Player Profile

Graham COUGHLAN

Full name
Graham COUGHLAN

Date of birth
November 18th, 1974 - Dublin

First joined
March 25th, 1997 [loan]

First team debut
March 29th, 1997 vs. Norwich City (Home)

Last match played
April 12th, 1997 vs. Ipswich Town (Home)

Positions

CD

International eligibility

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
No international caps.

The second defender to join on loan from Blackburn during the 1996/1997 season - the other being the more popular Marlon Broomes - Coughlan featured in three of Swindon's appalling concluding games of that season. He went on to become one of Plymouth Argyle's key-players during their climb up the football league in the early 2000's.

Playing Record

Senior

Season	LEAGUE		FA CUP		EFL CUP		TOTAL
Season	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls
1996/97	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
TOTAL	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

Note that appearance data for reserve and youth teams may not be complete. Expand for more information.

Season	RES. LGE		RES. LC		TOTAL
Season	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls
1996/97	2	-	-	-	2	-
TOTAL	2	-	-	-	2	-

Career details

Club	Details
Cherry Orchard Cherry Orchard	1987 (youth) 1993
Bray Wanderers Bray Wanderers	1994
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	October 14th, 1995
Swindon Town Swindon	March 25th, 1997 (loan); expired (1996/7)
Livingston Livingston	March 1st, 1999 (loan); expired (1998/9)
Livingston Livingston	cs 1999 ; transferred out (June 21st, 2001)
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	June 21st, 2001 (transferred in, free transfer); transferred out (July 15th, 2005)
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday	July 15th, 2005 (transferred in, undisclosed fee); released (rptd July 4th, 2007)
Burnley Burnley	March 22nd, 2007 (loan); expired (2006/7)
Rotherham United Rotherham United	July 19th, 2007 (unattached); transferred out (August 7th, 2008)
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	August 7th, 2008 (transferred in, undisclosed fee); released (rptd May 14th, 2010)
Southend United Southend United	July 22nd, 2010 (unattached) rptd June 13th, 2011 (appointed player-coach); retired (rptd June 30th, 2013) rptd June 30th, 2013 (appointed coach) rptd July 23rd, 2015 (appointed assistant manager); sacked (rptd January 17th, 2018)
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	July 3rd, 2018 (appointed defensive coach) December 13th, 2018 (appointed caretaker manager) rptd January 6th, 2019 (appointed manager); resigned (December 16th, 2019)
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	December 17th, 2019 (appointed manager); sacked (October 28th, 2020)
Sheffield United Sheffield United	rptd March 22nd, 2021 (appointed coach)
Newport County Newport County	October 20th, 2022 (appointed manager); by mutual consent (June 20th, 2024)
Boston United Boston Utd	November 19th, 2024 (appointed manager)