Graham Westley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Graham Westley
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 4, 1968(1968-03-04)
Age	56
Birthplace	London Borough of Hounslow
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Graham Westley Biography

Graham Westley is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on March 4, 1968 in London Borough of Hounslow, England, United Kingdom. Graham Neil Westley (born 4 March 1968) is an English former professional footballer and manager. He was most recently the manager at League Two club Stevenage.

As of 1999 Westley acquired a major part of Farnborough Town and appointed himself as the club’s manager. He led the club to a 12th-place finish during the first season he was in charge and was successful in the Isthmian Cup; winning the tournament in 2000. The next campaign, Westley guided the club to further success, claiming the Isthmian League Premier Division; winning 31 times out of 42 and accumulating 99 points. Westley changed the squad after the club’s advancement into the Football Conference – something which is now described as an “huge regret”. In the meantime Westley also attempted to negotiate a merger with Kingstonian and cited the club’s “Football League rated ground” as the reason behind the idea, but it was never implemented because of “fans resistance”. The 2001-02 season was when the club secured their place in the top tier of non-league football. Westley managing the club to a seventh-place finishing at the top of the table. The next season would be a memorable one for Westley and the club, as they reached 3rd Round in the FA Cup after a 3-0 victory in Southport in which they were facing Football League competition in the form of Darlington at Feethams. Westley helped the team win the victory of 3-2 against Darlington and the team was rewarded with a Fourth Round match at home against Arsenal. The match, however, was controversially relocated to Highbury as the tie could have earned about PS600,000 in gate revenues by playing at Highbury while the match in Cherrywood Road would only have resulted in around PS50,000. Westley was dismissed from the club following the sold-out home match at Highbury that they lost 5-1. After his departure the manager was appointed at Football Conference rivals Stevenage in January 2003. He was signed on an agreement for three years. Westley announced that he was giving his shareholding in Farnborough to existing shareholders. He will also withdraw his financial backing to the club. In his announcement of moving towards Stevenage, Westley said “I’ve enjoyed my time at Farnborough, but I feel that I need to move on now and that I need to concentrate on football management, which is where my ambitions lie”. He added Stevenage’s “long-term potential” was another important factor in the decision to move there.

The 2005–06 season marked Westley’s third season in charge as manager of the club, and although the club were consistent at Broadhall Way throughout the season, the side struggled for form away from home, winning just four games on the road all season. Stevenage’s poor away form was ultimately preventing the club from mounting any serious title challenge, and throughout the campaign Westley’s side would often “lose the game before it began” – in away games against Southport, Morecambe, and Burton Albion respectively, Westley’s side trailed 3–0 before half-time. Westley had also fallen out with striker Anthony Elding, who was eventually sold to Kettering Town in January 2006. There were also increasingly frequent question marks surrounding the discipline of the squad under Westley’s control, as Stevenage received fourteen red cards during the campaign, more than any other club in the league by some distance. A 2–0 defeat away to relegation-threatened Forest Green Rovers on the final day of the season meant that Stevenage failed to reach the play-offs, finishing 6th in the table. After failing to reach the play-offs, Westley confirmed in May 2006 that he would leave the club when his contract expired in June, ending his three and a half-year tenure with the Hertfordshire club.

He was appointed manager of Rushden & Diamonds in December 2006, with the club sitting 22nd in the table, two points adrift of safety. Westley’s first game in charge of Rushden was a 1–0 victory away at Cambridge United, as he set about ensuring safety. Westley secured the signatures of several players who he had previously managed at Stevenage; signing the likes of Jamie Cook, David Perpetuini, and Dino Maamria. Westley also brought in the likes of Michael Bostwick and Chris Beardsley – younger players who he had previously written about in his weekly column in The Non-League Paper when he was out of work. Westley’s newly assembled team secured five straight wins in the league, including wins away at the top two teams in the league at the time, Oxford United and Dagenham & Redbridge. Despite managing an upturn in the form of the club, Westley was surprisingly sacked after a 2–2 draw at Aldershot Town in February 2007. He had taken the club from 22nd in the league to 12th in the space of two and a half months, and the club were on a seven-match unbeaten run at the time. In all, he managed Rushden for 13 games; winning seven, drawing three and losing three. The reason behind Westley’s sacking is unknown, but he was replaced two days later by Garry Hill.

The month of September was 1997. Westley became manager at a different club that the club he played for previously as manager the Isthmian League Premier Division outfit Enfield. Westley was appointed Graham Pearce as his assistant who also was a manager and player for, Enfield. He laid out his goals of returning the club to the top of the pile in non-league football, despite a variety of financial challenges at the club. He declared “my ambition is to see silverware in the table, and if you can’t take the pressure, you shouldn’t take big jobs like this one”. The first game he played being manager for Enfield was an 2-0 defeat at home against St Albans City. Despite being able to secure a seventh-place finish in the league, Westley left the club after only nine months in the helm. He steered the club for 41 games – winning 19 17 games, losing 16 and drawing six – with an average win rate of 46.34 percent.

