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Lee Johnson spent over four years in charge at Bristol City(Image: James Gill – Danehouse\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Former Bristol City manager Lee Johnson has been appointed as the new permanent head coach of Belgian side Lommel SK following a successful interim period.<\/p>\n
Lommel are part of the City Football Group, within which Johnson had worked previously as a coach, and subsequently brought the 44-year-old in on an interim basis back in March.<\/p>\n
The ex-City boss has since impressed in Belgium as he steered Lommel to survival in the second tier and will now have the chance to build on his work as their new permanent head coach.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Bristol City next head coach latest with Robins making progress in search for new boss<\/a>READ MORE: ‘Delighted’ – Josh Campbell-Slowey’s first words as Bristol City youngster signs new deal in BS3<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFrom day one the supporters and the club have embraced me, and their positive energy is infectious,” Johnson said. “You feel that backing in every training session and every match. At the same time, the daily working environment here is both professional and family-orientated; it\u2019s simply a pleasure to be out on the pitch with these players and staff.\u201d<\/p>\n The club\u2019s sporting director Jeffrey van As added: \u201cIn a short space of time I\u2019ve had several constructive conversations with Lee.<\/p>\n \u201cHis working methods and approach to player development align with our vision for the club. We are confident that Lee is the right choice to guide us to success in the upcoming season.\u201d<\/p>\n Join Bristol City Live’s Whatsapp community for all the biggest Bristol City stories sent straight to your phone<\/strong><\/p>\n Bristol City Live<\/a> is now on WhatsApp and we want you to join our community.<\/p>\n Through the app, we\u2019ll send the Bristol City news, live match coverage, team news, transfers, fixtures, analysis and more straight to your phone.<\/p>\n To join our community you need to already have WhatsApp. All you need to do is click this link and select \u2018Join Community\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Bristol Live<\/a> team.<\/p>\n We also treat community members to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out at any time you like.<\/p>\n To leave our community, click on the name at the top of your screen and choose \u2018Exit group\u2019.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/p>\n Click here to join our WhatsApp community.<\/a><\/p>\n Johnson spent over four years in charge at Ashton Gate between 2016 and 2020, guiding the Robins to Championship survival in his first campaign before narrowly missing out on guiding them into the play-offs during his tenure. A League Cup quarter-final victory over Manchester United was also amongst the highlights of his time in BS3.<\/p>\n Since, the 44-year-old has had spells in the dugout at Sunderland, Hibernian and Fleetwood Town as well as coaching within the City Football Group.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Bristol City next head coach odds as ex-Barnsley and Red Bull Salzburg boss remains favourite<\/a>READ MORE: I spent five years as Bristol City boss, every out-of-work coach in country will want Reds job<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee Johnson is back in the dugout on a permanent basis Daniel Hargraves Bristol Rovers reporter 13:32, 12…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,2686,748,393,4884,14346,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-178412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-bristol-city-fc","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-lee-johnson","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114670479904535699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_WhatsApp-Phone.jpg\")
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