Steve Wignall

Steve Wignall
Personal information
Full name	Steven Leslie Wignall
Date of birth	(1954-09-17) 17 September 1954
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Playing position	Central defender
Youth career
1970–1972	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1977	Doncaster Rovers	130	(1)
1977–1984	Colchester United	281	(22)
1984–1986	Brentford	67	(2)
1986–1991	Aldershot	161	(4)
Total		639	(29)
Teams managed
1992–1995	Aldershot Town
1995–1999	Colchester United
2000	Stevenage Borough
2000–2001	Doncaster Rovers
2003	Southend United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Steven Leslie "Steve" Wignall (born 17 September 1954) is an English former professional football manager and player. During his playing career, Wignall, who played as a central defender, made over 600 appearances in the Football League.

Career

Playing career

Born in Liverpool, Wignall played professionally for Doncaster Rovers, Colchester United, Brentford and Aldershot, making a total of 639 appearances in the Football League. He retired as a player in 1991, barely a year before the club went out of business.

Coaching career

After his retirement from playing he joined the coaching staff at Aldershot, before assisting Ian McDonald. After Aldershot went out of business in 1992, a new club, Aldershot Town was formed, and Wignall became their first ever manager, winning back to back promotions before former club Colchester United signed him in January 1995. During his time at Colchester he led the club to promotion via the play off in 1997/98 and to the final of the Associate Members Cup the year before. He stayed as manager until January 1999 when he resigned believing he had taken the club as far as he could. Wignall has also managed Stevenage Borough, Doncaster Rovers and Southend United. Also, he worked as a first team coach and assistant at Wivenhoe Town from 2005 before leaving club due to financial reasons in January 2008.^[1]

In 2009, Steve published his autobiography titled You Can Have Chips.

Honours

As a player

Brentford^[2]

Football League Trophy Runner-up (1): 1984–85

Aldershot^[3]

Football League Fourth Division Playoff Winner (1): 1986–87

As a manager

Aldershot Town

Isthmian League Division Three Winner (1): 1992–93

Colchester United

Football League Division Three Playoff Winner (1): 1997–98
Football League Trophy Runner-up (1): 1996–97

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Won %!
Aldershot Town		23 May 1992	12 January 1995	146	97	24	25	66.43
Colchester United		12 January 1995	21 January 1999	218	81	66	71	37.16
Stevenage Borough		April 2000	31 May 2000	8	3	3	2	37.50
Doncaster Rovers		31 May 2000	26 December 2001	79	25	30	24	31.65
Southend United		18 April 2003	3 November 2003	23	6	3	14	26.09

References

↑ Wignall leaves Dragons (From Gazette)
↑ "Associate Members Cup Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
↑ "Division Three (League Two) Play-Off Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.

External links

Colchester United F.C. – Player of the Year

1965: Ames
1966: Hall
1967: Forbes
1968: Trevis
1969: Hall
1970: Jones
1971: Crawford
1972: Cook
1973: Mahon
1974: Harford
1975: Froggatt
1976: L. Smith
1977: Dowman
1978: Leslie
1979: Wignall
1980: Walker
1981: Walker
1982: Bremner
1983: Walker
1984: Wignall
1985: Chamberlain
1986: Osborne
1987: Hedman
1988: Hill
1989: Hill
1990: Marmon
1991: Barrett
1992: N. Smith
1993: Roberts
1994: Kinsella
1995: Whitton
1996: Kinsella
1997: Fry
1998: Wilkins
1999: Greene
2000: Greene
2001: Stockwell
2002: Duguid
2003: S. Brown
2004: White
2005: Baldwin
2006: W. Brown
2007: Cureton
2008: Jackson
2009: Hammond
2010: Williams
2011: Perkins
2012: Odejayi
2013: Ibehre
2014: Eastman
2015: Eastman
2016: Gilbey

Steve Wignall managerial positions

Aldershot Town F.C. – managers

Wignall (1992–95) Shrubb^c (1995) Wigley (1995–97) Meyer, Butler & Roach^jc (1997) Borg (1997–2002) Cash^c (2002) Brown (2002–07) Kuhl^c (2007) Waddock (2007–09) Dodd^c (2009) Dillon (2009–11) Holdsworth (2011–13) Scott (2013–15) Barker^c (2015) Smith (2015–16) Waddock (2016–) (c) = caretaker manager (jc) = Joint caretaker manager

