them two promotions - as Northern Premier League Division One play-off winners in 2010–11 and then Premier Division Champions in 2013–14. He immediately guided Chorley to 4th place in the Conference North but lost 3–2 at home to Guiseley in the Play Off Final. On 2 July 2015, Flitcroft stepped down as manager and his assistant Matt Jansen was put in charge. He is still at the club in a director's role. Personal life Flitcroft's brother David was also a midfielder who played in the lower divisions but who is now Director of Football of Port Vale. Flitcroft married Karen, whom he had met at Turton High School, and the couple had three children. The couple subsequently divorced. Flitcroft, now owner of a timber frame business called "Flitcraft" with his son Thomas, faced trial in 2019 following a legal dispute. In September 2020 he won the case against a rival business. Flitcroft and the Leveson Inquiry During his marriage, Flitcroft had two affairs, one with a nursery nurse and the second with a lap dancer. After a disagreement with one of the women, the media began to pursue the story, so Flitcroft took out a High-Court injunction, banning media coverage of the affairs. After a long legal battle, during the 2001–02 season an injunction preventing Flitcroft being named ran out. The lawsuit resulting from this allegation, presided over by Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf, was notable for the way it weighed personal privacy rights against the right to freedom of expression under the European Convention on Human Rights (applicable since the Human Rights Act 1998 came into force in 2000). In September 2011, Flitcroft was named as a "core participant" in the Leveson Inquiry into the News International phone hacking scandal. Honours As a player Manchester City Player of the Year: 1992–93 Blackburn Rovers League Cup: 2001–02 As a manager Chorley Northern Premier League Division One: play-off winners 2010–11 Northern Premier League: 2013–14 Managerial statistics References External links A v B & C 2002 EWCA Civ 337, a discussion of Garry Flitcroft's lawsuit 1972 births Living people English footballers England under-21 international footballers Premier League players Manchester City F.C. players Bury F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Footballers from Bolton English Football League players Association football midfielders Chorley F.C. managers English football managers Leigh Genesis F.C. managers Northern Premier League managers