Gary Johnson (football manager)

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Gary Stephen Johnson (born 28 September 1955) is a former football player who is currently the manager of Southern League Premier Division South side Taunton Town. Johnson signed for Watford as an apprentice at sixteen and turned professional at the age of eighteen. After a spell with Malmö FF, he set up a football holiday business and played part-time football. He took his first managerial job at Newmarket Town in 1986. Johnson moved to Cambridge United in 1988 initially as a reserve team manager before working his way up to manager by 1993. He spent two years as Cambridge's manager before moving to Kettering Town. He became the manager of the Latvia national team in 1999. In 2001, Johnson signed with non-League side Yeovil Town. In his first season he won the FA Trophy before guiding the club to the Conference title in the following season. Johnson won another promotion two years later, leading the club to the League Two title. This earned him a move to Bristol City in 2005. In his first full season, Johnson led his team to an automatic promotion to the Championship which earned him the division's Manager of the Year award. The club finished in the play-off positions the followin

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