A little history of:
Managers and ex.managers
careers in Soccer.
#8
George Graham
1944:
Born in Bargeddie, Scotland, on November
30.
1961:
Signs for Aston Villa in December after
offers from other top clubs,
including Newcastle.
1963:
Collects League Cup runners-up medal
as Villa lose to city rivals
Birmingham.
1964:
Transferred to Chelsea in July for
£6,000, after makin 8 league
apperances and scoring 2 goals for
Villa.
1965:
Collects League Cup winners' medal
after victory over Leicester.
1966:
Leavs Chelsea after 72 league games
and 35 goals and joins up with
Arsenal for £50,000 in September,
collecting League Cup runners-up
medals in 1968 (beaten by Leeds) and
1969 (Swindon).
1970:
Helps Arsenal win Inter-Cities Fairs
Cup, beating Anderlecht in the
final.
1971:
Is a key member of Arsenal's League
and FA Cup double-winning
side. The Gunners beat Liverpool in
the Cup final at Wembley while
Arsenal clinch the title with victory
at rivals Tottenham.
1972:
Leaves Highbury after 227 league games
(8 as sub) and scoring 60 goals,
to join Manchester United after collecting
FA Cup
runners-up medal (Arsenal are beaten
by Leeds)
1974:
Joins Portsmouth in November, where
he will make 61 league apperances and scoring 5 goals.
1976:
Moves to Crystal Palace in November
and helps them earn promotion to
division two. He makes a total of 44
league apperances (1 as sub) and scoring 2 goals for the Eagles.
1977:
Retires from playing and works part-time
as a barman before
taking coaching job at QPR. Returns
to Crystal Palace as coach.
1982:
Joins Millwall as manager, steering
them clear of relegation from
division three.
1985:
Guides Millwall to promotion from third
division.
1986:
Becomes Arsenal manager in May.
1987:
Beat Liverpool 2-1 to win the Littlewoods
Cup.
1988:
Returns to Wembley with Arsenal for
the following year's final only
to surprisingly lose 3-2 to Luton.
1989:
Guides Arsenal to their first League
title for 18 years thanks to a
dramatic injury-time decider by Michael
Thomas in the final match of the
season at Liverpool.
1991:
Arsenal lose only one League match
all season on their way to the
championship, even though they are
deducted two points after an
on-pitch brawl at Manchester United.
Skipper Tony Adams is jailed for 56
days after a drink-driving conviction.
1992:
Graham's men suffer FA Cup humiliation
at Wrexham, who
finished bottom of the League the previous
season, after a European
Cup exit against Benfica three months
earlier.
1993:
Graham presides over historic FA Cup
and Coca-Cola Cup
double as the Gunners beat Sheffield
Wednesday in both finals.
1994:
Crowns a brilliant European Cup Winners'
Cup campaign with 1-0
tactical triumph over Parma in Copenhagen.
But by November, Arsenal
are languishing in mid-table when Paul
Merson's drink and drugs
confessions rock the club. In December,
Graham is accused of taking a
£285,000 bung in the John Jensen
transfer. He is interviewed by a
special Premier League commission over
the charges.
1995:
Arsenal fail to publicly back Graham
after former PFA chairman
Garth Crooks claims on Greater London
Radio that the match against
Leicester on February 11 would be Graham's
last as manager. Arsenal
terminate his contract on February
21 after Premier League inquiry
concluded he did not act in the best
interests of the club. Ordered to
face FA inquiry. Found guilty of misconduct
by FA disciplinary
commission and faces the prospect of
a heavy fine and/or a ban from
the game.
1996:
Graham's world-wide soccer ban ends
on June 30. Graham turns
down offer to become manager of Manchester
City after earlier
expressing an interest in the job.
Becomes new manager of Leeds on
September 10, 24 hours after Howard
Wilkinson is sacked at Elland
Road.
1998:
Leeds finish in a respectable 5th place
in the league. Went out in the FA Cup
against Wolves from division 1.
1998:
Leaves Leeds United in October, to join Tottenham Hotspur as their new manager.
(Made by: Ulf Brennmo)
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Other managers/ex. managers at the following links:
#1 Arsene Wenger
#2 Brian Little
#3 Colin Todd
#4 Ruud Gullit
#5 Steve Coppell
#6 Jim Smith
#7 Howard Kendall
#9 Martin O'Neill
#10 Roy Evans
#11 Alex Ferguson
#12 Kenny Dalglish
#13 David Pleat
#14 Dave Jones
#15 Gerry Francis
#16 Harry Redknapp
#17 Joe Kinnear
