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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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Originally posted by Rogin the Armchair fan View PostAs did Alan Ball (but we all remember him in a coat on the sideline in various places).
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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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And continuing the 66 theme, It's often forgotten That Sir Alf Ramsey had a stint in charge of Birmingham City after being sacked by England.
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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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TV’s and sexism’s Andy Gray had a short stint as Ron Atkinson's assistant manager at Villa which is oft-forgotten. I recall him being in the frame for the main job at Everton at one point too.
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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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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 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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Stiles managed Preston North End for several seasons before rocking up at Vancouver Whitecaps prior to WBA
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I thought that headline was a deliberate reference to one decades earlier, but from a game against Rangers?
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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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Famous players you'd forgotten were ever managers
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)?Tags: None
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