Jason Ainsley (born 30 July 1970) is an English

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manager and former player who is currently Head of Football of

Spennymoor Town Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, in the North East of England. They currently compete in and currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field. The club began playing in the Northern ...

Playing career

Ainsley signed for

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side

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

from

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in June 1994. In October 1994, Ainsley scored his only professional goal for Hartlepool in a 3–1 victory against Preston. After leaving Hartlepool, Ainsley played for several English non-league sides as well as for clubs in Australia and Singapore.

Coaching career

In 2006, Ainsley was appointed as manager of

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(the tenth tier of English football) side

. Ainsley was manager of club

from 2006 until 2020. Ainsley was the longest-serving manager in the top seven divisions of English football when he left Spennymoor in 2020. Ainsley won 11 trophies whilst at Spennymoor in more than 770 matches. Ainsley guided Spennymoor to the

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(6th tier), the highest division in their history. In October 2022, Ainsley returned to Spennymoor Town as manager until the end of the 2022–23 season. Having missed out on the play-offs on the final day of the season, he returned to his role of Head of Football in May 2023.

Personal life

Ainsley is also a teacher and head of year at Mortimer Community College.

Honours

Manager

Spennymoor Town *

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: 2009–10,

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, 2011–12, 2013–14; runner-up:

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: 2006–07 *

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