John Colin Askey was born on 4 November 1964 and is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of EFL League Two club Hartlepool United.
29 Facts About John Askey
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Able to play as a winger or as a striker, Askey had pace and intelligence.
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John Askey stayed on at Macclesfield Town as a coach after retiring as a player and was appointed as manager in October 2003.
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John Askey was replaced as manager in April 2004, but stayed on at the club as a coach, before he was appointed as manager for a second time in April 2013.
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John Askey coached Macclesfield to the 2017 FA Trophy Final, in which they were beaten by York City.
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John Askey was appointed as Port Vale manager in February 2019 and remained in the job until January 2021.
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John Askey was appointed as manager of League Two club Hartlepool United in February 2023.
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John Colin Askey was born on 4 November 1964 in Stoke-on-Trent.
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John Askey was one of five children; Bob, Mark, Steve, and Joanne.
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John Askey played youth-team football for Milton Spurs, Milton schools, Hanley schools and Stoke-on-Trent schoolboys, before joining Port Vale's youth-team at the age of 15.
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John Askey first joined Macclesfield Town, alongside his brother Bob, to fill a gap when the club were short of players.
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John Askey went on to score one goal in three appearances as Macclesfield finished as runners-up to Stafford Rangers in the Northern Premier League.
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John Askey was voted as the club's PFA Fans' Favourites and cult hero in 2005.
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John Askey worked at Macclesfield Town as reserve-team manager, leading the reserves to the Football Combination Division Two title.
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John Askey went on to work as assistant manager to David Moss before taking over as caretaker manager on 27 October 2003 when Moss was dismissed with the club in 20th place in the Third Division.
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John Askey was demoted to assistant manager to new manager Brian Horton on 1 April 2004 with Macclesfield second from bottom of the Third Division.
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John Askey stayed on as assistant manager, and with the arrival of Paul Ince moved on to work as youth-team manager.
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On 1 June 2018, John Askey succeeded Paul Hurst as manager of League One club Shrewsbury Town.
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John Askey appointed John Filan, whom he had previously worked with at Macclesfield, as his assistant, whilst retaining the services of goalkeeping coach Danny Coyne and physiotherapist Chris Skitt as his backroom staff.
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John Askey said joining the club "feels like coming home".
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John Askey was nominated for that month's League Two Manager of the Month award, having secured 11 points from six games to ease relegation fears.
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John Askey signed seven players to replace the departures: Devante Rodney, Zak Mills, Danny Whitehead, Theo Robinson, David Fitzpatrick, Dino Visser and Harry McKirdy.
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John Askey was dismissed by Vale on 4 January 2021 after a six-match run without a win left the team 17th in League Two.
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John Askey joined the management team at National League North club York City in November 2021 "to support Steve Watson on a temporary basis" while assistant manager Micky Cummins was suspended pending betting charges.
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York advanced past Chorley and Brackley Town to reach the play-off final, and John Askey admitted that "I didn't think we could do it" as they club had to play so much football after having many games called off over the Christmas period.
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On 16 November 2022, John Askey was dismissed with the club in 12th position of the National League.
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John Askey was appointed manager of League Two club Hartlepool United on 23 February 2023 after Keith Curle was dismissed, with the club sitting just one point above the relegation zone but having played four more games than 23rd-place Crawley Town.
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John Askey has a reputation for playing attractive football and for managing teams on a budget by spotting ability in young players and helping revive the careers of players whose careers had stalled.
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Former player Adam Yates said that John Askey was a hard working coach who was open to input from his players and did not hold a grudge; in terms of tactics he felt John Askey was "quite fond of the three in midfield and three up top".