John Still (footballer)

John Still
Still in 2014, as manager of Luton Town
Personal information
Full name John Leonard Still[1]
Date of birth (1950-04-24) 24 April 1950 (age 74)[1]
Place of birth West Ham, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1966–1967 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1970 Leyton Orient 1 (0)
1970–1972 Bishop's Stortford 16 (0)
1972–1974 Leytonstone 18 (0)
1974–1976 Dagenham 1 (0)
Total 36 (0)
Managerial career
1976–1979 Leytonstone
1979–1983 Leytonstone & Ilford
1983–1986 Dartford
1986 Leytonstone & Ilford
1986–1989 Maidstone United
1989–1992 Redbridge Forest
1992–1994 Dagenham & Redbridge
1994–1995 Peterborough United
1997–2000 Barnet
2001–2002 Barnet
2002–2003 Bristol Rovers (assistant)
2004–2013 Dagenham & Redbridge
2013–2015 Luton Town
2015–2018 Dagenham & Redbridge
2018 Barnet
2019–2020 Maidstone United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Leonard Still (born 24 April 1950) is an English former footballer and manager. He is currently Head of Football for National League side Southend United.

After his playing career was cut short by injury, Still began managing non-League clubs around his hometown area of East London, Essex and Kent, achieving title wins and promotions with Leytonstone & Ilford, Dartford, Maidstone United and Redbridge Forest. He was manager of Redbridge Forest when the club merged with Dagenham in 1992 to become its current incarnation – Dagenham & Redbridge. Still accepted his first job in the Football League in August 1994 at Peterborough United, but was sacked a year later. He joined Barnet in June 1997 and took the club to the play-offs twice, before leaving in 2002 after the club was relegated to the Football Conference. Still returned to Dagenham & Redbridge in April 2004, guiding the club to promotion to League Two in 2006–07 and then to League One three years later. In February 2013, after nine seasons in charge, Still left Dagenham and dropped down a league to join Luton Town. In his first full season as Luton manager, the club were crowned as Conference Premier champions and won promotion to League Two, making Still the only manager to lead three clubs to promotion out of non-League football. He led Luton to an eighth-placed finish in League Two in 2014–15, before leaving the club in December 2015. Still rejoined Dagenham for a third term as manager on 31 December 2015.

  1. ^ a b "John Still". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 April 2017.