John McMahon is an English

England

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 former footballer turned coach. He is the current first-team coach at Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

 and is a former reserve team coach at Liverpool

Liverpool

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. He is the brother of former England

England national football team

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 and Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

 player Steve McMahon

Steve McMahon

Stephen Joseph McMahon is an English former football midfielder who most notably played for Liverpool in the late 1980s...

.

Playing career

A full-back who joined Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...

 in 1965 as a fifteen year old, McMahon made his first team debut on 6 October 1970 in a League Cup

Football League Cup

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 tie against West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

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.

He had a loan spell at Southend United

Southend United F.C.

Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...

 in 1970–71

1970-71 in English football

The 1970–71 season was the 91st season of competitive football in England.-First Division:Arsenal won the league championship at the end of a season which would soon be followed by their FA Cup final tie with Liverpool. Arsenal secured the league title at White Hart Lane, the home of bitter rivals...

, playing 4 games, before establishing himself as a first team regular in 1971–72

1971-72 in English football

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 when he was named as the club's player of the year

Preston North End Player of the Year Award Winners

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McMahon scored 6 goals for Preston between 1970 and 1979. He played one game on loan at Chesterfield

Chesterfield F.C.

Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...

 before moving to Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra F.C.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...

 in 1979.

He was a pupil of All Hallows, secondary Modern School in, Wythenshawe, Manchester.

Coaching career

McMahon spent eight years on the coaching staff of Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

, where he had two spells as caretaker manager, in the 2003–04

2003-04 in English football

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 season and at the end of the 2005–06

2005-06 in English football

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 season.

He moved to become first-team coach at Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town F.C.

Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...

 in June 2006, and was made assistant manager in September 2007. On 3 March 2008 he was appointed caretaker manager, after the departure of manager Gary Peters

Gary Peters (footballer)

Gary David Peters is an English former professional footballer and now manager. He is currently Director of Football at Hereford United.-Playing career:...

. The appointment of Paul Simpson

Paul Simpson (footballer)

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 on 12 March saw him resume the assistant role.

On 8 June 2009, John was appointed reserve team coach of Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, replacing Gary Ablett.
He took charge of the reserve team for the first time on 18 July 2009, when the a Liverpool XI beat Aberystwyth Town 4-1 in a friendly. On 11 March 2011 it was announced that he would no longer be a coach at Liverpool.

In June 2011 he rejoined the coaching staff at Tranmere as first team coach.