Gary's 10 years - stat attack

Greensnet Editor
Tue 03 Feb 2015, 08:27

During Gary's time as manager, he has overseen a total of 553 matches - which added to his 196 appearances in goal, means he's been involved in 749 Hendon first team games so far.

Of those 553 matches, which includes the game at Peacehaven on Saturday, we have won 234, drawn 111 and lost 208. The draws include any cup ties that went to penalties. We have scored 884 goals and conceded 804.

Breaking that down a bit further, in the league the record is played 427, won 168, drawn 94, lost 165, scored 633, conceded 612, and we've picked up 598 points.

You can probably do the maths, but in all cup ties, the record is played 126, won 66, drawn 17 (including 6 penalty shoot-out wins and 3 penalty defeats), lost 43, scored 251 and conceded 192.

Breaking down the cup ties played further we have played 40 games in the FA Cup, 18 in the FA Trophy, 14 in the League Cup, 26 in the Middlesex Senior Cup and 28 in the London Senior Cup.

The player who made the most appearances under McCann is former captain James Parker, who retired in 2012 after completing his 300th match, 299 of which came with Gary as manager. James Burgess left Hendon after 324 appearances, but he had more than 70 before Gary arrived, and they were teammates in April 2003. Of the current squad, Kevin Maclaren is tops with 270, though brother Casey and Lee O'Leary are both on 255.

Hopefully there are many more games to come under Gary's leadership - who, as has been mentioned in recent years, is believed to be the longest serving manager in the club's history.