Coaching Career
Stannard was forced to retire in 1999 due to injury and later served as goalkeeping coach at Gillingham and Brentford. In January 2005 he was appointed manager of non-league Redbridge, the club where he had started his career in 1980, but his reign only lasted until October of the same year. It was announced in July 2007 that he had returned to Gillingham as goalkeeping coach on a part-time basis. Stannard later served as goalkeeping coach for Crystal Palace from January 2008, until he was made redundant in May 2010. After this, he again returned to Gillingham on a part-time basis.
Stannard left Gillingham to join Football League Championship club Southampton at the start of the 2011–12 season as first team goalkeeping coach. He was dismissed, along with manager Nigel Adkins, on 18 January 2013.
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