Reading an article about the post-1966 careers of England's world cup winners, it mentioned that Nobby Stiles was West Brom's manager in 85-86. I'd totally forgotten that. I literally have no recollection of him in a dugout. That season did have an extensive TV blackout, which might be part of why I don't remember. Any others (and the klaxon goes off for John Barnes at Celtic)?
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Barnes also managed Tranmere (which I know without looking up), and was still applying for other jobs a few years ago. It's not his choice that he hasn't been a manager continually for the last 20 years. Him and Dalglish at Celtic was pretty memorable, for the wrong reasons. That was the genesis of the Super Caley Go Ballistic headline.
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I forgot that (now pundits) Chris Sutton (Lincoln) and Mark Lawrenson (Oxford) were once managers.
Not sure why but I'm continually surprised every time Alex Ferguson's stint as Scotland boss comes up, probably because the history I remember says he went from Aberdeen directly to Man Utd - he did but was also Scotland manager at the time. (I clearly remember Ferguson was a manager, however)
Neville Southall being joint manager of Wales (alongside a host of Kent non-league clubs) is also an odd one these days..
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Originally posted by Ray de Galles View PostI thought that headline was a deliberate reference to one decades earlier, but from a game against Rangers?
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I should have moved to Preston 30 years before I did. Turns out Bobby Charlton had a go there too in the 1970s. As did Alan Ball (but we all remember him in a coat on the sideline in various places).Last edited by Rogin the Armchair fan; 24-10-2018, 13:06.
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The 3 Lions who won the ‘66 World Cup for West Ham all had short-lived managerial stints.
Bobby Moore had an awkward spell at Div 4 Southend, Geoff Hurst bumbled along at 2nd division Chelsea for over a season, and Martin Peters took over from Harry Haslam at Sheff Utd during which period they dropped to Div 4.
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Emlyn Hughes at Rotherham (sorry GO)
Mind you, Frank McLintock was bloody hopeless at Leicester, ripping up Jimmly Bloomfields glorious side of the early seventies and getting us relegated with one of the (then) lowest points tallies in Division 1 history.Last edited by nmrfox; 24-10-2018, 14:46.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostStiles managed Preston North End for several seasons before rocking up at Vancouver Whitecaps prior to WBA
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- Mar 2008
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- An oasis in the middle of Somerset
- Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC;Wales in most things.
- Fig roll - deal with it.
Originally posted by Janik View PostI think the story was the newspaper in question had already thought it up ready for an Old Firm game (Coisty rather than Calley) but that no match had panned out quite right for them to employ it. So it was sitting there in reserve when the Cup shock happened, and got repurposed. They did reuse it for a subsequent game when McCoist scored a number of times in a one-sided affair.
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Gary Neville and Alan Shearer must both wish they and everyone else would forget their attempts at management.
Dietmar Hamann spent four months as manager of Stockport, and his Wikipedia picture is of him during this period looking completely terrified outside Tamworth's ground.
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Originally posted by Giggler View PostHe's on the opening titles of Granada Kick Off from a period in the 70s in a game versus Bury at Gigg Lane. I'll dig it out on YouTube when I'm home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11lJ0sKTdU
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Asa Hartford was also at Stockport for a while, I remember him glaring at me at the Old Showground when I was obviously discussing his hole in the heart a little too loudly from a few rows back. I also remember him being extremely foul mouthed.
David Platt seemingly had good credentials for management, being reasonably intelligent, good experience as a player with some good managers (Taylor, Wenger, Robson, Eriksson), but his management of Nottingham Forest was pretty disastrous, his England U21 stint was a little better, but otherwise he was just Bobby Mancini's mate at Man City, and most recently a brief stint at FC Pune in India.
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