John mcdermott

John McDermott born 3 February is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is assistant manager at Bradford Park Avenue. As a player, he was a right-back from to , spending his entire year playing career at Grimsby Town , and holds the club's all-time appearance record, having played league games, games overall for the Mariners.

He is one of only 17 players in the history of English football to play more than Football League matches for a single club. Upon retirement McDermott moved into coaching at the Grimsby Institute before he was appointed assistant manager at Harrogate Town in He was released at apprentice level. However, when the apprenticeship scheme was revamped he was re-signed as a trainee at Grimsby Town and after 13 appearances in the Second Division he signed professional terms.

At the start of McDermott's career he was a utility player but then established himself as a regular right-back for the Mariners.

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He won Grimsby Town 's 'Player of the Year' award a record three times. He regained his place in the team in and was linked with moves to Sunderland and Ipswich Town , [ citation needed ] but he did not leave Grimsby Town. A quote from him in on the situation of present-day footballers is:. There was a time where he was expected to move to fierce rivals Hull, but the deal never materialised.

Other highlights in his career included the win over Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup.