Nigel Pearson
Full name: Nigel Graham Pearson |
Birthdate: 21.08.1963 |
Birthplace: Nottingham, England |
Joined from: Southampton |
Nationality: England |
Honours: League One winners: 2008–09 |
Other clubs as manager: Carlisle United, West Bromwich Albion (caretaker), Newcastle United (caretaker (2)), Southampton, Hull City |
Serving Period: 22.06.2008 - 29.06.2010 |
Games: 107 |
Wins: 55 |
Draws: 29 |
Losses: 23 |
Manager Profile |
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Pearson was a former tough-tackling defender who played for Shrewsbury Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough and had two spells in charge of the Foxes.
He showed his leadership qualities with all three clubs, notably Sheffield Wednesday where he led the Owls to League Cup glory against Manchester United as captain in 1991, and also led the team to promotion to the top flight in the same year. He went on to captain Middlesbrough to promotion twice and helped them to three domestic cup finals before retiring from playing in 1998.
Pearson's first job as manager was at Carlisle United in the same year of his retirement, and his most notable job was signing goalkeeper Jimmy Glass on loan, famous for scoring an injury-time goal against Plymouth Argyle which helped save the Cumbrians from relegation to the Football Conference on the final day of the season.
He went on to coach at Stoke City before taking assistant manager roles at West Brom, Newcastle United and then England U21s. His time with Newcastle saw him take caretaker charge of the team a number of times before he left to take up the role of manager at Southampton, charged with the task of keeping the Saints in the Championship. Ironically, he helped Southampton survive on the last day of the season, at the expense of Leicester.
Despite his relative success, Pearson left Southampton at the end of the season and was appointed manager of City in the summer of 2008, looking to take the Foxes back to the second tier of English football. And he succeeded in some style, taking City back as champions of League One. In the process, the club raced up their highest-ever points total of 96 points, losing just four of their 46 league games - another record for fewest defeats in a season.
The club continued their momentum into their Championship campaign and Pearson led the Foxes to the end-of-season play-offs, where they cruelly slipped to defeat on a penalty shoot-out against Cardiff City in the semi-final stages. Still, it was a good achievement for a side only promoted the season before. Most had seen Pearson's stint at the Walkers Stadium as a great success, but the Nottingham-born boss often had a strained relationship with chairman Milan Mandaric and chairman Lee Hoos. It resulted in his departure in the summer of 2010, reportedly due to Mandaric showing a consortium of potential club buyers around the club and also inviting Paulo Sousa, who was to take charge the following season, to the second leg of the play-off semi-final. City allowed Hull City to speak to Pearson and he duly left.
Competition | Total | Won | Draw | Lost | F | A | Win % |
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League | 92 | 48 | 28 | 16 | 145 | 84 | 52.17% |
FA Cup | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 50% |
League Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 50% |
Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Other | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 40% |
All matches | 107 | 55 | 29 | 23 | 168 | 103 | 51.4% |
All matches(107)
Player | Club | Fee | Date | |
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Nicky Adams | Bury | £100,000 | 01.07.2008 | |
Lloyd Dyer | MK Dons | Free | 01.07.2008 | |
Michael Morrison | Cambridge United | Unknown | 02.07.2008 | |
Aleksandar Tunchev | CSKA Sofia | £375,000 | 05.07.2008 | |
Kerrea Gilbert | Arsenal | On loan | 10.07.2008 | |
David Martin | Liverpool | On loan | 04.08.2008 | |
Paul Dickov | Manchester City | Free | 07.08.2008 | |
Chris Powell | Charlton Athletic | Free | 23.08.2008 | |
Bruno Berner | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 12.09.2008 | |
Marc Edworthy | Derby County | Free | 07.11.2008 | |
Mark Davies | Wolverhampton Wanderers | On loan | 27.11.2008 | |
Aman Verma | Redditch United | Unknown | 11.12.2008 | |
