John Cockerill (footballer)

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John Cockerill
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-07-12) 12 July 1961 (age 61)
Place of birth Cleethorpes, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980 Lincoln City 0 (0)
Boston Town
1982 Lincoln City 0 (0)
1983–1984 Grantham Town
King's Lynn
Alfreton Town
Stafford Rangers
1988–1992 Grimsby Town 107 (19)
Managerial career
1994 Grimsby Town (caretaker)
1996 Grimsby Town (caretaker)
2000 Grimsby Town (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Cockerill (born 12 July 1961) is an English former professional football player and manager.

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He played as a midfielder from 1980 until 1992 notably for Grimsby Town. He also played for Lincoln City, Boston Town, Grantham Town, King's Lynn, Alfreton Town and Stafford Rangers. Cockerill went on to join the coaching staff at Grimsby Town and held various positions from 1992 until 2001. He was the club's caretaker manager on three occasions.

Playing career

After two abortive attempts at Lincoln City, Cockerill had a spell in the Royal Air Force and as a lorry driver, whilst continuing to play non-league football. In 1988, he was signed by Grimsby from Stafford Rangers for £21,500. [1]

The highlight of his playing career with Grimsby, was the two goals he scored in 1991 against Exeter City in the last game of the season to secure promotion to Division Two. The end of his career came with a broken leg in 1991 against Bristol City; despite trying to regain full fitness, Cockerill never played another game.

Coaching career

Cockerill remained with Grimsby Town following his retirement and spent time at the club in various positions such as the Community Coach, Youth Coach and Reserve Team Manager. In 1994 he became caretaker manager following the resignation of Alan Buckley who had joined West Bromwich Albion. Cockerill again took over temporary first team responsibilities in 1996 when Brian Laws was dismissed but was overlooked in the job with the board instead re-hiring Buckley who in turn made Cockerill his assistant. He was part of the coaching staff of the 1997-98 team who reached two Wembley Stadium finals in a matter of weeks by triumphing in the Football League Trophy and the Second Division play-off final. He became caretaker manager for a third time again in September 2000 following Buckley's dismissal and would stay on as Lennie Lawrence's assistant before leaving the club a year later with Lawrence when he to was sacked.

Personal life

He is the son of Ron and brother of Glenn Cockerill, both also professional footballers. [2]

Honours

Grimsby Town

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References

  1. ↑ Electronic Fishcake Player Profile Archived 14 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Ron Cockerill". Grimsby Town F.C. Archived from the original on 5 August 2002.
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