John Askey

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Askey
Occupation	Football Manager
Date Of Birth	Nov 4, 1964(1964-11-04)
Age	60
Birthplace	Stoke-on-Trent
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

John Askey Biography

John Askey is one of the most popular and richest Football Manager who was born on November 4, 1964 in Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom.

John Colin Askey (born 4 November 1964) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of League Two club Port Vale. He is the son of former Port Vale player Colin Askey.

Able to play as a winger or as a striker, he had pace and intelligence. A former youth-team player at Port Vale, he joined Macclesfield Town from Milton United in 1984. During his time at the club Macclesfield spent six seasons in the Football League and won the Northern Premier League title in 1986–87, the Football Conference title in 1994–95 and 1996–97, and promotion out of the Third Division in 1997–98. Town also won the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President’s Cup, Conference League Cup, Cheshire Senior Cup and Staffordshire Senior Cup. In 19 seasons at the club he scored 155 goals in 679 league and cup appearances, becoming the club’s record appearance holder and fourth highest goalscorer; he was named as the club’s PFA Fans’ Favourites and was later rewarded with the freedom of Macclesfield in August 2018.

John Askey Net Worth

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

Askey’s father, Colin, made over 200 appearances for Port Vale in the 1950s. He was one of five children; Bob, Mark, Steve, and Joanne. He played youth- team football for Milton Spurs, Milton schools, Hanley schools and Stoke-on- Trent schoolboys, before joining Port Vale’s youth-team at the age of 15. He was never handed a first-team debut at Vale Park and rejected manager John McGrath’s £5-a-week offer following the conclusion of his six-month YTS contract. After leaving the club he spent a year working as a laborer for a pottery firm in Tunstall, before entering the insurance industry at the age of

19. He also played amateur football for Milton United – managed by his father – and Miners Arms Milton. He first joined Macclesfield Town, alongside his brother Bob, to fill a gap when the club were short of players. He scored on his debut during the 1984–85 season, coming on as a substitute away at Morecambe on 29 December. He went on to score one goal in three appearances as the “Silkmen” finished as runners-up to Stafford Rangers in the Northern Premier League. He featured 13 times in the 1985–86 campaign, before scoring seven goals in 17 appearances as Macclesfield won the Northern Premier League title in 1986–87. Macclesfield went on to secure a treble after winning the Northern Premier League President’s Cup and beating Burton Albion 2–0 in the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup final at Maine Road.

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He stayed on at Macclesfield Town as a coach after retiring as a player and was appointed as manager in October 2003. He was replaced as manager in April 2004, but stayed on at the club as a coach, before he was appointed as manager for a second time in April 2013. He coached Macclesfield to the 2017 FA Trophy final, where they were beaten by York City. The following season, 2017–18, he led the team back into the Football League as champions of the National League despite having one of the division’s lowest budgets. Following this achievement, he moved on to manage Shrewsbury Town in June 2018, before his dismissal five months later. He was appointed as Port Vale manager in February 2019.

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He was again given charge of the first team at Macclesfield Town when manager Stephen King was dismissed after a 3–1 defeat by Grimsby Town on 3 April 2013. His appointment was made into a permanent one two months later despite him losing four of his initial five matches in charge. He took the club to the third round of the FA Cup and 15th in the Conference Premier in the 2013–14 season, and was given a 12-month rolling contract in the summer, though budget cutbacks meant that he lost the services of assistant manager Efe Sodje. Named as Conference Premier Manager of the Month award for January 2015 after his team recorded three victories, he led the club to a sixth-place finish in 2014–15, finishing just one point outside of the play-offs, and signed a new extended contract in the summer. He led the club to a tenth-place finish in 2015–16.

How old is John Askey?

57 years (November 4, 1964)

Does Macclesfield Football Club still exist?

Founded in 1874, Macclesfield Town was liquidated and expelled from the National League in 2020 because of debts of over £500,000. Its assets were put up for sale, including the Moss Rose stadium on the Rightmove property website.

Who is the manager of Dover Athletic?

Andy Hessenthaler

How much did Robbie Savage pay Macclesfield?

A commendable achievement given Cheshire-based business mogul Smethurst bought the club on a whim on boozy night out. He bought the assets for £500,000 and then rang Welshman Savage to tell him. “I’m a massive risk-taker,” admitted Smethurst, who bought the club having seen it advertised on Rightmove.

Do Bury FC still exist?

On 30 August 2020, 12 months after the club’s EFL expulsion, the Manchester Evening News said: “ Bury FC still exists, though, if only on paper. With no players, no league to play in, and no employees to speak of, it is little more than a hollow shell of the club fans knew and loved.”