John Henry (footballer)

John Henry
Personal information
Date of birth	31 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Vale of Leven, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Clydebank Boys Club
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1994	Clydebank
1994–1999	Kilmarnock
1999	→ Falkirk (loan)
1999–2001	Falkirk
2001–2002	Airdrieonians
2002–2005	Falkirk
2005–2006	St Johnstone
2006–2007	Queen of the South
2007	Dumbarton
Total
International career
1992	Scotland U21
Managerial career
2010–2012	Bolton Wanderers Reserves
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Henry (born 31 December 1971) is a Scottish former footballer. During his career, Henry played for Clydebank, Kilmarnock, Falkirk, Airdrie, St Johnstone, Queen of the South and Dumbarton. After retiring as a player, Henry joined the coaching staff of Partick Thistle, Burnley and Blackburn Rovers.

From 2010 he was the reserve team coach at Bolton Wanderers, but left the club shortly after the dismissal of Owen Coyle in October 2012. He subsequently followed Coyle to Wigan Athletic in 2013, undertaking a similar role to that of his Burnley and Bolton days. In January 2015 Henry was appointed assistant manager, working with Ian McCall, at Scottish League One club Ayr United.^[1]

In August 2016 Henry left his role with Ayr to once against work alongside Owen Coyle, this time at Blackburn Rovers as first team coach. John achieved cult hero status after featuring in the book ‘We need to talk about Kevin Bridges’ given his family connections to the author, comedian Kevin Bridges. Kevin has spoken publicly many times of his affection for John and his ‘wicked free wick’.^[2]

References

^ "Henry named Ayr assistant". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
^ "John Henry moves to Blackburn". Ayr United FC. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.