Personal information | |||
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Full name | Steven Leslie Wignall [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 17 September 1954||
Place of birth | Liverpool, [1] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1972 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1977 | Doncaster Rovers | 130 | (1) |
1977–1984 | Colchester United | 281 | (22) |
1984–1986 | Brentford | 67 | (2) |
1986–1991 | Aldershot | 161 | (4) |
Total | 639 | (29) | |
Managerial career | |||
1992–1995 | Aldershot Town | ||
1995–1999 | Colchester United | ||
2000 | Stevenage Borough | ||
2000–2001 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
2003 | Southend United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Steven Leslie Wignall (born 17 September 1954) is an English former professional football manager and player. During his playing career, Wignall, who played as a central defender, made over 600 appearances in the Football League.
Born in Liverpool, Wignall played professionally for Doncaster Rovers, Colchester United, Brentford and Aldershot, making a total of 639 appearances in the Football League. He retired as a player in 1991, barely a year before Aldershot went out of business.
After his retirement from playing he joined the coaching staff at Aldershot, before assisting Ian McDonald. After Aldershot went out of business in 1992, a new club, Aldershot Town was formed, and Wignall became their first ever manager, winning back to back promotions before former club Colchester United signed him in January 1995. During his time at Colchester he led the club to promotion via the play-offs in 1997/98 and to the final of the Associate Members' Cup the year before. He stayed as manager until he resigned in January 1999, believing he had taken the club as far as he could. In April 2000, he joined Stevenage Borough and was offered a two-year contract but never signed it and, when approached a month later by former club Doncaster Rovers, he decided to manage them instead, having only managed 8 games at Stevenage. [3] [4] He managed Doncaster for just one season. [4] In 2003, he became manager of Southend United but only lasted seven months. [4] He also worked as a first team coach and assistant at Wivenhoe Town from 2005 before leaving club due to financial reasons in January 2008. [5]
In 2009, Wignall published his autobiography titled You Can Have Chips. [4]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Won %! | |||
Aldershot Town | 23 May 1992 | 12 January 1995 | 146 | 97 | 24 | 25 | 66.43 |
Colchester United | 12 January 1995 | 21 January 1999 | 218 | 81 | 66 | 71 | 37.16 |
Stevenage Borough | April 2000 | 31 May 2000 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37.50 |
Doncaster Rovers | 31 May 2000 | 26 December 2001 | 79 | 25 | 30 | 24 | 31.65 |
Southend United | 18 April 2003 | 3 November 2003 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 26.09 |
Brentford [6]
Aldershot [7]
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