1. John Yems was born on 28 August 1959 and is an English professional football manager, who was most recently manager of Crawley Town.
13 Facts About John Yems
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Whilst manager at Horsham, John Yems chose to play himself for multiple matches due to an injury crisis.
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John Yems had a spell coaching Dulwich Hamlet in the late 1990s.
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John Yems was sacked at the end of that season, and then joined Grays Athletic, initially as chief scout and becoming first team coach in October 2007.
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John Yems left the club by mutual consent in January 2008.
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John Yems was appointed as assistant manager at Exeter City in February 2008, but left in July 2009, since he lived in Sussex and did not wish to relocate.
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In October 2009, John Yems took on a scouting role for Torquay United.
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On 5 December 2019, John Yems was appointed as manager of League Two side Crawley Town, after some time acting as a scout for several teams, including Newcastle United.
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On 23 April 2022, John Yems was suspended by Crawley following "serious and credible accusations" that he used discriminatory language and behaviour towards his players.
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On 28 July 2022, John Yems was charged by the FA with racial discrimination, accused of making sixteen comments that had a reference to either ethnic origin, race, nationality, gender or colour between 2019 and 2022.
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On 6 January 2023, John Yems was found guilty of 12 charges and was banned from all football activity for 18 months, the longest-ever ban handed to an individual by the FA for racist abuse.
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Later that month, a report released by the FA stated that John Yems used "offensive, racist and Islamophobic" language and joked that a Muslim player was a terrorist.
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The FA appeal was successful and on 19 April 2023, John Yems was suspended from all football and football-related activity up to and including 5 January 2026.