980/81) and Football League Trophy (1983/84)

References

  1. ↑ "John McGovern". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Mike Cockayne. "John McGOVERN – Derby County FC – (Part 1) 1968–71". John McGovern: Derby County FC. Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Mike Cockayne. "John McGOVERN – Derby County FC – (Part 2) 1971–74". John McGovern: Derby County FC. Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "John McGovern: Nottingham Forest FC". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "McGovern: John Prescott (John)". Leeds United Player Profiles. Tony Hill. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  6. ↑ Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
  7. ↑ "Ilkeston Town FC managers". ilsonfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Anglo-Scottish Cup: 1976/77". This is one of our Trophy cabinets. Forest forays. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "European Super Cup: 1979/80". Footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "John McGovern". in the mad crowd. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Tony Williams and Roy Peskett (compilers) (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-00094-8.
  12. ↑ Rollin (ed), Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1981–82. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-02046-9.
  13. ↑ "Player profile: John Prescott McGovern". Ex-players. U-REDS.com: Nottingham Forest Supporters Online. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  14. 1 2 Simon Marland (2002). Bolton Wanderers Official History (1874–2002).

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