Current Posts 2003-2004
First off, here is this year's list of the players and managers from the 1970-71 Wonderful World of Soccer Stars book that are still holding down jobs in the English Football Leagues according to the Sky News Yearbook ...
After this there is a list of players and managers from the 1970-71 season generally who still have a job ... expect this list to grow as I discover them !
All updates include any changes of post during the 2003-2004 season ONLY.
Click on underlined player's names or player's 70-71 team to find out more information.
Note:Sky Sports have taken over the sponsorship of the Football Yearbook, which is now in its 34th year, having been sponsored by Rothmans for the first 33 years. The book is edited by Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin and published by Headline, London in 2003.
The 1970-71 Wonderful World of Soccer Stars
Arsenal
Assisstant Manager: Pat Rice (Arsenal)
Burnley
Coach: Mick Docherty (Burnley). Left 4 June, 2004 see news.
Cheltenham Town
Manager: Bobby Gould (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Resigns 19 October 2003, see news. 9 February, 2004, joins coaching staff at Peterborough, see news.
Chesterfield
Manager: Roy McFarland (Derby County)
Crystal Palace
Manager : Steve Kember (Crystal Palace). Sacked 3 November 2003, see news.
Ipswich Town
Manager: Joe Royle (Everton)
Chief Scout: Colin Suggett (West Brom)
Leeds United
Not credited in the Rothmans book, reported elsewhere
Under-19 Coach: Bryan Robson (Newcastle United). Leaves Leeds May 2004, see news.
Leicester City
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by official website:
Honoury Vice-President: Gordon Banks OBE (Stoke City)
Honoury Vice-President: Peter Shilton (Leicester City)
Manchester City
Reserve Team Coach : Asa Hartford (West Brom)
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by official website:
Honoury President: Tony Book (Manchester City)
Manchester United
Director : Sir Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
Newcastle United
Manager: Sir Bobby Robson CBE (Ipswich Town)
Coach : Tommy Craig (Sheffield Wednesday)
Nottingham Forest
First Team Coach: Ian Bowyer (Manchester City)
and Liam O'Kane (Nottingham Forest)
Portsmouth
Manager: Harry Redknapp (West Ham United)
Sheffield United
Community Programme Organiser : Tony Currie (Sheffield United)
Southampton
President : Ted Bates (Southampton manager). Died 2 December, 2003, see Obituary
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by On The Cross:
First Team Coach: Dennis Rofe (Orient)
European Scout: Terry Cooper (Leeds United)
Stoke City
Club President: Gordon Banks (Stoke City)
Tottenham Hotspur
President : Bill Nicholson O.B.E. (Spurs manager)
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by the official website:
Assistant Academy Director U17-U19 and U19 team coach: Pat Holland (West Ham United)
West Bromwich Albion
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by official website:
Chief Scout: Bobby Hope (West Bromwich Albion)
Wrexham
Manager: Denis Smith (Stoke City)
Plus ...
Livingston
General Manager: David Hay (Celtic)
Other Players From the 1970-71 Season
Arsenal
Manager : Arsene Wenger (???)
Aston Villa
Chairman: Doug Ellis (Aston Villa Chairman)
Blackburn Rovers
Manager: Graeme Souness (Tottenham Hotspur)
Assistant Manager: Tony Parkes (Blackburn Rovers)
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by the official website:
Youth Academy Director: Bobby Downes (Rochdale)
Bolton Wanderers
President: Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)
Manager: Sam Allardyce (Bolton Wanderers youth)
Bristol Rovers
Director of Football and Team Manager: Ray Graydon (Bristol Rovers). 20 January 2004 leaves Bristol Rovers, see news.
Burnley
Manager: Stan Ternent (Carlisle United). 9 May, 2004 leaves Burnley, see news.
Assistant Manager: Sam Ellis (Sheffield Wednesday). 9 May, 2004 leaves Burnley, see news. 3 June 2004, joins Leeds United, see news.
Cardiff City
Manager: Lennie Lawrence (?? possible non-League player ??)
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by official website:
Goalkeeper coach: George Wood (East Stirling)
Charlton Athletic
Assistant manager: Keith Peacock (Charlton Athletic)
Chelsea
Head Coach: Claudio Ranieri (AS Roma - not confirmed). Sacked by Chelsea 1 June 2004, and appointed by Valencia 8 June 2004, see news.
Reserve Team Manager: Mick McGiven (Sunderland)
Colchester United
Director of Youth: Micky Cook (Colchester United)
Crewe Alexandria
Director and Manager: Dario Gradi MBE (Sutton United)
Derby County
First Team Coach: Billy McEwan (Hibernian)
Gillingham
Coach: Wayne Jones (Bristol Rovers)
Hartlepool United
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by official website:
Manager of Centre of Excellence: Billy Horner (Darlington)
Huddersfield Town
Assistant manager: Terry Yorath (Leeds United squad)
Hull City
Manager: Peter Taylor (Southend United)
Ipswich Town
Assistant manager: Willie Donachie (Manchester City)
Leicester City
Director of Football: Dave Bassett (Walton and Hersham)
Liverpool
Assistant Manager: Phil Thompson (Liverpool). Leaves the club 18 June 2004, see news.