Graham Westley Net Worth

Graham Westley is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Graham Westley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Westley was raised at Hounslow, London and he began his career in football as an apprentice at Queens Park Rangers. While working in QPR, Westley represented England at the U18 level. He joined Gillingham in the month of March 1986. He played 2 Third Division appearances for the club prior to becoming a member of Barnet. He played in three games and scored a goal during the Football Conference during the 1987-88 season. He made his debut for the club during the 2-2 draw with Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose. Westley was signed by Wycombe Wanderers in the latter stage of 1987 for an amount of P7,500 and scored his first goal in a 2-1 victory away in the match against Telford United. Westley scored in the following two gamesand became a regular in the first team before the club’s manager Peter Suddaby left the club in January 1988. Westley was only a single player under the new manager Jim Kelman and left soon after to join Kingstonian. He was a part of the team for 24 games at Wycombe and scored five goals across every competition in the 1987-88 season. He then played for a variety of non-League clubslike Kingstonian, Wealdstone, Farnborough Town, Harlow Town, Enfield, Aylesbury United, Harrow Borough, Tooting & Mitcham United, Molesey and Walton & Hersham – three of which he’d later be able to manage. He was named as the Player of the Year in Enfield and was then transferred with Aylesbury as a replacement in exchange for Darren Collins in December 1992. While playing at Kingstonian the player had a dislocated foot and injured leg three places that ultimately cut his career short because he didn’t fully recover after the accident.

In the process of recovering from the injury that broke his leg at the age 28 Westley was appointed the director for Kingstonian in December of 1996, after reaching out to the club regarding the vacant managerial position. The first two games he played as the club’s manager were drawn 4-4 with Walton & Hersham and Harrow Borough respectively. Westley noting “at the time, there was something raw and exciting about the team that I sent out. Although there was also something evidently missing”. His first win as manager of the club came in an 2-0 win against Wokingham Town in the Isthmian League Cup after which he secured his first league victory in the following match with a 5-2 win to Aylesbury United. Kingstonian was able to avoid being relegated and Westley noting a 3-2 win against club champions Yeovil Town at Huish Park as the “memorable victory”. While he secured security for Kingstonian, the team was dismissed after only five months and succeeded with Geoff Chapple. He was the manager of Kingstonian for a total of 25 games and recorded 9 wins and 8 losses along with eight draws.

He had a short playing career, spent mostly as a striker in non-league football. He played for a wide variety of clubs, including: Gillingham, Barnet, Wycombe Wanderers, Kingstonian, Wealdstone, Farnborough Town, Harlow Town, Enfield, Aylesbury United, Harrow Borough, Tooting & Mitcham United, Molesey and Walton & Hersham. He started his managerial career at the age of 28, managing Kingstonian for five months, before spending a year in charge of Enfield. In 1999, Westley became manager of Farnborough Town, guiding them to the Football Conference in 2002. He left Farnborough the following season, to become manager of Stevenage. He took the club to within one game of promotion to the Football League, but left the club in 2006 when his contract expired. Westley then had a brief, but successful, spell with Rushden & Diamonds, as well as acting as caretaker manager at Kettering Town.

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Graham Westley, on Stevenage securing promotion to the Football League in April 2010.

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Similarly to the club’s successful campaign the season before, but in complete contrast to his first tenure at the club, the 2010–11 season saw five players joining the club, while roughly five players left the club in the close season. The club started the season inconsistently, with Westley stating the season would be a “massive learning curve” for both himself and the players. Following four defeats in six games in December 2010 and January 2011, Stevenage found themselves in 18th position, just four points above the relegation zone. However, during a congested period throughout February and March 2011, Stevenage won nine games out of eleven, propelling the club up the league table and into the play-off positions. This included winning six games on the trot, a sequence only matched by Bury. A 3–3 draw against Bury on the final day of the season meant that Stevenage finished the season in sixth place. They faced fifth place Accrington Stanley in the 2010–11 League Two play-off semi-finals, winning both legs by a 3–0 aggregate scoreline. They beat Torquay United 1–0 in the Final at Old Trafford on 28 May 2011. The victory meant that Westley had guided the club to back-to-back promotions, playing in League One for the first time in the club’s history. On securing promotion, Westley said “It’s a fantastic feeling. The players work so hard and they deserve everything they get”. During the 2010–11 season, Westley also guided the club to the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, where they lost to Reading 2–1. In the previous round, Stevenage beat Premier League club Newcastle United 3–1 at Broadhall Way. After the match, Westley said before the game he had told the players to “go out and win the match 5–0. We established that if we did just 20% of what it would take to win 5–0 then we would still win the game”.