John Yems
John Yems (born London, 28 August 1959) is an English professional football manager, who is currently the manager of League Two club Crawley Town. Playing career. As a player, Yems was a member of the reserve teams of Crystal Palace, Reading and Millwall, before suffering a knee injury that forced him to retire. Due to an injury crisis, he played for Horsham at centre-back whilst manager of the club. Career. Whilst coaching at the Fulham academy, Yems took up the manager role at Horsham in December 1992 after manager Peter Evans was sacked following a 1–0 defeat  at home to Petersfield United. Whilst manager at Horsham, Yems chose to play himself for multiple matches due to an injury crisis. Yems left the club four matches from the end of the 1993–94 season. Yems had a spell coaching Dulwich Hamlet in the late 1990s. Yems had coaching roles at Fulham and Millwall before, in 2006, he was appointed as one of three joint caretaker managers at Crawley Town following the sacking of John Hollins. 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. He left the club by mutual consent in January 2008. 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. In October 2009, Yems took on a scouting role for Torquay United. Following a spell as a coach at Gillingham, Yems was appointed as football operations manager by Bournemouth in 2012, remaining until 2018, when the club stated that they could not afford to keep him. On 5 December 2019, Yems was appointed as manager of League Two side Crawley  Town, after some time acting as a scout for several teams, including Newcastle United. On 30 January 2020, he extended his contract at Crawley until the end of the 2022–23 season. After winning three and drawing four of Crawley's seven matches in December 2020, Yems was nominated for the EFL League Two Manager of the Month award for December 2020, but lost out to Derek Adams of Morecambe. In April 2022, Yems was suspended by Crawley following “serious and credible accusations” that he used discriminatory language and behaviour towards his players. Personal life. Yems lives in Horsham. John Yems