John Leslie McGreal (born 2 June 1972) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is currently an U21s coach at Ipswich Town.
He began his career at Tranmere Rovers, making his debut in the 1991–92 season. He became a first-team regular from the 1993–94 season, playing a total of 233 games across eight seasons, until he was sold to Ipswich Town for a £750,000 fee in August 1999. He helped his new club to win promotion into the Premier League with victory in the 2000 play-off final. He played 54 Premier League games in two seasons, before Ipswich were relegated back into the First Division in 2002. He stayed with the club for another two years before signing with Burnley in June 2004. He spent three seasons in the Championship with Burnley, being named as Player of the Year in 2005, and retired at the end of the 2006–07 season. He played a total of 489 league and cup games in 16 seasons as a professional in the English Football League and Premier League, scoring seven goals.
McGreal went into coaching after retiring as a player, joining the Colchester United Academy in 2009. He briefly stood in as the first team's caretaker-manager in November 2015, before being given the job on a permanent basis following the club's relegation out of League One in May 2016. He took charge for four seasons, with the club twice finishing one place outside the League Two play-offs and losing in the play-off semi-finals at the end of the 2019–20 season. He was sacked in July 2020. After a brief stint as Swindon Town boss, McGreal rejoined Ipswich Town in December 2021 as a coach for the U23s (now the U21s) and development squad.
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a one-year contract extension with the club on 29 June 2017. Manager JohnMcGreal suggested that he might pick Wright in a more central midfield and attacking...
GILMARTIN APPOINTED ASSISTANT MANAGER TO JOHNMCGREAL". Swindon Town F.C. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021. "JohnMcGreal Named Interim Manager". Ipswich Town...
organists have been: Ralph Downes (1936–1977), Patrick Russill (1977–99), JohnMcGreal (1999–2011), Matthew Martin (2011-2017)[citation needed] and Ben Bloor...
leaving his role at Swindon Town, following the departure of manager JohnMcGreal, his assistant, and the club's chief executive. This was confirmed a...
impressive partnership at the centre of the defence with fellow new recruit JohnMcGreal at the start of the season, starting in most games. On 24 December, Sinclair...
coach JohnMcGreal on 4 May. This meant Ball parted company with Maldon & Tiptree after a successful season in the Isthmian League. With McGreal's role...
following his recovery from tendonitis. However, in November 2016, manager JohnMcGreal switched tactics to utilise three central defenders, and Kent began a...
Arsenal and Newcastle United Jets attended the school from 1992 to 1997; JohnMcGreal, former Tranmere player, attended from 1983 to 1988; Wayne Rooney, retired...
appearances in the 2015–16 season. Out of favour under new Colchester manager JohnMcGreal, Elokobi was made available for loan in August 2016. He joined National...
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