Nigel Graham Pearson was born on 21 August 1963 and is an English football manager and former professional player, currently the manager of Championship club Bristol City.
31 Facts About Nigel Pearson
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Nigel Pearson ended the season with 39 out of a possible 42 starts as Shrewsbury finished in ninth place in the table.
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Nigel Pearson captained them to promotion twice and to three domestic cup finals.
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Nigel Pearson signed goalkeeper Jimmy Glass on loan, who scored an injury-time goal against Plymouth Argyle, saving the club from relegation to the Football Conference at the expense of Scarborough.
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Nigel Pearson moved to West Bromwich Albion in November 2004 as assistant manager to Bryan Robson, and took over as caretaker manager when Robson left the club in September 2006.
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On 1 February 2007, Nigel Pearson was confirmed as assistant coach to Stuart Pearce, the England U21 team manager, until after the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
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When Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder resigned on 6 May 2007, Nigel Pearson took charge of the remaining game of the season, away to Watford.
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Nigel Pearson stayed on at Newcastle as a coach following the arrival of Sam Allardyce as manager at the club.
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On 18 February 2008, Nigel Pearson was appointed as manager of Southampton on a rolling contract.
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On 30 May 2008, Nigel Pearson was replaced by Dutch coach Jan Poortvliet after only three months in charge.
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On 20 June 2008, Nigel Pearson was appointed as manager of Leicester City.
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Shakespeare once said that Nigel Pearson was the best captain he had ever played under.
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Nigel Pearson was named League One Manager of the Month for August 2008 after Leicester won three of their first four games, scoring nine goals and conceding only once.
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Nigel Pearson was again named the League One Manager of the Month during that run in December 2008.
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Nigel Pearson then left Leicester to take the job at Hull City and Paulo Sousa was later appointed as his successor.
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Nigel Pearson started well, taking seven points from his first three games, which took Leicester into the top six for the first time since he had last been at the club, over 18 months previously, before Leicester faced the Hull City side Nigel Pearson had left just 18 days earlier.
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However, after the new year, Nigel Pearson rang the changes for the trip to Crystal Palace in an attempt to get back to winning ways, recalling Aleksander Tunchev to play his first match of the season and bringing in reserve team player Tom Kennedy and 18-year-old youth academy graduate Liam Moore to make his first team debut for the club.
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In February 2015, following a home defeat by Crystal Palace in a game in which, at one point, Nigel Pearson put his hands around Palace's James McArthur's neck, while on the ground, the press reported that Nigel Pearson had been sacked.
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On 27 September 2016, Nigel Pearson was suspended by the club pending an internal investigation following a row with owner Mel Morris.
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Nigel Pearson left the club by mutual consent on 8 October 2016, with Derby 20th in the Championship.
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Nigel Pearson was appointed Watford manager on 6 December 2019 on a contract until the end of the season.
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Nigel Pearson was their third manager of the season after Javi Gracia and Quique Sanchez Flores.
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Watford were seven points adrift at the bottom of the league when Nigel Pearson took charge, and three points above the relegation zone when he was sacked.
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On 22 February 2021, Nigel Pearson was appointed manager of Bristol City on a contract until the end of the season.
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On 29 April 2021, Nigel Pearson signed a three year contract.
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Nigel Pearson's mother died on 3 January 2020 at the age of 84, but he took charge of Watford's FA Cup game against Tranmere Rovers the following day.
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In March 2020, Nigel Pearson fell ill and isolated for ten days under COVID-19 protocols.
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Nigel Pearson struggled to move during this period, slept heavily and had a shortness of breath.
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In September 2021, Nigel Pearson caught COVID-19 again and self-isolated for ten days.
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Nigel Pearson once encountered a pack of wild dogs while hiking alone in the Carpathian mountains.
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Nigel Pearson enjoys oil painting, and has expressed an interesting in participating in the Mongol Rally.