Graham Westley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Graham Westley

footballer and manager and medal winner

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1968

Place of Birth: Hounslow, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Graham Westley

  • Graham Neil Westley (born 4 March 1968) is an English former professional footballer and current head coach of Stevenage. He had a short playing career, spent mostly as a striker in non-league football.
  • He played for a wide variety of clubs, including: Gillingham, Barnet, Wycombe Wanderers, Kingstonian, Wealdstone, Farnborough Town, Harlow Town, Enfield, Aylesbury United, Harrow Borough, Tooting & Mitcham United, Molesey and Walton & Hersham.
  • He started his managerial career at the age of 28, managing Kingstonian for five months, before spending a year in charge of Enfield.
  • In 1999, Westley became manager of Farnborough Town, guiding them to the Football Conference in 2002.
  • He left Farnborough the following season, to become manager of Stevenage.
  • He took the club to within one game of promotion to the Football League, but left the club in 2006 when his contract expired.
  • Westley then had a brief, but successful, spell with Rushden & Diamonds, as well as acting as caretaker manager at Kettering Town. He took a year out of the game, before rejoining Stevenage in May 2008.
  • He guided the club to FA Trophy success in 2009, before securing promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history in April 2010, finishing the season as league champions.
  • Westley guided the club to back-to-back promotions in his first season as a Football League manager, following Stevenage's successful 2010–11 League Two play-off campaign.
  • At the start of 2012, Westley left Stevenage to join Preston North End.
  • He was sacked by the club in February 2013.
  • A month later, Westley rejoined Stevenage, his third spell at the club.
  • He managed the club for another two years, before leaving again in May 2015.
  • He took charge at Peterborough United four months later, before being sacked shortly before the end of the 2015–16 season.
  • He was appointed manager at Newport County in October 2016, with the club lying bottom of the Football League, and was sacked five months later after failing to turn around the club's poor form.
  • He was appointed as head coach of Barnet in January 2018.

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