Graham Westley
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Westley in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham Neil Westley | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Hounslow, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1986 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Gillingham | 2 | (0) |
| 1987 | Barnet | 3 | (1) |
| 1987–1988 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 1988–1990 | Kingstonian | ||
| 1990 | Wealdstone | ||
| 1990 | Farnborough Town | ||
| 1990 | Harlow Town | ||
| 1990–1992 | Enfield | ||
| 1992 | Aylesbury United | 23 | (18) |
| 1992–1993 | Harrow Borough | ||
| 1993 | Tooting & Mitcham United | ||
| 1993 | Molesey | ||
| 1994 | Walton & Hersham | ||
| International career | |||
| 1985 | England U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 1985 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Kingstonian | ||
| 1997–1998 | Enfield | ||
| 1999–2003 | Farnborough Town | ||
| 2003–2006 | Stevenage Borough | ||
| 2006–2007 | Rushden & Diamonds | ||
| 2007 | Kettering Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2008–2012 | Stevenage | ||
| 2012–2013 | Preston North End | ||
| 2013–2015 | Stevenage | ||
| 2015–2016 | Peterborough United | ||
| 2016–2017 | Newport County | ||
| 2018 | Barnet | ||
| 2019–2020 | Stevenage | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Graham Neil Westley (born 4 March 1968) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a striker.
An England youth international, Westley's playing career was spent largely in non-League football before being curtailed by injury. He began his managerial career at Kingstonian in 1996 at the age of 28, before taking charge of Enfield for the 1997–98 season. In 1999, he acquired a controlling interest in Farnborough Town and appointed himself manager, leading the club to promotion to the Football Conference in 2001. He transferred his shareholding and departed Farnborough in January 2003 to take up the vacant managerial position at Stevenage Borough. Stevenage reached the 2005 Conference National play-off final but were defeated, and Westley left the club a year later. He then had a three-month spell at Rushden & Diamonds, as well as four matches as caretaker manager of Kettering Town in 2007.
Westley rejoined Stevenage in May 2008, earning his first managerial honour at national level when the club won the 2009 FA Trophy final. The following season, he guided Stevenage to the Conference Premier title, securing promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history. In his first season as a Football League manager, he led the team to a second successive promotion via the play-offs. He left for Preston North End in January 2012, though was dismissed just over a year later in February 2013, returning to Stevenage the following month for a third spell until May 2015. He spent most of the 2015–16 season managing Peterborough United and had a five-month spell at Newport County the following season. He was subsequently appointed head coach of Barnet in January 2018, before returning to Stevenage for a fourth time, serving a two-month spell from December 2019.