

He went on to score one goal in three appearances as Macclesfield finished as runners-up to Stafford Rangers in the Northern Premier League. He scored on his debut during the 1984–85 season, coming on as a substitute away at Morecambe on 29 December. Macclesfield Town Īskey first joined Macclesfield Town, alongside his brother Bob, to fill a gap when the club were short of players. He also played amateur football for Milton United – managed by his father – and Miners Arms Milton. After leaving the club he spent a year working as a labourer for a pottery firm in Tunstall, before entering the insurance industry at the age of 19. 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 Youth Training Scheme contract. 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. Askey was one of five children Bob, Mark, Steve, and Joanne. His father, Colin, made over 200 appearances for Port Vale in the 1950s. John Colin Askey was born on 4 November 1964 in Stoke-on-Trent. He was appointed as manager of League Two club Hartlepool United in February 2023. He took up the management position at York City in November 2021 and led the club to promotion out of the National League North via the play-offs at the end of the 2021–22 season. He was appointed as Port Vale manager in February 2019 and remained in the job until January 2021.

Following this achievement, he moved on to manage Shrewsbury Town in June 2018, before his dismissal five months later. 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. He coached Macclesfield to the 2017 FA Trophy Final, in which they were beaten by York City. 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. 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.Īskey stayed on at Macclesfield Town as a coach after retiring as a player and was appointed as manager in October 2003. Town also won the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Bob Lord Challenge Trophy, Cheshire Senior Cup and Staffordshire Senior Cup. 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––97, and promotion out of the Third Division in 1997–98. A former youth-team player at Port Vale, he joined Macclesfield Town from Milton United in 1984.
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John Colin Askey (born 4 November 1964) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of EFL League Two club Hartlepool United.Īble to play as a winger or as a striker, Askey had pace and intelligence. *Club domestic league appearances and goals
