Career
He previously was the manager of from 2009 until 2015. He is a defender. Strong had a 20-year-long career in professional football where he was a typical journeyman playing for a large number of clubs. Strong played for Wigan Athletic, Bolton Wanderers, Blackpool, Stoke City, Motherwell, Hull City, Cheltenham Town, Scunthorpe United, Bury, Boston United, Macclesfield Town, Livingston, Dundee, Halifax Town, Northwich Victoria, Droylsden and
Strong was born in Bolton and started his footballing career with Wigan Athletic in 1992 after playing for England schoolboys and youth international.
He played two seasons with Wigan and then moved to his hometown club Bolton Wanderers in August 1995. He struggled to establish himself at Bolton making just 22 appearances for the club in four seasons.
During that time he was loaned out to Blackpool where he made 12 appearances scoring one goal and Stoke City where he played five times in 1998-1999 scoring once against his former club Wigan Athletic. He then moved to Scottish side Motherwell in the summer of 1999 where he became a popular player in two seasons at Fir Park.
He returned to England in 2002 when he was signed up by Hull City.
After struggling to get games with Hull, Strong had loan spells with Cheltenham Town, Scunthorpe United, and Bury before moving on to Boston United. He spent a short loan at Macclesfield Town before moving to Scotland again to sign for Livingston in 2005. After a season and a half at Livingston Strong joined Dundee in August 2006.
However, he was released by Dundee in late 2006, and on 8 March 2007, he was signed by Conference side Halifax Town.
Strong left Northwich in January 2008 joining Droylsden where he played for the rest of the season. In the summer of 2008 he joined Welsh League side, and he was appointed as player-manager at in the summer of 2009.
In May 2015 Strong left Football Club by "mutual consent".
