John Ramshaw

John Ramshaw

Personal information
Date of birth	11 March 1953
Place of birth	Newcastle, England
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Notts County
1995–1995	Shepshed Charterhouse
1995	Hucknall Town	0	(0)
Managerial career
1978-1983	Notts County (youth coach)
1983–1984	Shepshed Charterhouse (player-coach)
1986–1989	Oakham United
1989–1993	Sutton Town
1993–1995	Shepshed Dynamo (assistant)
1995–2001	Hucknall Town
2001–2002	Eastwood Town (assistant)
2002–2003	Leek Town
2003–2004	Kidsgrove Athletic
2006–2007	Hednesford Town (assistant)
2007-2008	Lincoln United
2008–2010	Eastwood Town (assistant)
2011	Shepshed Dynamo
2011–2012	Eastwood Town
2012–2014	Mansfield Town (Academy Director)
2015	Torquay United (assistant)
2018–2019	Hinckley AFC
2019-2022	Kettering Town (assistant)
2022	Boston United (assistant)
2023-2024	Loughborough (assistant)
2024	Shepshed Dynamo (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Ramshaw is a football coach and manager who most recently served as the interim manager of Shepshed Dynamo F.C. in the Midlands division of the Northern Premier League. ^[1]

Career

Ramshaw began his career at Notts County from 1978 until 1983. He gained his English FA Full Licence (UEFA A Licence equivalent) in 1981.

In 1984 Ramshaw joined Shepshed Charterhouse as player-coach in the Southern League. Placed in the bottom three when he joined them, Shepshed finished in fifth place, narrowly missing out on promotion to the Football Conference.

The following year Ramshaw returned to the professional game with Nottingham Forest, looking after their Associate Schoolboy programme for two years.

He returned to non-League management with Oakham United in the Central Midlands Football League in 1986, signing a young Dion Dublin (before facilitating his move to Norwich City) and leading the club to the Central Midlands Football League Cup semi-finals.

In 1989 Ramshaw became the manager of Sutton Town, then competing in the Northern Counties East League. The club was runners-up in the Northern Counties East league and League Cup semi-finalists in the three years Ramshaw was with the Snipes.

In 1994, he became the first team coach at the newly renamed Shepshed Dynamo in the Midland Football Alliance.

In March 1995, he became manager of Hucknall Town. In his seven seasons there, the club won the Northern Counties East League and were runners-up in the Northern Premier League First Division the following season. They won the Northern Counties East League Cup two years in succession and the Northern Counties East Football League Presidents Cup. They won the Notts Senior Cup three times. They were also runners-up once, losing to Arnold Town. They reached the semifinals of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup. He also made one appearance on the substitutes bench.

Ramshaw became assistant manager of Eastwood Town in November 2001. After that, Ramshaw joined Leek Town of the Northern Premier League Division I. Leek Town finished ninth in the 2002–03 season.. ^[2]

The following season, Ramshaw joined Kidsgrove Athletic, leading them to success in the Staffordshire Senior Cup final by beating Conference side Stafford Rangers at the Brittania Stadium.

Ramshaw joined Phil Starbuck at Arnold Town during the 2003–04 season. Arnold Town had their best-ever run in the FA Vase (fifthround).^{[ citation needed ]}

Ramshaw joined Lincoln United in October 2007. However, after only ten games in charge, he left to rejoin Eastwood Town as Paul Cox's assistant. During the next two seasons, the pair guided Eastwood Town to the Unibond Northern Premier League championship and promotion to the Football Conference (North); the third round proper of the FA Cup; the Peter Swales Trophy and the Nottinghamshire Senior Cup.

2011-Present

Ramshaw was named Shepshed Dynamo's first team manager in May 2011. ^[3]

He returned to Eastwood Town as manager in November 2011, ^[4] but left once again in October 2012, resigning due to ongoing financial difficulties at the club. Eastwood Town saw Nottinghamshire Senior Cup Final victory, the fifth time he had won this trophy in his career. ^[5]

Ramshaw renewed his association with Paul Cox in November 2012 when he joined the coaching staff at Mansfield Town – where he was most recently Academy Manager at the League 2 side. His stewardship of the club's Academy saw 8 players progress to the professional ranks. In addition, the Youth Team won the HKL Development League, were twice runners-up in the Football Conference Youth Alliance and were the only League 2 side to reach the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup (2014/15 season). Ramshaw left the Stags in December 2014 following Cox's resignation.

On 29 June 2015 Ramshaw was once again reunited with Paul Cox, becoming assistant manager at National League side Torquay United. ^[6]

In July 2018 he joined Hinckley AFC as assistant manager to James Jepson. Upon the resignation of Jepson in December 2018, Ramshaw was appointed the club's Manager. After the 2018/19 season, John Ramshaw left the club and later agreed to take over Hinckley's under 18's side.

On 24 October 2019, Ramshaw joined the National League North club, Kettering Town, as assistant manager.

References

1. "RAMSHAW AND GRINYER TO MOVE ON!". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
2. "Football Club History Database - Northern Premier League 2002-03". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
3. "New Manager Announced!".
4. "Ramshaw: It is great to be back". Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
5. "Ramshaw quits as Eastwood boss". Non League Daily. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
6. "Torquay United: Club appoint John Ramshaw as assistant manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2015.