Gordon Milne

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Gordon Milne
Gordon Milne (1966).jpg
Milne in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-03-29) 29 March 1937 (age 87)
Place of birth Preston, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Preston Amateurs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Morecambe
1956–1960 Preston North End 83 (3)
1960–1967 Liverpool 236 (17)
1967–1970 Blackpool 64 (4)
1970–1972 Wigan Athletic 73 (4)
Total452(28)
International career
1963–1964 England 14 (0)
Managerial career
1970–1972 Wigan Athletic
1972–1974 England U18
1974–1981 Coventry City
1982–1986 Leicester City
1987–1994 Beşiktaş
1994 Nagoya Grampus Eight
1996–1997 Bursaspor
1998–1999 Trabzonspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordon Milne (born 29 March 1937) is an English former football player and manager.

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Personal life

Gordon Milne was born in Preston, Lancashire, England and is the son of the Scottish former Preston player Jimmy Milne and Jesse Milne. [1]

Club career

Milne had a successful playing career with amateur side Morecambe, Preston North End, Liverpool (1960–1967), Blackpool (1967–1970) and Wigan Athletic (1970).

He was one of Bill Shankly's first signings, when he moved from Preston North End for £16,000 in August 1960. He made his debut in the 1–0 2nd Division defeat at Anfield by Southampton on 31 August 1960, he scored his first goal in the 10th minute of a 2–1 league win over Newcastle United at St James' Park on 20 September 1961.

Milne was a successful right-half for Liverpool during the 1960s and played a prominent role in Liverpool's rise from the old Second Division, forming a partnership with Gerry Byrne. While at Anfield, he won First Division Championship medals in 1963–64 and 1965–66, a Second Division Championship medal in 1961–62 and two shared Charity Shield triumphs in 1964 and 1965. [2]

Milne missed the 1965 FA Cup final, in which Liverpool triumphed, through injury, but played a major role just a few days later as the Reds entertained Inter Milan in the first leg of the European Cup semi final. Bill Shankly sent out the injured pair Milne and Gerry Byrne to parade the F.A Cup before the kick-off. The Reds went on to win the match 3–1 but were beaten 3–0 in the return leg.

International career

Milne was selected to represent England at wing-half 14 times making his debut for Alf Ramsey's team in a prestigious friendly with Brazil at Wembley in a game that took place on 8 May 1963 and finished one-all.

Managerial career

Milne turned to management and coaching with Wigan Athletic as player-manager in January 1970. [3] He managed Wigan from 1970 to 1972, making 73 Northern Premier League appearances for the club, [4] and guided them to a league title and an FA Cup run, which ended with a narrow defeat to Manchester City at Maine Road.

Milne also became the part-time manager of the England Youth team in 1972, helping them to win the European Youth Championship that year.

Milne joined Joe Mercer at Coventry City as team manager in June 1972, taking full control in 1974, upon Mercer's elevation to the Board. [5] He was shortlisted for the England management role following the departure of Sir Alf Ramsey, but was overlooked in favour of Don Revie. He continued at Coventry until 1981, producing several exciting teams and securing the club's First Division status. The 1977–78 season saw Coventry's most exciting top-flight team. Gordon Milne settled on an attacking 4–2–4 formation. A side containing Tommy Hutchison, Mick Ferguson, Ian Wallace, Terry Yorath, Graham Oakey, Bobby MacDonald and Jim Blyth played attacking football that swept many teams aside, often by large margins of victory.

Milne became boss at Leicester City in August 1982, winning promotion in 1982–83 and staying until 1986. [6] He managed Beşiktaş in Turkey for seven years (1987–1994) (where he won three successive titles, during the early 1990s). [7] He has succeeded in creating one of the most successful periods in the history of Beşiktaş J.K. and is still a legend for the Beşiktaş fans. He also managed Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan before returning to Turkey to take charge of Bursaspor (1996–1997) and then Trabzonspor (1998–1999).

Milne then accepted the role of Director of Football at Newcastle United, and worked alongside manager Bobby Robson between 1999 and 2004.

After a spell as chief executive of the League Managers Association, Milne was employed as Director of Football at Beşiktaş JK Istanbul, Turkey in 2006. [8]

Managerial statistics

TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Nagoya Grampus Eight [9] 199419944214028033.33
Total4214028033.33

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References

  1. ↑ The Coodnaes, Scots Football Worldwide
  2. ↑ "lfc_fixture_past_player_profile". Liverpool FC.
  3. ↑ Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 21. ISBN   1-874427-91-7.
  4. ↑ Hayes. The Latics: The official history of Wigan Athletic F.C. p. 117.
  5. ↑ "SUPREMOS: A profile of former Sky Blues manager Gordon Milne". www.ccfc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Former Manager Remembers: Gordon Milne". www.lcfc.com.
  7. ↑ Agency, Anadolu (6 March 2016). "Legendary manager Gordon Milne: 'My time at Beşiktaş was a fairytale'". Daily Sabah.
  8. ↑ "League Managers Association - GORDON MILNE". leaguemanagers.com.
  9. ↑ "J. League Data Site". data.j-league.or.jp.
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