Gary John Megson was born on 2 May 1959 and is an English former football player and manager.
32 Facts About Gary Megson
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Gary Megson has previously managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday.
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Gary Megson is the son of Don Megson and the brother of Neil Megson, both former players.
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Gary Megson spent five months at the City Ground, without making a single first-team appearance before being sold to Newcastle United.
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Gary Megson then moved to Norwich City on a free transfer in the summer of 1992, and spent three seasons at Carrow Road.
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Gary Megson was an important member of the Norwich side that finished third in the inaugural season of the Premier League and played in the UEFA Cup for the first time as a result.
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When Deehan resigned in April 1995, Gary Megson briefly took charge as caretaker manager, but failed to save City from the drop, losing four and drawing one of his five games in charge.
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Gary Megson remained as manager at Carrow Road until the end of the season, when Mike Walker was appointed for the second time.
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When Deehan resigned as manager of Norwich on 9 April 1995, with Norwich heading for relegation after a terrible loss of form since Christmas, Gary Megson stepped up to the manager's seat for the remainder of the season, and had five games remaining to secure survival.
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Martin O'Neill was appointed manager that summer, with Gary Megson leaving the club to play for Lincoln City and then Shrewsbury, before joining Bradford City late in 1995 as assistant manager to Chris Kamara.
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Norwich finished 15th in Division One that season and Gary Megson then left the club as Mike Walker returned as manager.
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At Bloomfield Road, he was assisted by the former Manchester United midfielder Mike Phelan, but the partnership failed to bring a Division Two playoff place to the Seasiders, and Gary Megson left at the end of the season.
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Gary Megson moved to Stockport County in July 1997, shortly after Dave Jones' departure for Premier League Southampton.
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Gary Megson was not unemployed for long, taking the manager's job at Stoke City in the summer of 1999 after the club missed out on Tony Pulis who instead joined Bristol City.
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Gary Megson arrived at the club at a time when there was a great deal of pressure on the current board to sell the club to new owners.
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Indeed, when Gary Megson was appointed they were in real danger of a second relegation to that level.
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Gary Megson was unhappy about a penalty that Poll had awarded to Portsmouth; some years later, Poll conceded that it was "one of the worst penalties I've ever given".
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The board elected Jeremy Peace as Thompson's successor, and in July 2002 Gary Megson signed a new three-year contract with Albion.
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On 10 January 2005, Gary Megson was appointed to succeed Joe Kinnear as manager of struggling Nottingham Forest, but was unable to save them from slipping into the third tier of English football for the first time in more than half a century.
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In June 2007 Gary Megson was appointed as a coach at Stoke City by manager Tony Pulis.
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Gary Megson retained this role until his appointment as manager of Leicester City.
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The club said they were willing to compensate Leicester should Gary Megson leave the Walkers Stadium.
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Gary Megson took over as manager of Bolton Wanderers on 25 October 2007 in a two and a half year deal.
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Gary Megson accepted that he was not the number one choice for the job, after Bolton had already had approaches for Steve Bruce and Chris Coleman rejected, and Graeme Souness had ruled himself out.
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Gary Megson picked a reserve side so that the first team were rested for Sunday's relegation battle against Wigan Athletic.
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Gary Megson won the Premier League Manager of the Month award for November 2008.
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On 1 March 2009, it was announced that Gary Megson had agreed a new rolling contract with Bolton.
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On 30 December 2009, Bolton announced that Gary Megson had been relieved of his duties as manager with immediate effect.
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Over two years after being dismissed by Bolton, Gary Megson complained that he had never won the fans over and hit out at the club's supporters, claiming that they did not like him and he did not like them.
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On 4 February 2011, Gary Megson was appointed manager of his former club, Sheffield Wednesday, replacing Alan Irvine who had been relieved of his post the previous day.
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Gary Megson returned to West Bromwich Albion as an Assistant Head Coach to Tony Pulis in July 2017.
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Darren Huckerby criticised Gary Megson's coaching style, when explaining why he chose to sign for Norwich City, instead of Gary Megson's West Bromwich Albion.