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Greg Abbott (footballer)
1963Dec, 14

Greg Abbott (footballer)

Greg Abbott, English footballer and manager
Gregory Stephen Abbott (born 14 December 1963) is an English football coach and former player who was most recently assistant manager at Notts County.

He played as a right back or midfielder. Abbott was the manager of Carlisle United from December 2008 until September 2013.

Born in Coventry, Abbott started his career with his hometown team Coventry City. He was released without playing a game but recommended to Bradford City, where he won the Division Three title in the 1984–85 season and went on to play more than 300 games. He had spells with Halifax Town and non-league Guiseley before he returned to The Football League with former manager Terry Dolan at Hull City. He spent four seasons with Hull playing another 100 games to take his career total to in excess of 500 first team matches.

After retiring, he went into coaching. He spent a decade at Leeds United coaching a number of junior and reserve sides, before he was appointed assistant manager of Carlisle United in 2006. He spent a brief spell as caretaker manager in 2007. He was given the job full-time in December 2008, after the dismissal of John Ward.

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