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Darron Gee is an English former
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who played as a
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. He was most recently the
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of
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. Gee played in
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with
Hucknall Town Hucknall Town Football Club is a football club based in the town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. The club is a member of the and plays at the RM Stadium. History Hucknall Town were renamed from Hucknall Colliery Welfare in 1987 and for ...
, before moving into
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with
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, with whom he won
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to the
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Supreme Division in the 1995–96 season. He went on to have spells as Gary Mills'
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at Grantham Town,
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and Tamworth. He took over as Tamworth manager in 2002, and in a two-year spell won the Southern League Premier Division title, reached an
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final and kept the club in the
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. He worked with Mills again at
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and
Alfreton Town Alfreton Town Football Club is a football club based in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England. The club are currently members of and play at North Street. History The club was formed in 1959 following the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alf ...
, and after initially taking over as manager at Alfreton, followed Mills to Tamworth in 2007. Having won the
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title in 2009, the pair moved on to York City in 2010, winning the
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play-offs and FA Trophy in 2011–12. Both left the club in 2013.


Playing career

Gee spent 12 years as a reserve-team
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and committee member for
Hucknall Town Hucknall Town Football Club is a football club based in the town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. The club is a member of the and plays at the RM Stadium. History Hucknall Town were renamed from Hucknall Colliery Welfare in 1987 and for ...
in
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, although his playing career was hampered by recurrent injuries to his right knee. Having had seven operations on his knee, he was unable to pursue a playing career in professional football.


Managerial and coaching career

Gee started his
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career with
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, leading them to second place in the
Central Midlands League The Central Midlands Alliance is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before changing to the Central Midlands L ...
Premier Division in the 1995–96 season, thus winning
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to the Central Midlands League Supreme Division. He left the club after one season to become Gary Mills'
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at Grantham Town in July 1996. Gee had become acquainted with Mills having lived with his Nottingham Forest teammate Colin Walsh. The pair were in charge when Grantham won the Southern League Midland Division championship in 1997–98. They went on to work together at
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and Tamworth. After Mills departed Tamworth to become first-team coach at
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, Gee took over as manager in May 2002 on a three-year contract. He took them into the
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from the Southern League Premier Division, winning the title by a 13-point margin in 2002–03. The same season saw Gee also take his team to the 2003 FA Trophy Final at
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, where Tamworth were beaten 2–1 by
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on 18 May 2003. Gee considered leaving Tamworth during January 2004 after he and his players received verbal abuse from some fans, but decided to continue after talks with his family and the club's chairman. Having led Tamworth to safety from relegation he announced in April 2004 that he would resign at the end of 2003–04, wanting to spend more time with his wife and young son, having been working continuously for four years. His resignation came into effect after their final match of the season, a 1–1 draw away to
Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spr ...
on 24 April 2004. Gee was appointed assistant manager at recently relegated League Two club
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on 10 May 2004 to be reunited Mills, thus fulfilling the promise Mills made to Gee when the pair started working together that they would go on to manage the
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club. Mills was dismissed on 4 November 2004, with Gee's departure coming a week later after his contract with the club was terminated. He commented in retrospect that "What happened at Notts County devastated us both. We had always been successful until then." He joined
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club
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as assistant manager to Mills on 25 May 2005, before being appointed as manager on 26 January 2007 following Mills' return to Conference club Tamworth. Gee managed Alfreton in one match, a 1–0 win over
Leigh RMI Leigh Genesis Football Club, formerly known as Horwich RMI (Railway Mechanics Institute) and Leigh RMI, is an English amateur association football club that currently plays in the South Lancashire Counties Football League. The semi-professional ...
on 27 January 2007, before leaving to join Mills at Tamworth as his assistant on 30 January. Tamworth were relegated at the end of 2006–07, before Mills and Gee led the team to promotion back into the Conference by winning the Conference North title in 2008–09. Gee joined Tamworth's Conference Premier rivals
York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 seas ...
as assistant manager on 13 October 2010 following Mills' appointment as manager. Mills and Gee led York to promotion to League Two with a 2–1 victory over
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in the
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at
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, as well as a 2–0 win over Newport County at Wembley eight days earlier in the 2012 FA Trophy Final. Following York's promotion, Gee switched from part-time to full-time status, having previously combined his position as assistant manager with his directorship of a
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-based
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company. Gee left York by mutual consent after two and a half years with the club on 4 March 2013, two days after Mills was dismissed as manager.


Managerial statistics


Honours


As a manager

Dunkirk *
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Premier Division runners-up: 1995–96 Tamworth * Southern League Premier Division: 2002–03


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gee, Darron Living people English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Hucknall Town F.C. players English football managers Tamworth F.C. managers Alfreton Town F.C. managers Southern Football League managers National League (English football) managers Tamworth F.C. non-playing staff Notts County F.C. non-playing staff Alfreton Town F.C. non-playing staff York City F.C. non-playing staff Year of birth missing (living people)