Ashley Vincent

Ashley Derek Vincent (born 26 May 1985) is an English former football player and manager who is a first-team coach at EFL League Two club Cheltenham Town.

Oldbury, West Midlands-born Vincent started his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, spending three years at Molineux and playing in the youth and reserve teams.

In May 2004, Vincent joined League Two side Cheltenham Town on a two-year deal; manager John Ward had previously worked on the coaching staff at Wolves.

[3] He made his first-team debut on 7 August 2004, replacing John Melligan 68 minutes into a 2–0 win over Southend United at Roots Hall.

He played 77 minutes of the play-off final at the Millennium Stadium, before he was taken off for Damian Spencer; Cheltenham held on to their 1–0 lead over Grimsby Town to win promotion into League One.

[10] After missing the rest of the 2006–07 season due to the injury, he marked his return to full fitness on 15 August 2007 with a "stunning" equalizing goal against Swindon Town.

In July 2008, he signed a new contract with the club; manager Keith Downing stated, "The boy's had a cruciate injury and he's a young one as well.

[15] In February 2009, he rejected manager Martin Allen's offer of a new contract and was linked with a loan move to Bradford City.

[26] He started the 2012–13 season on the wing, opposite Jennison Myrie-Williams, and scored twice in the opening six league games to fire the "Valiants" into second place.

[27] After claiming goals against Oxford United and Wycombe Wanderers, he was named as League Two Player of the Month in October 2012, but credited his teammates, saying "this award is as much for them as it is for me".

[28] "There's been a lot of deserved praise for Tom Pope's goal scoring record, but Port Vale are no 'one man team' and Ashley's contribution this month was clearly worthy of recognition.

[38] In mid-September he stated that the New Meadow was "the best dressing room I have been in" in terms of team spirit, however, he played only a fringe role at the club and failed to make a first-team appearance after a 1−0 defeat at Plymouth Argyle in October 2014.

[39] Shrewsbury won promotion at the end of the 2014–15 season as runners-up in League Two, with Vincent leaving the club by mutual consent on 2 June 2015.

[45] Vincent was appointed as assistant manager to John Snape at former club, Midland League side Worcester City, in May 2018.

[46] He had previously agreed to take up the management post at Cradley Town, but backed away from the offer after feeling he would be "fighting against a tide" at the club.

[51] Vincent returned to Cheltenham Town as the club's new lead professional development phase coach in November 2022 after Pete Haynes left to join the Southampton Academy.