&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:John_McGovern_(footballer).jpg) McGovern in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Prescott McGovern[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 October 1949[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Montrose, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1968 |
Hartlepools United / Hartlepool[a] | 72 | (5) |
| 1968–1974 | Derby County | 190 | (16) |
| 1974 | Leeds United | 4 | (0) |
| 1975–1982 | Nottingham Forest | 253 | (6) |
| 1982–1985 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 535 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 1972–1973 | Scotland U23 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1982–1985 | Bolton Wanderers[4] | ||
| 1990–1991 | Chorley | ||
| 1994–1996 | Rotherham United | ||
| 1997–1998 | Woking | ||
| 2000–2003 | Ilkeston Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Prescott McGovern (born 28 October 1949) is a Scottish former association football midfielder and manager. McGovern is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest side that won the European Cup twice under the management of Brian Clough, whom he played under at four clubs, and Peter Taylor.
At the age of 19 he became the youngest player to play in all four divisions of the Football League. During his playing career he won promotion with Hartlepools United / Hartlepool, Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He won titles as English League champions with both Derby and Forest. At Forest he also won the European Super Cup, two Football League Cups, the FA Charity Shield and the Anglo-Scottish Cup. He was Forest's club captain throughout this period of success.
A hard working central midfield team-player, McGovern passed the ball comfortably with either foot. John Robertson said, "As far as I'm concerned John McGovern is what epitomises what every good side needs." McGovern played over 650 senior first team games during his playing career spanning 19 seasons.
McGovern won two Scottish under-23 caps.[5] He is one of only two Scots players to win UEFA's premier club trophy to never win a full international cap. He was a 2017 Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee.
McGovern has player-managed Bolton Wanderers and joint-managed Rotherham United with Archie Gemmill, with whom he won the Football League Trophy. He has served as assistant manager for Plymouth Argyle and Hull City. He has also worked in media punditry.
- ^ a b c "John McGovern". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "John McGovern". eurosport.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Hartlepools United". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ John McGovern at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ "John McGovern". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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