John McMahon

[ali]

Macca Leaves

Posted on: Sat 06 Jun 2009

 

Assistant manager John McMahon will be leaving Town's coaching staff to take up a new post with Liverpool Football Club as reserve team manager

 

 

 

Macca has been with the club for nearly four years after joining from Tranmere Rovers to join Gary Peters coaching staff.

 

ShrewsWeb spoke to Macca this morning and suggested that it was a move that he couldn't turn down: "If any Premier League club comes knock at your door it something that you have to consider and with it being Liverpool it was a job that I couldn't refuse.

 

"I think it's a great progression for me and I would like to think that I've got experience right through from the youth and reserves sides at Tranmere to the first team at Shrewsbury."

 

The job is a position which will see Macca work to develop the young players between the reserves side and into the first team: "It is a development role and they see the role for me working with the pros who are in-between the reserves and first team and developing and fine tuning them with a view for them going into the first team.

 

"It is a very hands on coaching role and it gives the opportunity to work with some of the best coaches in the certainly Europe if not the world.

 

"To work with a manager of the quality of Rafa Benitez and an assistant manager like Sammy Lee is brilliant and it's a place where I can and continue to learn and develop as a coach and hopefully give them something back."

 

To move to a club like Liverpool is a dream move but Macca revealed that it is tough to be leaving Shrewsbury: "It is tough to leave but I would like to think that I have done my part for Shrewsbury. I signed a 3 year contract and would like to think that I've honoured that contract.

 

"I've never taken a day off sick and during my time we've had two, all be it disappointing, visits to Wembley.

 

"Ultimately I would have liked to have left the club with them being promoted but it wasn't the case to be.

 

"I've really enjoyed my time with Shrewsbury and the chairmen, manager, the staff, players and spectators have been fantastic to me.

 

"I'd like to think I've helped with the resurgence of Shrewsbury and think I leave the club in a better position than when I joined."

 

Macca now closes his chapter at Shrewsbury Town and looks ahead to the new challenge of developing the next set of Liverpool superstars: "It is certainly an interesting job and when you are working at that level with international player's day in and day out it is great challenge.

 

"The facilities and resources that they can draw on help to make this a challenge that I am certainly looking forward too.

 

"It's one that I am really looking to get my teeth into and hopefully I can reproduce the goods there as well."

 

When Paul Simpson took over he kept faith with Macca and subsequently promoted his to his assistant manager.

 

It's a blow for Simmo but it's a move that he knows Macca couldn't turn down: "John's been offered a fantastic position at Liverpool Football Cub as a coach of a development group that they are trying to form next year.

 

"It's something that was in one of the Sunday papers a few weeks ago but I didn't know anything concrete about it until last Tuesday when I got a call from Owen Brown at Liverpool asking for permission to speak to Macca.

 

"When you get a phone call like that there is no way that anybody can stand in the way of someone who has been loyal to a football club. To give them the opportunity to work at club like Liverpool is a great chance for him that he has accepted."

 

At Tranmere Macca came through as the youth manager but also took charge of the reserves and had a couple of spells in charge of the first team. When Simmo took over at Town he stuck with Macca and has been grateful for his input and honesty in that time: "John has been great since I've come into the football club to be honest, he's a fella who I didn't really know a hell of a lot about but I decided to give it a shot and see how we got on and he's been very good for me.

 

"He is someone who is prepared to pass an opinion and will question things which I think you have to have as a manager. You need to have staff who are prepared to have their own opinions and John has been very good for that.

 

"He's been a good coach to the players and they all enjoyed the sessions that he put on and he was a great help to them.

 

"All we can do now is thank him for what he's done and wish Macca all the best in what should be a fantastic chance for him."

 

The news now leaves Simmo with another bit of planning work to see how he fills to space left by Macca. He has some ideas of what to do know and is looking to add to his coaching staff: "It is something that we have now got to deal with and I'm not worried about it as you have to use these opportunities as a positive.

 

"It gives me an opportunity to change around the staff a little bit and there are things that I am hoping to do.

 

"I'm looking to possibly bring in a couple of new members of staff in and probably not an assistant manager, but a couple of people who we can use their expertise in certain areas to make the coaching staff better.

 

"It will also open the door for me to do more coaching and will allow Stuart Delaney to take a step up and take more responsibility.

 

"If I can get a couple more staff to come in then I think it will give us a broader coaching set-up and everyone can take on more responsibilities."

 

http://www.shrewsburytown.com/page/NewsDet...1686571,00.html

[CarraLegend]

John, your brother is a f***ing bellend.

[Ethan]

John, your brother is a f***ing bellend.

 

haha welcome to the club John

[Keita]

John, your brother is a f***ing bellend.

 

In the same bracket as Paul Merson.

[floyd]

In the same bracket as Paul Merson.

Not the uber cvnt bracket as him, and the likes of Keys, Nicholas, Sherwood, Birley and Mark Bright, occupy, but just the cvnt bracket, same as Ray Houghton, Beglin, Gray and Redknapp

Edited June 6, 2009 by floyd

[Maldini]

From that it sounds to me like we're going to have two reserve squads next season with McMahon coaching the likes of Insua, Spearing, Darby, Nemeth, Pacheco, San Jose and Kelly who are on the fringes of the first team and someone else looking after the younger lads.

[Hassony]

From that it sounds to me like we're going to have two reserve squads next season with McMahon coaching the likes of Insua, Spearing, Darby, Nemeth, Pacheco, San Jose and Kelly who are on the fringes of the first team and someone else looking after the younger lads.

 

I don't expect Insua to play many reserve games next season

[RedLars]

From that it sounds to me like we're going to have two reserve squads next season with McMahon coaching the likes of Insua, Spearing, Darby, Nemeth, Pacheco, San Jose and Kelly who are on the fringes of the first team and someone else looking after the younger lads.

