Darron Gee is an English former

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who played as a

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. He was most recently the

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York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

. Gee played in

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with

Hucknall Town Hucknall Town Football Club are a football club based in the town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. The club are members of the and play at Watnall Road. History Hucknall Town were renamed from Hucknall Colliery Welfare in 1987 and for ...

, before moving into

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with

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to the

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Supreme Division in the 1995–96 season. He went on to have spells as Gary Mills'

at Grantham Town,

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and Tamworth. He took over as Tamworth manager in 2002, and in a two-year spell won the Southern League Premier Division title, reached an

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final and kept the club in the

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. He worked with Mills again at

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League (division), National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 2 ...

and

Alfreton Town Alfreton Town Football Club is a football club based in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England. The club are currently members of and play at North Street. History The club was formed in 1959 following the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfr ...

, and after initially taking over as manager at Alfreton, followed Mills to Tamworth in 2007. Having won the

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title in 2009, the pair moved on to York City in 2010, winning the

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play-offs and FA Trophy in 2011–12. Both left the club in 2013.

Playing career

Gee spent 12 years as a reserve-team

and committee member for

, although his playing career was hampered by recurrent injuries to his right knee. Having had seven operations on his knee, he was unable to pursue a playing career in professional football.

Managerial and coaching career

Gee started his

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career with

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Premier Division in the 1995–96 season, thus winning

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to the Central Midlands League Supreme Division. He left the club after one season to become Gary Mills'

at Grantham Town in July 1996. Gee had become acquainted with Mills having lived with his Nottingham Forest teammate Colin Walsh. The pair were in charge when Grantham won the Southern League Midland Division championship in 1997–98. They went on to work together at

and Tamworth. After Mills departed Tamworth to become first-team coach at

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, Gee took over as manager in May 2002 on a three-year contract. He took them into the

from the Southern League Premier Division, winning the title by a 13-point margin in 2002–03. The same season saw Gee also take his team to the 2003 FA Trophy Final at

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, where Tamworth were beaten 2–1 by

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on 18 May 2003. Gee considered leaving Tamworth during January 2004 after he and his players received verbal abuse from some fans, but decided to continue after talks with his family and the club's chairman. Having led Tamworth to safety from relegation he announced in April 2004 that he would resign at the end of 2003–04, wanting to spend more time with his wife and young son, having been working continuously for four years. His resignation came into effect after their final match of the season, a 1–1 draw away to

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on 24 April 2004. Gee was appointed assistant manager at recently relegated

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club

on 10 May 2004 to be reunited Mills, thus fulfilling the promise Mills made to Gee when the pair started working together that they would go on to manage the

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club. Mills was dismissed on 4 November 2004, with Gee's departure coming a week later after his contract with the club was terminated. He commented in retrospect that "What happened at Notts County devastated us both. We had always been successful until then." He joined

club

as assistant manager to Mills on 25 May 2005, before being appointed as manager on 26 January 2007 following Mills' return to Conference club Tamworth. Gee managed Alfreton in one match, a 1–0 win over

Leigh RMI Leigh Genesis Football Club, formerly known as Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Horwich RMI) and Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Leigh RMI), is an English amateur association football club that currently plays in the South Lancas ...

on 27 January 2007, before leaving to join Mills at Tamworth as his assistant on 30 January. Tamworth were relegated at the end of 2006–07, before Mills and Gee led the team to promotion back into the Conference by winning the Conference North title in 2008–09. Gee joined Tamworth's Conference Premier rivals

as assistant manager on 13 October 2010 following Mills' appointment as manager. Mills and Gee led York to promotion to League Two with a 2–1 victory over

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in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final at

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, as well as a 2–0 win over Newport County at Wembley eight days earlier in the

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. Following York's promotion, Gee switched from part-time to full-time status, having previously combined his position as assistant manager with his directorship of a

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-based

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company. Gee left York by mutual consent after two and a half years with the club on 4 March 2013, two days after Mills was dismissed as manager.

Managerial statistics

Honours

As a manager

Dunkirk *

Premier Division runners-up: 1995–96 Tamworth * Southern League Premier Division: 2002–03

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gee, Darron Living people English footballers Association football midfielders Hucknall Town F.C. players English football managers Tamworth F.C. managers Alfreton Town F.C. managers Southern Football League managers National League (English football) managers Tamworth F.C. non-playing staff Notts County F.C. non-playing staff Alfreton Town F.C. non-playing staff York City F.C. non-playing staff Year of birth missing (living people)