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Stuart Maynard (born 18 October 1980) is an English former footballer and manager. He is currently the manager of Wealdstone, having been promoted from assistant manager in February 2021.

Stuart Maynard

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Maynard
Date of birth	(1980-10-18) 18 October 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth	Aylesbury, England
Position(s)	Midfielder / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Wealdstone (Manager)
Youth career
–1999	Watford
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999	St Albans City	0	(0)
1999–2000	Wealdstone	9	(1)
2000	St Albans City	2	(0)
2000–2002	Aylesbury United	65	(10)
2002–2003	Enfield	34	(2)
2003–2005	Hitchin Town	40	(2)
2005–2006	Dunstable Town
2006–2007	Chesham United
2007–2008	Barton Rovers
2008	Halesowen Town	4	(0)
2008–2009	Aylesbury United	7	(2)
2009–2010	Aylesbury	11	(0)
2010–2011	Hemel Hempstead Town
Teams managed
2021–	Wealdstone
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Maynard started off his career as an apprentice at Watford, before being released in 1999 after the Hertfordshire based side reached the Premier League. He then went on to have brief spells with FC Groningen and St Albans City, before joining Wealdstone.[1] Maynard made 11 appearances for the Stones, scoring once away to Worthing in December 1999, before returning to St Albans in 2000. Maynard would then go on to spend two years at Aylesbury United,[2] before spending another 9 years in non league football.

Coaching career

Assistant manager

In May 2012, Maynard was appointed as assistant manager at Hemel Hempstead Town, with former teammate Dean Brennan being appointed as manager.[3] The pair guided Hemel to the Southern League title in 2013-14, and to the First Round of the FA Cup the following season, where they lost 3-1 to Bury.[4] Maynard helped the club to reach the National League South playoffs in 2017-18, where they were eliminated on penalties by Braintree Town in the semi final.

On 18 September 2018, Maynard and Brennan were appointed by owner Glenn Tamplin as the managerial team at National League South side Billericay Town.[5] However, they both had their contracts terminated by Tamplin after less than four months in the job on Wednesday 16 January 2019.[6]

On 12 February 2019, the pair joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Kingstonian. However, on 16 March 2019, following a breakdown in relations with a club director over player liaison and team strategy, Maynard and Brennan re-evaluated their position and resigned after just five games in charge.[7]

On 21 May 2019, Maynard and Brennan joined National League South side Wealdstone, with Stuart Maynard initially the assistant manager.[8] In the shortened 2019-20 season, the duo led the club to automatic promotion to the National League, as champions of the National League South. On 2 February 2021, Brennan resigned from his role at Wealdstone, with Maynard remaining at the club.[9]

Wealdstone

Following Brennan's departure, Maynard was initially appointed as Wealdstone's interim manager, before being appointed permanently on 11 March 2021, with Matthew Saunders as his assistant manager.[10] The back end of the 2020-21 season saw the club struggle, a number of first team players were furloughed[11] which contributed to Wealdstone suffering multiple heavy defeats at the start of Maynard's tenure. In spite of this, the club still finished in 19th, clear of what would have been the relegation zone.

Maynard's first full season as Wealdstone manager saw the club finish 16th, their highest league finish in 35 years.[12] They finished 19 points clear of the bottom three, in a season which also saw Maynard help Wealdstone to a league double over local rivals Barnet and his former colleague Dean Brennan.[13] On 12 May 2022, Maynard and Saunders were both given two year contract extensions.[14]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 19 November 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Wealdstone	3 February 2021		88	25	20	43	028.4

References

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