Warren Garton Joyce (born 20 January 1965) is an English football

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and former player, who is currently the lead coach of Nottingham Forest F.C.'s U18 Squad. As a player, he played in

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for Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, Plymouth Argyle,

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and

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. After taking over as player-manager of Hull City in 1998, he eventually moved to Belgium, where he was appointed manager of Manchester United's feeder club

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in 2006. Two years later, he returned to England as co-manager of the Manchester United reserves, along with former Manchester United forward

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. When Solskjær left in 2011, Joyce took charge of the reserves. In November 2016, he was signed by

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as a replacement for Gary Caldwell, but left four months later. In June 2017, Joyce was announced as the new manager for Melbourne City in the A-League. On 8 May 2019, Melbourne City announced they had severed ties with Joyce. In June 2019, he became the Development coach with

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side Salford City, spending two years with the Ammies before taking on the role of lead U18 coach with

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in July 2021.

Playing career

Bolton Wanderers

Joyce was born in

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, Lancashire, the son of

Walter Joyce Walter Joyce (10 September 1937 – 29 September 1999) was an English professional footballer and manager who played as a wing half, born in Oldham, Lancashire. His son, Warren Joyce, also played for Burnley Burnley () is a town and the ...

, the former

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and

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player, and began his career as a trainee with Bolton Wanderers in 1981. He broke into the first team as a

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and in six years made a total of 221 appearances for Bolton, scoring 21 goals.

Preston North End

In October 1987, however, Preston North End manager John McGrath offered £35,000 for his services. With Joyce's father Walter now a coach at

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(he had previously coached at Oldham Athletic), Joyce decided to make the move. Over the next five years, he became a popular figure at Preston earning himself the nickname "Psycho", due to his never-say-die commitment to the cause. In all he played 208 matches for the Lilywhites scoring 44 goals, winning the club's

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award and being made club captain. However, when Plymouth Argyle made a £160,000 offer for him in May 1992, Preston were forced to accept and he was on his way to

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was short, with Joyce playing only 40 games and scoring four goals in his year there. When

offered £140,000 for him in July 1993 Plymouth decided to cash in, he was on his way back to

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. In three years at

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he played 90 games and scored 12 goals.

Hull City

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stay though at

in January 1995 paved the way for a permanent deal 18 months later, and in July 1996 Joyce signed for Hull. He went on to play a total of 170 games for Hull scoring 19 goals, becoming club captain at

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. Later in November 1998 he was asked to stand in as caretaker manager following the departure of

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. City soon made the appointment permanent with Joyce taking on the dual role of

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. At the time of his appointment, City were rooted to the foot of the 4th Division table and looked to be heading out of

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– and into bankruptcy. However, under Joyce's stewardship, City staged a remarkable turnaround and achieved survival with games to spare; City fans christened this season "the Great Escape".

Coaching and managerial career

Hull City's chairman decided to replace Joyce as manager with the more experienced and well-known Brian Little. In all, Joyce's playing career spanned 19 years scoring 100 goals in 731 appearances for his various clubs. He has since held coaching roles with

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and

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. On 11 September 2006, Joyce was appointed coach of

. He was introduced to this team by his former colleague Andy Welsh who was the assistant coach at Royal Antwerp on a loan basis from Manchester United. On 26 May 2008, it was announced that Joyce would leave Antwerp for Manchester United, where he would be co-managing the reserves along with former United striker

. He took sole charge in December 2010, when Solskjær left to manage

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. On 2 November 2016, Joyce was appointed manager of

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club

on a three-and-a-half-year contract. However, after managing just 6 wins out of 24 matches, he parted company with Wigan on 13 March 2017, four months after first joining the club. On 19 June 2017, Joyce was announced as the new manager of Australian A-League club Melbourne City. In July 2019 he was appointed as coach for Salford City's first development squad. Since the summer of 2021, he has been in his current role with Forest, replacing Gareth Holmes in the role of lead u18 coach.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joyce, Warren 1965 births Living people Footballers from Oldham English footballers Association football midfielders Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Hull City A.F.C. managers Royal Antwerp F.C. managers Wigan Athletic F.C. managers English Football League managers Tranmere Rovers F.C. non-playing staff Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff Salford City F.C. non-playing staff Nottingham Forest F.C. non-playing staff