{"id":559242,"date":"2020-07-22T14:24:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=559242"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T23:18:53","slug":"report-steven-gerrard-turns-down-head-coach-role-at-bristol-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/22\/report-steven-gerrard-turns-down-head-coach-role-at-bristol-city\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steven Gerrard Turns Down Head Coach Role at Bristol City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has turned down the opportunity to join Championship side Bristol City, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/rangers-boss-steven-gerrard-turns-4354373\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bristol Post&#8217;s<\/a> Gregor MacGregor. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool<\/a> captain was thought to be the favourite to land the role after the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/04\/lee-johnson-bristol-city-sack-head-coach-as-play-off-hopes-diminish\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sacking of Lee Johnson<\/a>. However, he has opted to stay in Scotland and not pursue the opportunity offered by the Robins.<\/p>\n<h2>Steven Gerrard Turns Down Head Coach Role at Bristol City<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Steven Gerrard has turned down the opportunity to become the next <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BristolCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BristolCity<\/a> head coach. More on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bristolcitylive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@bristolcitylive<\/a> shortly. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RangersFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RangersFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gregor MacGregor (@GeeMacGee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeeMacGee\/status\/1285981681221021704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Gerrard Want to Continue Rangers Project<\/h3>\n<p>It is thought that Gerrard was keen to stay at Rangers and continue the project he has started there. His side were unable to stop Celtic from once again winning the league this season but they did close the gap between the two sides. Gerrard has also led them to a Scottish Cup final in his time there.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Gerrard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/50695168\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed a four-year contract<\/a> with the club only in December, signalling his commitment to the cause north of the border.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Options<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s previously been reported that Bristol City <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/19\/report-john-terry-linked-with-vacant-bristol-city-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">were also keen<\/a> on<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Aston Villa<\/a> assistant boss John Terry. However, Villains manager Dean Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/20\/aston-villa-boss-dean-smith-quashes-john-terry-bristol-city-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealed in a press conference<\/a> that Terry would not be going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/brighton-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a> boss Chris Hughton was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/06\/report-chris-hughton-in-discussions-with-bristol-city-over-manager-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">initially a strong candidate<\/a> for the job. His name has not been mentioned much recently, but with Gerrard now ruling himself out and Terry also not set to take the job, the club&#8217;s attention could now turn back to Hughton.<\/p>\n<p>A new name to enter the frame now, though, is Danny Cowley. The former Lincoln City boss was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/19\/danny-cowley-sacked-as-huddersfield-town-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surprisingly sacked<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/huddersfield-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huddersfield Town<\/a> earlier this week and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/bristol-city-next-manager-cowley-4345177\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some reports<\/a> suggest he is now the favourite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"vAND7iI9RbdLCo46KjTNQg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1256842631\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'vAND7iI9RbdLCo46KjTNQg',sig:'ARPWn7jfcxN3K3yxioH-DfgHluAh8DhM1fzBdq7gwNc=',w:'594px',h:'403px',items:'1256842631',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has turned down the opportunity to join Championship side Bristol City, according to the Bristol Post&#8217;s Gregor MacGregor. The former Liverpool captain was thought to be the favourite to land the role after the sacking of Lee Johnson. However, he has opted to stay in Scotland and not pursue the opportunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1144,"featured_media":559244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,2,30,8429,8427],"tags":[537,197,168,1519,178,428,632,136],"class_list":["post-559242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-championship","category-featured","category-news","category-rangers","category-scottish-premiership","tag-bristol-city","tag-championship","tag-efl","tag-lee-johnson","tag-rangers","tag-spfl","tag-steven-gerrard","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}