 

Two reserve squads, would that means we would establish a second reserve team aswell? If so, where would the second team play?

 

Does the reserve offer these fringe players enough of a challenge or would a loan deal to championship outfit be a better option?

[Maldini]

Two reserve squads, would that means we would establish a second reserve team aswell? If so, where would the second team play?

 

Not sure, it would make sense to enter a second team alright. City have a second reserve team in the old Pontins Central league.

 

Does the reserve offer these fringe players enough of a challenge or would a loan deal to championship outfit be a better option?

 

I think this is the problem, we have lads like Nemeth, Spearing, San Jose etc who are too good for the reserves, but the club seem to want to keep them at the club to give them the "right type of coaching" and maybe they won't get that at other clubs. Maybe that's what this development squad is about, who knows what they'll do it could just be that they'll play friendlies against other clubs' fringe players as our reserves have a few times this season.

[yuriska]

On that note, we've started signing new staff:

 

Tranmere legend John Achterberg has today left Rovers and become goalkeeper coach at Liverpool. Achterberg, who played seven games in League One last season, joined Rovers back in 1998 and enjoyed a testimonial at Prenton Park last season.

 

He will now work alongside former Wrexham goalkeeper Xabi Valero at Anfield who is already on the coaching staff. Valero will step up and coach first team goalkeepers in the wake of Joe Corrigan's retirement, Achterberg will coach reserve and academy goalkeepers.

 

The Dutchman has become a huge crowd favourite during his time at Tranmere and no fan would begrudge him the opportunity to go and work at a club of Liverpool's size. A veteran of more than 300 appearances, today's news does now seem to confirm his playing career has come to an end.

 

John, who holds a range of UEFA and FA coaching badges, had not been offered the chance to prolong his playing career at Prenton Park and had been offered only a part-time coaching role with the clubs' goalkeepers.

 

He follows former Tranmere coach John McMahon to Anfield who was named reserve team coach yesterday.

 

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[Boca]

On that note, we've started signing new staff:

 

Tranmere legend John Achterberg has today left Rovers and become goalkeeper coach at Liverpool. Achterberg, who played seven games in League One last season, joined Rovers back in 1998 and enjoyed a testimonial at Prenton Park last season.

 

He will now work alongside former Wrexham goalkeeper Xabi Valero at Anfield who is already on the coaching staff. Valero will step up and coach first team goalkeepers in the wake of Joe Corrigan's retirement, Achterberg will coach reserve and academy goalkeepers.

 

The Dutchman has become a huge crowd favourite during his time at Tranmere and no fan would begrudge him the opportunity to go and work at a club of Liverpool's size. A veteran of more than 300 appearances, today's news does now seem to confirm his playing career has come to an end.

 

John, who holds a range of UEFA and FA coaching badges, had not been offered the chance to prolong his playing career at Prenton Park and had been offered only a part-time coaching role with the clubs' goalkeepers.

 

He follows former Tranmere coach John McMahon to Anfield who was named reserve team coach yesterday.

 

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Joe Corrigan has been gone since 2004.

[Hassony]

Joe Corrigan has been gone since 2004.

 

It never amazes me how clueless some of these journalists are

[Maldini]

He's not a journalist, he's just some lad running a fanzine website.

[Dule]

Things are starting to pickup, NEED SOME ACTION FFS!!

[ali]

Warrington Wolves would welcome back Liverpool Football Club Reserves

 

6:50pm Thursday 11th June 2009

 

WARRINGTON Wolves would welcome Liverpool Reserves back to The Halliwell Jones Stadium in future years.

 

The Anfield club have now confirmed they will be playing their reserve team games at pastures new next season following two seasons in Warrington.

 

It is thought that the pitch at The Halliwell Jones was the decisive factor, with Liverpool understood to be seeking a deal with a soccer club that can offer a football-exclusive pitch that is more suited to their passing style of play.

 

Wolves’ director of commercial development Dave Hutchinson, who brokered the initial deal for the Super League club, said: “They were delighted while they were here and there were no complaints about the facilities and the crowds.

 

“I think it came down to the playing surface in the end.

 

“Having Liverpool Reserves in Warrington gave a lot of people the chance to watch a decent level of professional football that they wouldn’t normally get maybe due to lack of availability of Premier League match tickets or the cost of those tickets.

 

“That was my aim at the start of all this and it was a very worthwhile exercise.

 

“They saw some decent players in the likes of Xabi Alonso, Harry Kewell and Manchester United’s Gary Neville playing at The Halliwell Jones.”

 

The first season was the highlight, with Liverpool playing some super football en route to winning the North title.

 

And the clash with Manchester United in that first campaign attracted a stunning 10,500 ‘gate’.

 

Wolves are not actively pursuing another soccer team to hire The Halliwell Jones for its home matches next season.

 

“We’re going to give the pitch a rest,” said Hutchinson.

 

“We’re going to continually seek to improve the pitch for the rest of this season.

 

“An opportunity may arise for next year and we would look at that but we’re not actively pursuing a team for next season. And we would certainly welcome back Liverpool in the future.”

 

Reserve league attendances for the 2008/09 season show that The Halliwell Jones Stadium, despite Liverpool’s struggling form, had the highest aggregate across the country with 10,766 from 10 matches. Northern title winners Sunderland attracted 10,577.

 

The two highest attendances for one game were also attracted to Warrington, with 3,995 turning out to see Liverpool entertain Manchester United and 2,679 entering the stadium for the Merseyside Mini ‘derby’.

 

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/...return/?ref=rss

[Maldini]

I wonder if we're doing Rafa's plan of building a little stand at the Academy.