Assistant Manager First Team · Cheltenham Town

Rob Edwards

Robert Edwards · Born 1 Jul 1973 · Kendal (age 52)

  • Wales
  • Continental A License
  • Staff

Personality calc

  • Fairly Professional

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2025

Current ability
95 of 200
Best job (calc)
95 Assistant Manager First Team
World reputation
1,2500 / 5 calc
Current reputation
4,500
Wage
£900 p/w
Contract until
—

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
Passing
Pressing style
Balanced
Mentality
Cautious
Coaching style
Defending

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking6
  • Directness4
  • Pressing7
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo13
  • Width11
  • Depth11
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility9

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation—
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance—

Stored preferences and tactical tendencies. Each tendency uses the game’s 1–20 scale.

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking6
  • Defending14
  • Fitness4
  • Mental8
  • Tactical8
  • Technical11
  • Working with youngsters12
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping1
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination12
  • Discipline—
  • Man management8
  • Motivating13

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability—
  • Judging player potential—
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge6
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy—
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business—
  • Buying players—
  • Hardness of training—
  • Interference—
  • Mind games—
  • Patience—
  • Resources—
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability11
  • Ambition6
  • Controversy3
  • Loyalty14
  • Pressure10
  • Professionalism15
  • Sportsmanship12
  • Temperament11

Stored staff attributes, 1–20. A dash means the attribute is not recorded for this person in this build.

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall2.5 of 5 stars2.5
  • Quickness——
  • Strength——
  • GK shot stopping——
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)——
  • Defending (technical)——
  • Possession (tactical)——
  • Possession (technical)——
  • Attacking (tactical)——
  • Attacking (technical)——

Calculated by fm-reader per training category, as FM shows them. Missing ratings remain blank.

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Assistant Manager First Team953 of 5 stars20
Coach First Team923 of 5 stars20
Manager First Team601.5 of 5 stars13
Physio First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Director of football50.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development50.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team50.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director50.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager50.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team50.5 of 5 stars—
Set Piece Coach (First Team)50.5 of 5 stars—
Scout40.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team40.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team40.5 of 5 stars—

Calculated by fm-reader (1–200); preference is the stored 1–20 wish for the job.

Staff profile

Coaching badge
Continental A License
Potential ability
130
Best job (calc)
Assistant Manager First Team
Home reputation
3,750
Reputation scope (calc)
Regional
Personality (calc)
Fairly Professional
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Assistant Manager First Team: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Judging player ability4
Man management4
Motivating4
Determination3
Judging player potential3
Tactical knowledge3
Attacking2
Defending2
Mental2
Tactical2
Technical2
Judging staff ability1
Negotiating1

The game’s stored attribute weights for the job type of this person’s calculated best job. Weights are 1–10; these are weighting inputs, not attribute or job ratings.

Personal

Full name
Robert Edwards
First name
Rob
Last name
Edwards
Common name
—
Date of birth
1 Jul 1973 age 52 at game start
Place of birth
Kendal
Nationality
Wales
Other nationalities
England Eligible For Nation
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
English

Contract

Job
Assistant Manager First Team
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
29 Sep 2025
Contract starts
29 Sep 2025
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
£900
Leaves at end of contract
No
Needs work permit
—

Playing career

23
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2010 Exeter City Sky Bet League One 90 Unknown fee
2009 Exeter City Sky Bet League One 210 Unknown fee
2008 Exeter City Sky Bet League Two 440 Unknown fee
2007 Exeter City Enterprise National League 461 Unknown fee
2006 Exeter City Enterprise National League 421 Unknown fee
2005 Blackpool Sky Bet League One 320 £0
2004 Blackpool Sky Bet League One 261 Unknown fee
2003 Preston North End Sky Bet Championship 240 £0
2002 Preston North End Sky Bet Championship 260 Unknown fee
2001 Preston North End Sky Bet Championship 362 Unknown fee
2000 Preston North End Sky Bet Championship 420 Unknown fee
1999 Preston North End Sky Bet League One 412 Unknown fee
1998 Bristol City Sky Bet Championship 230 £0
1997 Bristol City Sky Bet League One 372 Unknown fee
1996 Bristol City Sky Bet League One 310 Unknown fee
1995 Bristol City Sky Bet League One 190 Unknown fee
1994 Bristol City Sky Bet Championship 300 Unknown fee
1993 Bristol City Sky Bet Championship 382 Unknown fee
1992 Bristol City Sky Bet Championship 180 Unknown fee
1991 Bristol City Sky Bet Championship 201 Unknown fee
1990 Bristol City Sky Bet Championship 00 Unknown fee
1990 Carlisle United Sky Bet League Two 365 £135,000
1989 Carlisle United Sky Bet League Two 120 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)65323/23 recorded1723/23 recorded

Up to 200 stored seasons. The site's sums cover the displayed rows only; missing appearances and goals are excluded separately.

Honours

WinnerSky Bet League One1×2000
Runner-UpSky Bet League Two1×2009
Runner-UpSky Bet League One1×1998
Playoff WinnerEnterprise National League1×2008

Grouped by the site from the stored career highlights (winners, runners-up, third place, play-off winners).

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Wales4013 / 0

Staff career

7
  1. Cheltenham Town

    29 Sep 2025 – —

    Assistant Manager First Team

  2. Forest Green Rovers

    2 Jul 2024 – 26 Jun 2025

    Coach First Team

  3. Wales

    20 Aug 2019 – 2 Jul 2024

    Manager (U19 Team)

  4. Cheltenham Town

    5 Dec 2014 – 15 Feb 2015

    Assistant Manager First Team

  5. Tranmere Rovers

    27 May 2014 – 13 Oct 2014

    Manager First Team

  6. Exeter City

    1 Jun 2011 – 27 May 2014

    Assistant Manager First Team

  7. Exeter City

    1 Dec 2007 – 1 Jun 2011

    Player/Coach First Team

Up to 200 stored career entries. A missing departure date remains unknown.

Career highlights

5

Favourite people

Paul Tisdale Manager/Former Manager75

Favourite clubs

Bristol City Player50

About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2025.