John Lewis (footballer, born 1955)

For people with the same name see John Lewis (disambiguation)

John Lewis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-10-15) 15 October 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Tredegar, Wales
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Bristol Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1978	Aberbargoed Buds
1978	Pontllanfraith	1	(0)
1978–1983	Cardiff City	140	(9)
1983–1987	Newport County	153	(8)
1987–1989	Swansea City	25	(0)
1989–1991	Abergavenny Thursdays
1991	Barry Town
1992–1995	Newport	76	(4)
1995–1998	Ebbw Vale	12	(0)
1998–1999	Merthyr Tydfil
1999	Rhayader Town	2	(0)
1999–2000	Bohemians	0	(0)
2000–2001	Llanelli	0	(0)
2001	Merthyr Tydfil
International career
	Wales U-21	1	(0)
Managerial career
1987	Newport County
	Merthyr Tydfil
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Lewis (born 15 October 1955) is a Welsh former professional footballer and manager.

Career

Lewis was born in Tredegar and was spotted by Cardiff City while playing for Pontllanfraith in a Welsh Football League match and was quickly offered a contract by then manager Jimmy Andrews. He made his Cardiff debut against Blackburn Rovers in September 1978. He went on to become a regular fixture in the Bluebirds line-up over the next few years before eventually leaving the club along with Linden Jones and Tarki Micallef to join Newport County in a swap deal that saw Nigel Vaughan and Karl Elsey go the other way and join Cardiff.^[2]

After establishing himself in the County side he went on to become the club's player-manager when Jimmy Mullen left for Aberdeen in 1987 but could not prevent the club being relegated in the 1986–87 season and was subsequently sacked after Newport took only one point from their first six games in the following season. He moved on to spend one season at Swansea City making 25 appearances before moving to Hereford before retiring.

Wales Under-21s

Lewis made one appearance for the Wales under-21 team.

Coaching career

Lewis was manager at Newport County and Merthyr. In February 2006 he returned to Merthyr as coach.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Won %
Newport County		5 March 1987	7 September 1987	20	3	3	14	15.00