Academy Director: Steve Heighway (Liverpool squad)
Macclesfield Town
Manager: David Moss (Swindon Town). Sacked 25 October 2003, see news. 27 May 2004 - 6 August, assistant manager at Chester City, see news.
Manchester City
Director : Dennis Tueart (Sunderland squad)
Manager: Kevin Keegan (Scunthorpe United)
Assistant manager: Arthur Cox (Halifax Town). Arthur retires from football, 12 June, 2004.
Youth Academy Director: Jim Cassell (Bury)
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by official website:
Head Coach: Derek Fazackerley (Blackburn Rovers squad)
Manchester United
Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson (Falkirk)
Middlesbrough
Chief Scout : Ray Train (Walsall)
First Team Coach: Steve Harrison (Blackpool)
Newcastle United
Director of Football: Gordon Milne (Wigan Athletic)
Norwich City
Assistant manager: Doug Livermore (Liverpool)
Director of Academy : Sammy Morgan (Port Vale)
Nottingham Forest
Manager: Paul Hart (Stockport County). 7 February 2004, sacked by Nottingham Forest, see news. 4 March 2004, takes over at Barnsley, see news.
Notts County
Manager: Bill Dearden (Sheffield United). 7 January 2004, leaves Notts county, see news. 7 June 2004 becomes Blackpool's Assistant Manager.
Peterborough
Manager : Barry Fry (Bedford Town)
Portsmouth
Assistant Manager: Jim Smith (Boston United)
Port Vale
Manager : Brian Horton (Port Vale). 12 February 2004, leaves Port Vale, see news. 1 April 2004 becomes manager of Macclesfield Town, see news.
Rochdale
Alan Buckley (Nottingham Forest). Resigns 30 December 2003, see news.
Rotherham United
Manager : Ronnie Moore (Tranmere Rovers)
Rushden and Diamonds
Manager: Brian Talbot (Ipswich Town). 8 March 2004 leaves Rushden and Diamonds, and becomes manager of Oldham Athletic on 10 March 2004, see news.
Scunthorpe United
Vice-President: Ron Ashman (Scunthorpe United manager). Died 21 June 2004, see Obituary.
Sheffield United
Manager : Neil Warnock (Rotherham United)
Shrewsbury Town
Coach: Dave Fogg (Wrexham)
Southampton
Assistant manager: Garry Pendrey (Birmingham City)
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by official website:
Under 19s Coach: Stewart Henderson (Brighton and Hove Albion)
Stoke City
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by Stoke City website:
Director of Football: John Rudge (Torquay United)
Tottenham Hotspur
Football Director: David Pleat (Peterborough United) becomes manager 21 September 2003, see news. On 19 May, 2004 he announces he is to stand down from his post and the board on 31 July 2004.
Assistant Manager: John Gorman (Celtic) sacked 21 September 2003, see news. 2 October 2003 becomes Caretaker manager at Wycombe Wanderers, see news. 5 November 2003 becomes assistant manager of Wycombe Wanderers, see news. 17 November, 2003 leaves Wycombe Wanderers after Tony Adams appointed.
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by the official website:
Assistant Academy Director U9-U16 and U17 team coach: Jimmy Neighbour (Tottenham Hotspur)
Tranmere Rovers
Manager: Ray Mathias (Tranmere Rovers). Sacked by Tranmere 28 September 2003, see news. Becomes caretaker manager at Chester City, see news.
Walsall
Not credited in the Sky Sports Football Yearbook, but confirmed by official website:
Community Liason Officer and Family Co-ordinator: Mick Kearns (Oxford United)
Watford
Life President: Graham Taylor (Lincoln City)
First Team Coach: Terry Burton (Arsenal youth)
West Bromwich Albion
Assistant Manager: Frank Burrows (Swindon Town)
West Ham United
Director: Trevor Brooking (West Ham United). Becomes Caretaker manager, 24 August 2003, see news. 19 October 2003, ends caretaker role, see news. 27 November, 2003 becomes Diector of Football Development with the FA and leaves West Ham, see news.
Reserve Team Coach: Roger Cross (Brentford)
Plus ...
Arbroath
Manager: John Brownlie (Hibernian). Resigns 7 October 2003, see news.
Celtic
Manager: Martin O'Neill (Distillery)
Assistant Manager: John Robertson (Nottingham Forest)
Kilmarnock
Manager: Jim Jefferies (Hearts)
And ...
England
Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson (Karlskoga)
Coach: Tord Grip (Karlskoga)
Scotland
Manager: Berti Vogts (Star Players of Mexico 1970)
Note:
Lennie Lawrence has been added above as manager of Cardiff City. Lennie would have been 22 at the start of the 70-71 season, but as he had a non-League career I am as yet unable to place on Bob's 70-71 Pages.
Other current English League managers who were the right age but do not yet have a place on the site are Arsène Wenger - Arsenal manager, Gerald Houllier - Liverpool, Craig Brown - Preston North End, and Martin Wilkinson - Northampton (sacked 29 September 2003).
Steve Wignall - Southend United was born in 1954, but I do not yet have the proof that he was an apprentice in 70-71.
Brian Flynn - Swansea City, Steve Coppell - Brighton and Hove Albion and Gudjon Thordarson - Barnsley were all born in 1955, and again I do not have any proof that they were on anyone's books in 70-71.
Also see ...
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007