Jim Gannon

Jim Gannon
Gannon celebrating winning the National League North as Stockport County manager in (April 2019)
Personal information
Full name James Paul Gannon[1]
Date of birth (1968-09-07) 7 September 1968 (age 55)[2]
Place of birth Southwark, London, England[3]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre-half; various
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Dundalk 17 (1)
1989–1990 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1990Halifax Town (loan) 2 (0)
1990–2000 Stockport County 383 (52)
1994Notts County (loan) 2 (0)
2000–2001 Crewe Alexandra 7 (0)
2001–2004 Shelbourne 48 (3)
Total 459 (56)
Managerial career
2004–2005 Dundalk
2005–2009 Stockport County
2009 Motherwell
2010 Peterborough United
2011 Port Vale
2011–2013 Stockport County
2013–2016 Northwich Victoria
2016–2021 Stockport County
2021–2022 Hyde United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Paul Gannon (born 7 September 1968) is a professional football manager and former player who most recently was manager of Hyde United. He started and finished his career as a player in Ireland but made most of his professional appearances in the English Football League at Stockport County, where supporters elected him as a member of the Hall of Fame.

Gannon began his playing career at Dundalk but moved to the English club Sheffield United in 1989. The next year, he transferred to Stockport County, following a short loan spell with Halifax Town. He spent the next ten years at Stockport, becoming one of the club's most loyal servants, and helped the club to second-place finishes in both the Second Division and Fourth Division, as well as two Football League Trophy finals. After leaving the club in 2000, he spent a season with Crewe Alexandra, before returning to Ireland with Shelbourne, winning two League of Ireland Premier Division titles in his three years there.

Starting a career in management, he took charge of his first club Dundalk in 2004. After a season in Ireland, he returned to Stockport County as manager. There, he led the club to promotion from League Two via the play-offs in 2008. Leading County to safety in League One despite a ten-point deduction for entering administration, he lost his job as part of a cost-cutting measure. Heading to Scottish Premier League side Motherwell, he managed the club in the Europa League, but left after just 25 games in charge. He took charge of Championship side Peterborough United in 2010. Still, he stayed at the struggling club for only two months, turning down a four-year contract. In January 2011, he was appointed manager of Port Vale but lasted just ten weeks. He returned to Stockport in November 2011 as the club's director of football and manager before being sacked in January 2013. He took charge at Northwich Victoria in December 2013. He spent just over two years with Northwich before returning to manage Stockport County for the third time in January 2016. He led the club to promotion as National League North champions at the end of the 2018–19 season. He left Stockport in January 2021 and took charge at Hyde United for a short spell eight months later.

  1. ^ "Jim Gannon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Jim Gannon Profile". League Managers Association. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b Jim Gannon at Soccerbase

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