Tom Cleverley | Manchester United | On loan | 16.01.2009 | |
Mark Bunn | Blackburn Rovers | On loan | 16.02.2009 | |
David Stockdale | Fulham | On loan | 02.03.2009 | |
Tony Warner | Hull City | On loan | 13.03.2009 | |
Astrit Ajdarević | Liverpool | On loan | 26.03.2009 | |
Jack Hobbs | Liverpool | £400,000 | 24.04.2009 | |
Wayne Brown | Hull City | Free | 28.04.2009 | |
Robbie Neilson | Heart of Midlothian | Free | 22.05.2009 | |
Chris Weale | Bristol City | Free | 29.05.2009 | |
Dany N'Guessan | Lincoln City | Unknown | 26.06.2009 | |
Astrit Ajdarević | Liverpool | Free | 30.06.2009 | |
Richie Wellens | Doncaster Rovers | £1,200,000 | 07.07.2009 | |
Martyn Waghorn | Sunderland | On loan | 06.08.2009 | |
Paul Gallagher | Blackburn Rovers | £1,000,000 | 21.08.2009 | |
Yann Kermorgant | Reims | Free | 24.08.2009 | |
Ryan McGivern | Manchester City | On loan | 29.08.2009 | |
Nolberto Solano | Universitario de Deportes | Free | 22.01.2010 | |
Alex Bruce | Ipswich Town | On loan | 01.02.2010 | |
James Vaughan | Everton | On loan | 11.03.2010 | |
Jay Spearing | Liverpool | On loan | 22.03.2010 | |
Tom Kennedy | Rochdale | Free | 10.06.2010 |
Player | Club | Fee | Date | |
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Richard Stearman | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £1,100,000 | 25.06.2008 | |
Iain Hume | Barnsley | £1,200,000 | 25.06.2008 | |
Alan Sheehan | Leeds United | Unknown | 01.07.2008 | |
Louis Dodds | Port Vale | Free | 21.07.2008 | |
Sergio Hellings | Westerlo | Free | 30.07.2008 | |
James Chambers | Doncaster Rovers | Free | 05.08.2008 | |
Reneil Sappleton | Bournemouth | On loan | 12.08.2008 | |
Barry Hayles | Cheltenham Town | On loan | 12.08.2008 | |
Conrad Logan | Luton Town | On loan | 21.08.2008 | |
Harry Worley | Luton Town | On loan | 18.09.2008 | |
Bruno N'Gotty | Hereford United | On loan | 26.09.2008 | |
James Wesolowski | Cheltenham Town | On loan | 02.10.2008 | |
Carl Pentney | Woking | On loan | 23.10.2008 | |
Jonathan Hayes | Cheltenham Town | On loan | 24.10.2008 | |
Eric Odhiambo | Brentford | On loan | 27.11.2008 | |
Barry Hayles | Cheltenham Town | On loan | 27.11.2008 | |
Radostin Kishishev | Released | Free | 19.12.2008 | |
Reneil Sappleton | Oxford United | On loan | 01.01.2009 | |
Dudley Campbell | Blackpool | On loan | 08.01.2009 | |
Nicky Adams | Rochdale | On loan | 19.01.2009 | |
Eric Odhiambo | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free | 30.01.2009 | |
James Wesolowski | Dundee United | On loan | 03.02.2009 | |
Reneil Sappleton | Telford United | On loan | 19.03.2009 | |
Conrad Logan | Stockport County | On loan | 27.03.2009 | |
Marc Edworthy | Released | Free | 29.05.2009 | |
Paul Henderson | Released | Free | 29.05.2009 | |
Patrick Kisnorbo | Released | Free | 29.05.2009 | |
Barry Hayles | Released | Free | 29.05.2009 | |
Bruno N'Gotty | Released | Free | 29.05.2009 | |
Jonathan Hayes | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free | 20.07.2009 | |
Aman Verma | Crewe Alexandra | On loan | 01.08.2009 | |
James Wesolowski | Hamilton Academical | On loan | 04.08.2009 | |
Joe Mattock | West Bromwich Albion | £1,000,000 | 10.08.2009 | |
Harry Worley | Crewe Alexandra | On loan | 14.08.2009 | |
Ashley Chambers | Wycombe Wanderers | On loan | 21.08.2009 | |
Paul Dickov | Derby County | On loan | 29.08.2009 | |
Levi Porter | Mansfield Town | On loan | 11.09.2009 | |
Max Gradel | Leeds United | On loan | 11.09.2009 | |
Craig King | Hereford United | On loan | 17.09.2009 | |
Dudley Campbell | Derby County | On loan | 26.11.2009 | |
Nicky Adams | Leyton Orient | On loan | 15.01.2010 | |
Luke O'Neill | Tranmere Rovers | On loan | 19.01.2010 | |
Ashley Chambers | Wycombe Wanderers | On loan | 21.01.2010 | |
Tom Parkes | Burton Albion | On loan | 22.01.2010 | |
Max Gradel | Leeds United | Unknown | 25.01.2010 | |
Reneil Sappleton | Macclesfield Town | Free | 29.01.2010 | |
Paul Dickov | Released | Free | 01.02.2010 | |
Aman Verma | Histon | On loan | 01.02.2010 | |
Dudley Campbell | Blackpool | On loan | 01.02.2010 | |
Carl Pentney | Leamington | On loan | 13.02.2010 | |
Astrit Ajdarević | Hereford United | On loan | 25.03.2010 | |
Stephen Clemence | Retired | Free | 17.05.2010 | |
Astrit Ajdarević | Released | Free | 17.05.2010 | |
Levi Porter | Released | Free | 17.05.2010 | |
James Wesolowski | Peterborough United | Unknown | 01.06.2010 |