John Still (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = John Still


fullname = John Leonard Still
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1950|4|24
cityofbirth = West Ham, London
countryofbirth = England
nickname =
currentclub = Dagenham & Redbridge
clubnumber = Manager
position = Centre-Half
youthyears = -1967
youthclubs = Leyton Orient
years = 1967

clubs = Leyton Orient
Bishop's Stortford
Dagenham
caps(goals) = 1 (0)
manageryears =


-1989
1989-1994
1994-1995
1997-2000
2000-2002
2004-
managerclubs = Leytonstone & Ilford
Dartford
Leytonstone & Ilford
Maidstone United
Dagenham & Redbridge
Peterborough United
Barnet
Barnet
Dagenham & Redbridge
pcupdate = November 7, 2006

John Leonard Still (born April 24, 1950 in West Ham, London) is an English former footballer and current football club manager. He is currently in charge at Dagenham & Redbridge.

Still joined Leyton Orient as a junior, signing as an amateur for them in May 1967. He made his league debut the following season, but that was his only league appearance and he moved into non-league football with Bishop's Stortford, Ilford and Dagenham. His playing career was cut short by a knee injury and he began coaching.

His first managerial job came with Leytonstone who subsequently merged with Ilford to become Leytonstone & Ilford who he took to their first Isthmian League title. He later managed Dartford where he won the Southern League title before returning to Leytonstone & Ilford.

His next post was at Maidstone United who he guided to the Conference title and promotion to the Football League in 1989. Still resigned soon after, having no desire to go full-time and moved to Redbridge Forest who had been formed in 1998 by a merger of his former club Leytonstone & Ilford and Walthamstow Avenue. He guided Redbridge to the Isthmian League title and with it promotion to the Conference, remaining with the side as it merged with Dagenham to become Dagenham & Redbridge.

In August 1994 he took over as manager of Peterborough United, but left in October 1995. He subsequently coached Lincoln City before taking over as manager of Barnet in June 1997.

At Barnet he twice took the side to the Division Three play-offs, but in November 2000 became Director of Football after the appointment of Tony Cottee as manager. At the time, Barnet were riding high in Division Three, but suffered a dramatic loss of form and plunged down the table. In February 2002 Cottee left and Still returned as manager, but was unable to prevent Barnet's relegation from the Football League, a 3-2 defeat at home to Torquay United on the final day of the season sealing their fate. He remained as manager at Barnet until February 2002 when he resigned.

He was subsequently assistant manager of Bristol Rovers until January 2004, taking over as manager of Dagenham & Redbridge in April 2004. His first two seasons in charge of the club saw a pair of undistinguished mid-table finishes, but in his third season he led the club to the Conference title, taking them into the Football League for the first time.

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