John Vaughan (born 26 June 1964) is an English football coach and former professional

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who was goalkeeping coach at

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. As a player he was a

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who made nearly 400 league appearances notably in the

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with lengthy spells at

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and Lincoln City. He also made brief appearances for

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and Chesterfield.

Playing career

A goalkeeper, Vaughan came up through the youth ranks at

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although he didn't make a first team appearance at Upton Park. Whilst at West Ham he was sent out on loan to gain experience at

and

before

paid £12,500 for his permanent services in the summer of 1986. Vaughan spent two seasons at

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, making 44 league appearances. He was also in goal the night that

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beat Fulham 10–0 in an

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game. He was released from Fulham in 1988 and was signed by

manager Chris Turner. Vaughan went on to enjoy success at United as, led by Turner's successor John Beck, they gained successive promotions from 1989 to 1991 to take them to the old Second Division. They finished the 1991–92 season in the

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for the inaugural

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season but were beaten by

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. During the following season Vaughan fell out of favour once Beck had been sacked and subsequent United managers

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and

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preferred either

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much of the time. At the end of the 1992/93 season Vaughan was released and joined

where he made 6 appearances as back-up goalkeeper to

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. When John Beck had taken over as manager of

he took Vaughan with him and he made 66 appearances at

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. Beck was sacked and took over at Lincoln City, taking Vaughan with him again where he played a further 65 games. He wound down his league career with loan spells at

and Chesterfield before moving into coaching.

Coaching career

Vaughan went into coaching with clubs such as

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(appointed on a part-time basis in September 2003), Maccesfield Town and

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. After doing some part-time coaching in the academy, Vaughan was appointed as goalkeeping coach at

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in August 2006. He was goalkeeping coach of

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from July 2012 to October 2014. In June 2015, he was appointed goalkeeping coach at

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. In June 2019 he took up the role of goalkeeping coach at

. The next month he was praised by Bradford City manager

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Honours

Club

;

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: 1990–91 *

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play-off winner: 1989–90 ;

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: 1995–96

References

External links

Unofficial John Vaughan Profile
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The Forgotten Imp
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaughan, John 1964 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Hounslow People from Isleworth English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers West Ham United F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players English Football League players York City F.C. non-playing staff Macclesfield Town F.C. non-playing staff Grimsby Town F.C. non-playing staff Huddersfield Town A.F.C. non-playing staff Birmingham City F.C. non-playing staff Barnsley F.C. non-playing staff Bradford City A.F.C. non-playing staff