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- John Colin Askey (born 4 November 1964) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of National League club York City. He is the son of former Port Vale player Colin Askey. Able to play as a winger or as a striker, he had pace and intelligence. A former youth-team player at Port Vale, he joined Macclesfield Town from in 1984. 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 1994–95 and 1996–97, and promotion out of the Third Division in 1997–98. Town also won the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Conference League Cup, Cheshire Senior Cup and Staffordshire Senior Cup. 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. He stayed on at Macclesfield Town as a coach after retiring as a player and was appointed as manager in October 2003. 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. He coached Macclesfield to the 2017 FA Trophy final, where they were beaten by York City. 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. Following this achievement, he moved on to manage Shrewsbury Town in June 2018, before his dismissal five months later. He was appointed as Port Vale manager in February 2019 and remained in the job until January 2021. 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. (en)
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