Jeffrey Gregory King (born May 1959) is an English

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and

association football manager In association football, the manager is the person who runs a football club or a national team. They have wide-ranging responsibilities, including selecting the team, choosing the tactics, recruiting and transferring players, negotiating pl ...

Life and career

King, a former

Canvey Island Canvey Island is a town, civil parishes in England, civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, near Southend-on-Sea, in the Castle Point district, in the county of Essex, England. It has an area of and a population of 38,170.Office ...

player, took over ownership at Canvey in 1992 and both managed and funded the club's progress through the divisions between 1992 and 2006, where he left them in the

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. In 2006, King announced that he was terminating his association with Canvey and instead took over at

Isthmian League Premier Division The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 teams ...

club

Chelmsford City Chelmsford City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Currently members of they play at the Melbourne Stadium. History Chelmsford Chelmsford Football Club was established in 1878 by members o ...

. During his time at Chelmsford, King managed them to the 2007–08 Isthmian League Premier Division title. He then reached the

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play-off semi-final in the following season. In May 2009, King took on a new role at Chelmsford City as director of football, with his assistant

Glenn Pennyfather Glenn Julian Pennyfather (born 11 February 1963) is an English retired footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He made 315 appearances in the Football League for Southend United, Crystal Palace. Ipswich Town and Bristol City before ...

taking control of first team affairs. He was also given a role on club's

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, with Pennyfather reporting directly to King.

References

1959 births Living people English businesspeople English football chairmen and investors Canvey Island F.C. players Canvey Island F.C. managers Chelmsford City F.C. managers Men's association football players not categorized by position English men's footballers Chelmsford City F.C. non-playing staff Isthmian League managers Place of birth missing (living people) {{England-footy-manager-stub