Greg Abbott (footballer)

Greg Abbott
Personal information
Full name Gregory Stephen Abbott[1]
Date of birth (1963-12-14) 14 December 1963 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Right back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Carlisle United (head of recruitment)
Youth career
1980–1982 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982 Coventry City 0 (0)
1982–1991 Bradford City 281 (38)
1991–1992 Halifax Town 28 (1)
1992 Guiseley
1992–1996 Hull City 124 (15)
Total 431 (54)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Thackley (joint manager)
2007 Carlisle United (caretaker)
2008 Carlisle United (caretaker)
2008–2013 Carlisle United
2018 Bradford City (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gregory Stephen Abbott (born 14 December 1963) is an English football coach and former player who is the head of recruitment of Carlisle United.

He played as a right back or midfielder. Abbott was the manager of Carlisle United from December 2008 until September 2013.

Born in Coventry, Abbott started his career with his hometown team Coventry City. He was released without playing a game but recommended to Bradford City, where he won the Division Three title in the 1984–85 season and went on to play more than 300 games. He had spells with Halifax Town and non-league Guiseley before he returned to The Football League with former manager Terry Dolan at Hull City. He spent four seasons with Hull playing another 100 games to take his career total to in excess of 500 first team matches.

After retiring, he went into coaching. He spent a decade at Leeds United coaching a number of junior and reserve sides, before he was appointed assistant manager of Carlisle United in 2006. He spent a brief spell as caretaker manager in 2007. He was given the job full-time in December 2008, after the dismissal of John Ward.

  1. ^ a b "Greg Abbott". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

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