Gareth Evans (footballer, born 1967)

Gareth John Evans (born 14 January 1967) is an English football player and coach. He played for Coventry City, Rotherham United, Hibernian, Stoke City, Northampton Town, Partick Thistle, Airdrie and Alloa Athletic.[3] Evans has been the caretaker manager of Hibernian and Livingston, and was head coach of the Scotland women's under-19 national team for four years.

Gareth Evans

Personal information
Full name	Gareth John Evans[1]
Date of birth	(1967-01-14) 14 January 1967[1]
Place of birth	Coventry, England[1]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Playing position(s)	Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1986	Coventry City	7	(0)
1986–1988	Rotherham United	63	(13)
1988–1996	Hibernian	257	(30)
1990	→ Stoke City (loan)	5	(1)
1990–1991	→ Northampton Town (loan)	2	(0)
1996–1998	Partick Thistle	49	(14)
1998–2000	Airdrieonians	54	(10)
2000–2004	Alloa Athletic	52	(4)
Total		489	(72)
Teams managed
2011	Hibernian (caretaker)
2012–2013	Livingston (caretaker)
2013–2017	Scotland U19 women
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Evans was born in Coventry and played for his local club Coventry City making ten appearances for the "Sky Blues" in two seasons before dropping down to the Third Division to play for Rotherham United. At Millmoor Evans played 39 times in 1986–87 scoring 11 goals as the "Millers" finished in a mid-table position of 14th however a poor season under John Breckin and Dave . saw Rotherham relegated to the Fourth Division. With Rotherham heading for relegation Evans moved to Scottish Scottish Premier Division side Hibernian.[3]

It was at Easter Road where Evans enjoyed the most success in his career where he spent nine seasons. In total he played 301 matches for Hibs scoring 37 goals helping the Edinburgh side to lift the Scottish League Cup in 1991. In the 1990–91 season Evans spent time out on loan at Stoke City where he played seven times scoring twice, which came in a 1–0 win over Bolton Wanderers and in a 2–1 defeat against West Ham United in the Football League Cup.[3] In the same season he also played twice for Northampton Town.[3]

After leaving Hibernian in 1996 Evans continued to play in Scotland, initially signing for Partick Thistle. He then joined Airdrieonians in 1998 and Alloa Athletic in 2000.

Managerial career

After ending his playing career in 2004, he joined the Alloa Athletic coaching staff. He eventually became assistant manager, before taking a similar position at Brechin City, where he assisted former Hibs teammate Michael O'Neill. Evans then moved back into full-time football in 2007 by accepting the position of reserve team coach at Hibs.[4] Following the departure of John Hughes on 4 October 2010, Evans was appointed caretaker manager at Hibernian alongside fellow coach Alistair Stevenson.[5] Evans left Hibernian in November 2011, as new manager Pat Fenlon assembled his coaching staff.[6]

Livingston appointed Evans as first team coach in July 2012.[7] After John Hughes left Livingston to manage Hartlepool United in November, Evans and Richie Burke were placed in caretaker charge of the team.[8] Evans left the club on 28 February 2013.[9]

Evans was appointed as Scotland women's under-19 national coach in June 2013.[10] He left this position in August 2017.[11] He was appointed as Head of Youth by Hibernian Football Club on 24 September 2018.

Career statistics

As a player

Source:[12]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Coventry City	1985–86	First Division	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	9	1
	1986–87	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	10	1
Rotherham United	1986–87	Third Division	34	9	3	1	0	0	2	1	39	11
	1987–88	Third Division	29	4	3	0	4	3	2	0	38	7
	Total		63	13	6	1	4	3	4	1	77	18
Hibernian	1987–88	Scottish Premier Division	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
	1988–89	Scottish Premier Division	35	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	42	6
	1989–90	Scottish Premier Division	28	3	1	0	2	0	4	1	35	4
	1990–91	Scottish Premier Division	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	2
	1991–92	Scottish Premier Division	41	6	3	1	4	1	0	0	48	8
	1992–93	Scottish Premier Division	39	6	4	0	2	2	2	0	47	8
	1993–94	Scottish Premier Division	38	4	2	0	4	0	0	0	44	4
	1994–95	Scottish Premier Division	26	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	29	2
	1995–96	Scottish Premier Division	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	2
	Total		257	30	18	1	20	6	6	1	301	38
Stoke City (loan)	1990–91	Third Division	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	2
Northampton Town (loan)	1990–91	Fourth Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Partick Thistle	1996–97	Scottish First Division	29	9	0	0	3	3	0	0	32	12
	1997–98	Scottish First Division	20	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	22	5
	Total		49	14	0	0	4	3	1	0	54	17
Airdrieonians	1998–99	Scottish First Division	26	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	28	6
	1999–2000	Scottish First Division	25	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	4
	2000–01	Scottish First Division	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
	Total		54	10	2	0	5	0	1	0	62	10
Alloa Athletic	2000–01	Scottish First Division	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	3
	2001–02	Scottish Second Division	10	0	3	2	1	0	5	2	19	4
	2002–03	Scottish First Division	14	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	18	1
	2003–04	Scottish Second Division	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
	Total		52	4	7	2	4	0	7	2	70	8
Career Total			489	72	33	4	40	14	21	4	583	94

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Full Members Cup, Football League Trophy, Scottish Challenge Cup and UEFA Cup.

As a manager

As of 28 February 2013

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Livingston	22 November 2012	28 February 2013	14	6	3	5	042.86

References

Specific

1. "Gareth Evans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
2. Dunk, Peter (20 August 1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. Queen Anne Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-3561435-4-5. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
3. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
4. "Evans heads in as Kozelsky waits". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
5. "Alistair Stevenson and Gareth Evans to Guide Hibs". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
6. "Club Statement". Hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
7. "The Rumour Mill: Wednesday's football transfer news and gossip". sport.scotsman.com. Johnston Press. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012. Former Hibs coach Gareth Evans has been reunited with John Collins and John Hughes at Livingston after being named as first-team coach. (Mail)
8. "Livingston's Evans and Burke continue as management duo". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
9. McLauchlin, Brian (28 February 2013). "John Collins and Gareth Evans leave Livingston". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
10. "Evans appointed women's under-19 national coach". Scottish Football Association. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
11. "Gareth Evans to step down as coach of Women's U19s". Scottish Football Association. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
12. Gareth Evans at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

General

• Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.

External links

• Gareth Evans at Soccerbase
• Gareth Evans at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database