Martin Gray (footballer)

Martin David Gray (born 17 August 1971) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He played in the Football League for Sunderland, Aldershot, Fulham, Oxford United and Darlington, and managed in the Football League with Darlington and Oldham Athletic.

Martin Gray
Gray as manager of Darlington in 2012
Personal information
Full name Martin David Gray[1]
Date of birth (1971-08-17) 17 August 1971[1]
Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder[2]
Youth career
0000–1990 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1996 Sunderland 64 (1)
1991 → Aldershot (loan) 5 (0)
1995 → Fulham (loan) 6 (0)
1996–1999 Oxford United 121 (4)
1999–2001 Darlington 66 (0)
Total 262 (5)
Teams managed
2006 Darlington (joint caretaker)
2009 Darlington (caretaker)
2010 Oldham Athletic (caretaker)
2012–2017 Darlington
2017–2018 York City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham,[1] Gray's main position was in midfield, but he played in all outfield positions during his career. He signed as a trainee to Sunderland in 1990 and stayed with them until 1996 when he made a £100,000 transfer to Oxford United. Darlington agreed to end his contract so that he could retire from his playing career, in order to focus on coaching with the club.

Managerial career

Beginnings

David Hodgson was suspended as Darlington manager on 30 September 2006 while an inquire was carried out into his contacts with another club, leaving Gray and Neil Maddison as joint caretaker managers.[3] Hodgson was subsequently dismissed shortly after.[4] Former Doncaster Rovers manager Dave Penney took over manager on 30 October 2006, with Gray as his assistant.[5]

Gray took over as caretaker manager again on 30 April 2009 after Penney took the managerial role at Oldham Athletic.[6] With Darlington in administration, he was released on 7 May 2009, along with other members of the club's staff.[7] He joined up with Penney again as his assistant at Oldham on 26 May 2009.[8] Gray took over as caretaker manager for the final match of the 2009–10 season after Penney left the club on 6 May 2010.[9] Gray left Oldham on 2 June 2010 after being unsuccessful in his application for the full-time manager's position.[10]

Darlington

On 28 May 2012, Gray was appointed as the manager of Darlington on a two-year contract.[11] In his first season in charge, Gray guided the club to win the Northern League Division One.[12] In his next season, Darlington finished as Northern Premier League Division One North runners-up, but they lost in the play-off semi-final to Ramsbottom United.[13] In the 2014–15 season, Gray guided the club to another second-place finish in the division, and they then secured promotion by winning the play-off final, beating Bamber Bridge 2–0.[12] Darlington won the 2015–16 Northern Premier League Premier Division title.[14] The club finished in fifth place in the 2016–17 National League North, but were unable to participate in the play-offs due to ground grading issues.[15]

Gray resigned from his post as manager on 1 October 2017, with the club stating, "He (Gray) believes he has taken the club as far as it can go, given the current club structure and funding".[16]

York City

He was appointed manager of newly relegated National League North club York City on 1 October 2017, with Penney assisting him as sporting director.[17] He left the club on 19 August 2018 when the club opted against renewing his contract,[18] with the team eighth in the table five matches into the 2018–19 National League North.[19]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 1990–91[20] First Division 000000—00
1991–92[21] Second Division 100000—10
1992–93[22] First Division 12100002[lower-alpha 1]0141
1993–94[23] First Division 22010502[lower-alpha 1]0300
1994–95[24] First Division 2201010—240
1995–96[25] First Division 701020—100
Total 641308040791
Aldershot (loan) 1990–91[26] Fourth Division 50——1[lower-alpha 2]060
Fulham (loan) 1995–96[27] Third Division 60——1[lower-alpha 3]070
Oxford United 1995–96[28] Second Division 70———70
1996–97[29] First Division 4321070—512
1997–98[30] First Division 3121010—332
1998–99[31] First Division 4002010—430
Total 12144090—1344
Darlington 1999–2000[32] Third Division 41020204[lower-alpha 4]0490
2000–01[33] Third Division 25030402[lower-alpha 3]0340
Total 660506060830
Career total 26251202301203095
  1. Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  2. Appearance in Associate Members' Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  4. One appearance in Football League Trophy, three in Third Division play-offs

Managerial statistics
As of 19 August 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Darlington (joint caretaker) 30 September 2006 30 October 2006 4 1 2 1 025.0 [3][5][34]
Darlington (caretaker) 30 April 2009 7 May 2009 1 1 0 0 100.0 [6][7][35]
Oldham Athletic (caretaker) 6 May 2010 2 June 2010 1 0 0 1 000.0 [9][10][36]
Darlington 28 May 2012 1 October 2017 258 165 41 52 064.0 [11][16][37]
York City 1 October 2017 19 August 2018 37 14 8 15 037.8 [17][18][38]
Total 301 181 51 69 060.1

Honours

As a manager

Darlington

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