John Yems

John Yems (born London,[2] 28 August 1959) is an English professional football manager, who is currently the manager of League Two club Crawley Town.

John Yems
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-08-28) 28 August 1959[1]
Place of birth London, England
Club information
Current team
 Crawley Town (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Horsham
Teams managed
1992–1994 Horsham
2006–2007 Crawley Town (joint caretaker)
2008–2009 Exeter City (assistant)
2019– Crawley Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

As a player, Yems played for the reserve teams of Crystal Palace, Reading and Millwall before suffering a knee injury that forced him to retire.[3] He played for Horsham at centre-back whilst manager of the club due to an injury crisis.[3]

Career

Whilst coaching at the Fulham academy, Yems took up the manager role at Horsham in December 1992 after manager Peter Evans was sacked following a 1–0 defeat at home to Petersfield United.[4][5][3] Whilst manager at Horsham, Yems chose to play himself for multiple matches due to an injury crisis.[3] Yems left the club four matches from the end of the 1993–94 season.[3] Yems had a spell coaching Dulwich Hamlet in the late 1990s.[6]

Yems had had coaching roles at Fulham and Millwall before, in 2006, he was appointed as one of three joint caretaker managers at Crawley Town following the sacking of John Hollins. Yems was sacked at the end of that season,[7] and then joined Grays Athletic, initially as chief scout and becoming first team coach in October 2007.[8] He left the club by mutual consent in January 2008.[9] Yems was appointed as assistant manager at Exeter City in February 2008, but left in July 2009, since he lived in Sussex and did not wish to relocate.[10][11] In October 2009, Yems took on a scouting role for Torquay United.[12] Following a spell as a coach at Gillingham, Yems was appointed as football operations manager by Bournemouth in 2012, remaining until 2018, when the club stated that they could not afford to keep him.[13]

On 5 December 2019, Yems was appointed as manager of League Two side Crawley Town, after some time acting as a scout for several teams, including Newcastle United.[14] On 30 January 2020, he extended his contract at Crawley until the end of the 2022–23 season.[15] After winning three and drawing four of Crawley's seven matches in December 2020, Yems was nominated for the EFL League Two Manager of the Month award for December 2020, though lost out to Derek Adams of Morecambe.[16][17]

Personal life

Yems lives in Horsham.[18]

Career statistics

Managerial statistics
As of 6 February 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Crawley Town 5 December 2019 Present 51 19 17 15 037.3 [19]
Total 51 19 17 15 037.3

References
  1. Crawley Town F.C. [@crawleytown] (28 August 2020). "Head Coach John Yems turns 61 today! Happy birthday, Gaffer! #TownTeamTogether" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "Crawley Town staff". 11 vs 11. AFS. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ""I was an egotist who thought I was going to win the European Cup"". www.horshamfc.co.uk. Horsham F.C. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. "Petersfield United (N) - DL3". www.horshamfc.co.uk. Horsham F.C. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. "East Thurrock United (A) - DL3". www.horshamfc.co.uk. Horsham F.C. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. "Dulwich Hamlet (N) - FR". www.horshamfc.co.uk. Horsham F.C. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  7. Gurney, Tom (7 May 2007). "Crawley sack Yems". The Argus. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  8. "Yems handed new Grays position". BBC Sport. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  9. "Coach Yems makes Grays departure". BBC Sport. 28 January 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  10. "Yems departs from St James Park". BBC Sport. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  11. "Exeter exit for Yems". Sky Sports. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  12. "Yems to join staff at Plainmoor". BBC Sport. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  13. Cross, John (11 July 2018). "Bournemouth cash crisis leads to surprise exit from coaching team". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  14. "John Yems: Crawley Town reappoint former manager until end of season". BBC Sport. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  15. Allman, Tom (30 January 2020). "John Yems signs 3 year deal". www.crawleytownfc.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  16. Stenning, Adam (5 January 2021). "Yems is nominated for manager of the month in run-up to Reds FA Cup tie with Leeds". The Argus. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  17. "Sky Bet League Two: December Manager and Player of the Month winners". www.efl.com. English Football League. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  18. "Yems backs Dermot to be a success". www.crawleytownfc.com. Crawley Town F.C. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  19. John Yems management career statistics at Soccerbase
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