Gary Megson

**Gary Megson** (born 20 June 1960) is an English former football player and manager. He managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday. He guided West Brom to promotion in 2001–02 and 2003–04, both times from the First Division to the Premier League.

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Plymouth Argyle|1977–78|Third Division|24|2|4|0|0|0|0|0|28|2|
|1978–79|Third Division|42|8|1|0|4|0|0|0|47|8|||
|1979–80|Third Division|12|0|0|0|5|0|3|0|20|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Everton|1979–80|First Division|12|1|3|1|0|0|0|0|15|2|
|1980–81|First Division|10|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|10|1|||
|rowspan="4"|Sheffield Wednesday|1981–82|Second Division|40|5|1|0|2|0|0|0|43|5|
|1982–83|Second Division|41|4|7|5|5|1|0|0|53|10|||
|1983–84|Second Division|42|4|4|0|6|1|0|0|52|5|||
|rowspan="3"|Newcastle United|1984–85|First Division|20|1|2|1|0|0|0|0|22|2|
|1985–86|First Division|4|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|6|0|||
|rowspan="5"|Sheffield Wednesday|1985–86|First Division|20|3|5|0|0|0|0|0|25|3|
|1986–87|First Division|35|6|6|1|3|0|1|0|45|7|||
|1987–88|First Division|37|2|4|0|4|0|2|0|47|2|||
|1988–89|First Division|18|1|0|0|2|0|0|0|20|1|||
|rowspan="5"|Manchester City|1988–89|Second Division|22|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|23|1|
|1989–90|First Division|19|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|22|0|||
|1990–91|First Division|19|1|3|0|2|0|2|0|26|1|||
|1991–92|First Division|22|0|1|0|3|0|0|0|26|0|||
|rowspan="4"|Norwich City|1992–93|Premier League|23|1|2|0|0|0|0|0|25|1|
|1993–94|Premier League|22|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|24|0|||
|1994–95|Premier League|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|||
|Lincoln City|1995–96|Third Division|2|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|4|0||
|Shrewsbury Town|1995–96|Second Division|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2 width=140|Team|rowspan=2 width=120|From|rowspan=2 width=110|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Norwich City|align=left|21 December 1995|align=left|31 July 1996|||
|align=left|Blackpool|align=left|5 July 1996|align=left|1 July 1997|||
|align=left|Stockport County|align=left|1 July 1997|align=left|25 June 1999|||
|align=left|Stoke City|align=left|14 July 1999|align=left|15 November 1999|||
|align=left|West Bromwich Albion|align=left|9 March 2000|align=left|26 October 2004|||
|align=left|Nottingham Forest|align=left|10 January 2005|align=left|16 February 2006|||
|align=left|Leicester City|align=left|13 September 2007|align=left|24 October 2007|||
|align=left|Bolton Wanderers|align=left|25 October 2007|align=left|30 December 2009|||
|align=left|Sheffield Wednesday|align=left|4 February 2011|align=left|29 February 2012|||
|align=left|West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)|align=left|20 November 2017|align=left|29 November 2017|||

### As a manager

**West Bromwich Albion**
- Football League First Division runner-up: 2001–02, 2003–04

**Individual**
- Premier League Manager of the Month: November 2008

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gary Megson
- **fullname**: Gary John Megson
- **birth place**: Manchester, England
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1977–1979
- **clubs1**: Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle
- **caps1**: 78
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 1979–1981
- **clubs2**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps2**: 22
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 1981–1984
- **clubs3**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **caps3**: 123
- **goals3**: 13
- **years4**: 1984
- **clubs4**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **caps4**: 0
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1984–1985
- **clubs5**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps5**: 24
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 1985–1989
- **clubs6**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **caps6**: 110
- **goals6**: 12
- **years7**: 1989–1992
- **clubs7**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps7**: 82
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 1992–1995
- **clubs8**: Norwich City F.C., Norwich City
- **caps8**: 46
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 1995
- **clubs9**: Lincoln City F.C., Lincoln City
- **caps9**: 2
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 1995
- **clubs10**: Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town
- **caps10**: 2
- **goals10**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 489
- **totalgoals**: 41
- **manageryears1**: 1995–1996
- **managerclubs1**: Norwich City F.C., Norwich City
- **manageryears2**: 1996–1997
- **managerclubs2**: Blackpool F.C., Blackpool
- **manageryears3**: 1997–1999
- **managerclubs3**: Stockport County F.C., Stockport County
- **manageryears4**: 1999
- **managerclubs4**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **manageryears5**: 2000–2004
- **managerclubs5**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **manageryears6**: 2005–2006
- **managerclubs6**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **manageryears7**: 2007
- **managerclubs7**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **manageryears8**: 2007–2009
- **managerclubs8**: Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers
- **manageryears9**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs9**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **manageryears10**: 2017
- **managerclubs10**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)