{"id":875,"date":"2022-12-12T09:18:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T09:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/neil-critchley-named-queens-park-rangers-head-coach\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T09:18:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T09:18:58","slug":"neil-critchley-named-queens-park-rangers-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/neil-critchley-named-queens-park-rangers-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Critchley named Queens Park Rangers head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Neil Critchley left his role as assistant head coach at Aston Villa last October<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Neil Critchley has been named as Queens Park Rangers’ new head coach, agreeing a three-and-a-half-year deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The former Blackpool manager was most recently assistant head coach at Aston Villa, leaving a day after Steven Gerrard was sacked in October.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Critchley replaces Michael Beale, who left QPR in late November after less than six months as boss to take charge <\/span>of Scottish Premiership side Rangers.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

QPR are ninth in the Championship <\/span>following Sunday’s loss to Burnley<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We want to move the club forward and ensure we are competing at the top end of the Championship table,” Critchley told QPR’s website.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There have been some good foundations laid here and now it is my job to work as hard as I can to build on that.”<\/span><\/p>\n

QPR were top of the league on 21 October but have since taken just one point out of a possible 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ex-Liverpool youth coach Critchley won promotion to the Championship with Blackpool in 2021, guiding the Tangerines to safety last term.<\/span><\/p>\n

In June, he left Blackpool to join Aston Villa, where he replaced QPR-bound Beale.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am looking forward to getting to work with the players and staff,” Critchley added.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I already know some of the players from working with them previously and I am aware of a number of them, having followed their careers from afar.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Garrity has joined Critchley at QPR as assistant head coach, after leaving his role as assistant manager at Lincoln City.<\/span><\/p>\n

Garrity worked with Critchley at Liverpool’s academy and at Blackpool and was granted early release from his contract with the Imps, who he joined this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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