Colchester United F.C. – managers

Davis (1937–39)
Fieldus (1945–46)
T. Fenton (1946–48)
Allen (1948–53)
Meades (1953)
Butler (1953–55)
Miller & Orrin^c (1955)
B. Fenton (1955–63)
Franklin (1963–68)
Graham (1968–72)
Mochan^c (1972)
Smith (1972–75)
R. Roberts (1975–82)
Hunter (1982–83)
Lea (1983–86)
Walker (1986–87)
Foley^c (1987)
R. Brown (1987–88)
Foley^c (1988–89)
Wallace (1989)
Foley^c (1989–90)
Mills (1990)
Atkins (1990–91)
McDonough (1991–94)
Burley (1994)
D. Roberts^c (1994–95)
Wignall (1995–99)
Cook & Whitton^c (1999)
Wadsworth (1999)
Whitton (1999–2003)
Williams^c (2003)
Parkinson (2003–06)
Williams (2006–08)
Symons^c (2008)
Lambert (2008–09)
Dunne^c (2009)
Boothroyd (2009–10)
Ward (2010–12)
Dunne (2012–14)
Humes (2014–15)
Hall & McGreal^c (2015)
W. Brown^c (2015)
Keen (2015–16)
Wright^c (2016)
Ball^c (2016)
McGreal (2016–)

Stevenage F.C. – managers

Allinson (1976–79) Montgomery (1979–83) Cornwell (1983–87) Bailey (1987–88) Williams (1988–90) Fairclough (1990–98) Hill (1998–2000) Wignall (2000) Fairclough (2000–02) Turner (2002–03) Dreyer (2003) Westley (2003–06) Stimson (2006–07) Taylor (2007–08) Westley (2008–12) Smith (2012–13) Westley (2013–15) Sheringham (2015–16) Sarll (2016–)

Doncaster Rovers F.C. – managers

Calder (1920)
Porter (1920–21)
Tufnell (1921–22)
Porter (1922–23)
Ray (1923–27)
Menzies (1928–36)
Emery (1936–40)
Marsden (1944–46)
Bestall (1946–49)
Doherty (1949–58)
Bycroft (1958)
Hodgson (1958)
Crayston (1958–59)
Bestall (1959–60)
Curtis (1960–61)
Malloy (1961–62)
Marshall (1962)
Hold (1962–64)
Leivers (1964–66)
Kettleborough (1966–67)
Raynor (1967–68)
McMenemy (1968–71)
Setters (1971–74)
Anderson (1975–78)
Bremner (1978–85)
Cusack (1985–87)
Mackay (1987–89)
Bremner (1989–91)
Beaglehole (1991–93)
I. Atkins (1993–94)
Chung (1994–96)
Dixon (1996–97)
Weaver (1997)
Cowling (1997)
Bergara (1997)
Weaver (1997–98)
Snodin (1998–2000)
M. Atkins (2000)
Penney^p (2000)
Wignall (2000–01)
Penney^p (2001–02)
Penney (2002–06)
Walker (2006)
O'Driscoll (2006–11)
Saunders (2011–13)
Flynn (2013)
Dickov (2013–15)
Jones^p (2015)
Ferguson (2015–)

(p) = player-manager

Southend United F.C. – managers

B. Jack (1906–10)
Molyneux (1910–11)
Howard (1911–12)
Bradshaw (1912–19)
Liddell (1919–20)
Mather (1920–21)
Birnie (1921–34)
D. Jack (1934–40)
Warren (1946–56)
Perry (1956–60)
Broome (1960)
Fenton (1961–65)
Williams (1965–67)
Shepherd (1967–69)
Hudson (1969–70)
Rowley (1970–76)
Smith (1976–83)
Morris (1983–84)
Moore (1984–86)
Webb (1986–87)
Bate (1987)
Clark (1987–88)
Webb (1988–92)
Murphy (1992–93)
Fry (1993)
Taylor (1993–95)
Thompson (1995)
Whelan (1995–97)
Martin (1997–99)
Gooding (1999)
Little (1999–2000)
Gooding (2000)
Webb (2000–01)
Newman (2001–03)
Robson (2003)
Wignall (2003)
Webb (2003)
Tilson (2003–10)
Sturrock (2010–13)
Brown (2013–)

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