John Vaughan (footballer, born 1964) explained

John Vaughan
Fullname:John Vaughan
Birth Date:26 June 1964
Birth Place:Isleworth, England
Position:Goalkeeper
Height:[1]
Youthclubs1:West Ham United
Years1:1982–1986
Years2:1985
Years3:1985
Years4:1985
Years5:1986
Years6:1986–1988
Years7:1988
Years8:1988–1993
Years9:1993–1994
Years10:1994–1996
Years11:1996–2000
Years12:1997
Years13:1999
Years14:2000
Clubs2:Charlton Athletic (loan)
Clubs3:Bristol Rovers (loan)
Clubs4:Wrexham (loan)
Clubs5:Bristol City (loan)
Clubs7:Bristol City (loan)
Clubs12:Colchester United (loan)
Clubs13:Colchester United (loan)
Clubs14:Chesterfield (loan)
Caps1:0
Caps2:6
Caps3:6
Caps4:4
Caps5:2
Caps6:44
Caps7:3
Caps8:178
Caps9:6
Caps10:66
Caps11:65
Caps12:5
Caps13:6
Caps14:3
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:0
Goals12:0
Goals13:0
Goals14:0
Totalcaps:394
Totalgoals:0

John Vaughan (born 26 June 1964) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who was goalkeeping coach at Bradford City.

As a player he was a goalkeeper who made nearly 400 league appearances notably in the Football League with lengthy spells at Fulham, Cambridge United, Preston North End and Lincoln City. He also made brief appearances for Charlton Athletic, Bristol Rovers, Wrexham, Bristol City, Colchester United and Chesterfield.

Playing career

A goalkeeper, Vaughan came up through the youth ranks at West Ham United although he didn't make a first team appearance at Upton Park. Whilst at West Ham he was sent out on loan to gain experience at Charlton Athletic, Bristol Rovers, Wrexham and Bristol City before Fulham paid £12,500 for his permanent services in the summer of 1986. Vaughan spent 2 seasons at Craven Cottage, making 44 league appearances. He was also in goal the night that Liverpool beat Fulham 10–0 in an EFL Cup game.

He was released from Fulham in 1988 and was signed by Cambridge United manager Chris Turner. Vaughan went on to enjoy success at United as, led by Turner's successor John Beck, they gained successive promotions from 1989–91 to take them to the old Second Division. They finished the 1991–92 season in the play-offs for the inaugural Premier League season but were beaten by Leicester City.

During the following season Vaughan fell out of favour once Beck had been sacked and subsequent United managers Ian Atkins and Gary Johnson preferred either Jon Sheffield or John Filan much of the time. At the end of the 1992/93 season Vaughan was released and joined Charlton Athletic where he made 6 appearances as back-up goalkeeper to Bob Bolder.

When John Beck had taken over as manager of Preston North End he took Vaughan with him and he made 66 appearances at Deepdale. Beck was sacked and took over at Lincoln City, taking Vaughan with him again where he played a further 65 games.

He wound down his league career with loan spells at Colchester United and Chesterfield before moving into coaching.[2]

Coaching career

Vaughan went into coaching with clubs such as York City (appointed on a part-time basis in September 2003), Maccesfield Town and Grimsby Town.

After doing some part-time coaching in the academy, Vaughan was appointed as goalkeeping coach at Huddersfield Town in August 2006.[3] He was goalkeeping coach of Birmingham City from July 2012 to October 2014.[4] In June 2015, he was appointed goalkeeping coach at Barnsley.[5]

In June 2019 he took up the role of goalkeeping coach at Bradford City.[6] The next month he was praised by Bradford City manager Gary Bowyer.[7]

Honours

Club

Cambridge United[8] [9]
Preston North End[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 . Peter . Dunk . Queen Anne Press . London . 1987 . 170 . 978-0-356-14354-5 .
  2. A previous version of this profile listed Vaughan as playing non-league football in the Western League with the likes of Torrington and Barnstaple. This goalkeeper would seem to be a different John Vaughan with the appearances being made from 2004 onwards.
  3. Web site: In safe hands. Huddersfield Examiner. 2 August 2006. 2008-05-29.
  4. Web site: Official: Crosby and Vaughan depart . Birmingham City F.C. . 27 October 2014 . 28 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141030105549/http://www.bcfc.com/news/article/20141027-official-crosby-and-vaughan-depart-2044783.aspx . 30 October 2014 . dead .
  5. Web site: John Vaughan Joins As Goalkeeper Coach. 25 June 2015. Barnsley F.C. Official Website. 1 July 2015.
  6. Web site: New 'keeper coach Vaughan excited by City challenge. Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  7. Web site: Bantams keeper coach Vaughan making an impact. Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  8. Web site: Tier Three (League One) Honours . Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  9. Web site: Division Three (League Two) Play-Off Finalists . Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  10. Web site: Tier Four (League Two) Honours . Coludaybyday.co.uk.