Steven Wigley was born on 15 October 1961 and is an English football coach and former player for Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Birmingham City, Portsmouth and Exeter City.
18 Facts About Steve Wigley
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Steve Wigley is the former manager of Southampton and the former assistant manager of Bristol City.
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The Shots were by this time in the Isthmian League first division but failed to achieve promotion under Steve Wigley's leadership, finishing 4th, 5th and finally 7th in his three-year period with the club.
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Steve Wigley is one of only two Aldershot Town managers not to have achieved promotion during his spell in charge of the Club.
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When Strachan left the club in 2004, Steve Wigley was asked to step in as caretaker.
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Steve Wigley clearly felt ill at ease in charge of the Saints so after two games in charge, Paul Sturrock was brought in from Plymouth Argyle.
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When Sturrock left the club in August 2004 only two games into the new season, chairman Rupert Lowe confirmed that Steve Wigley had been appointed full-time manager and not just caretaker.
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Opponents of Steve Wigley claimed that, with only three years in charge of Aldershot, a non-league club, he was not yet ready for Premier League management.
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Steve Wigley resumed duties with the club's young players but finally left the club later in the season.
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Steve Wigley left City after Pearce was sacked in May 2007.
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Steve Wigley teamed up with Pearce again, this time as England Under-21 coach, after Pearce was appointed to this role in 2007.
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When Pearce was made caretaker manager of the full England team in February 2012, Steve Wigley accompanied him as his assistant.
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On 8 July 2008, Steve Wigley joined the Bolton Wanderers backroom staff as head coach following a decision by Gary Megson to restructure the club's coaching staff.
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On 18 August 2010, Steve Wigley became assistant manager to Keith Millen at Bristol City on a one-year rolling contract.
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Steve Wigley was always the name at the front of the list.
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Shortly afterwards, Steve Wigley was appointed head of coaching and under-18 manager at the Fulham Academy.
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Steve Wigley left Fulham in May 2014 to again team up with Stuart Pearce as his assistant manager at Nottingham Forest.
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On 30 June 2015, Steve Wigley rejoined Fulham as U18s manager.