Paul Groves

Who is Paul Groves?

Paul Groves is an English former professional footballer and manager who is currently the first team coach of Crawley Town.

He notably captained and managed Grimsby Town. He was naturally a central midfield player, but later in his career was used as a central defender. He also played in the Football League for Leicester City, Lincoln City, Blackpool, West Bromwich Albion and Scunthorpe United having also played at non-league level for Belper Town, Burton Albion, York City and Stafford Rangers. His playing career lasted from 1986 until 2006 however he was player/manager at Grimsby Town from 2001 until 2004, he eventually retired in 2006 whilst he was player/assistant manager at Stafford Rangers. He was the senior coach at West Ham United following Avram Grant to the club from Portsmouth. However, he parted company with the club on 24 June 2011, following the arrival of Sam Allardyce he joined Bournemouth as the clubs youth team manager. On 25 March 2012 he became the clubs first team manager following a caretaker spell in charge, however he was relieved of his duties in October that year but was re-appointed as youth team boss.