| Howard Wilkinson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Howard Wilkinson | |
| Date of birth | 13 November 1943 | |
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | |
| Playing position | Winger | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1962-1966 1966-1971 1971-1977 |
Sheffield Wednesday Brighton & Hove Albion Boston United |
22 (3) 129 (18) 219 (34) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1975-1976 1982-1983 1983-1988 1988-1996 1999 2000 2002-2003 2004 |
Boston United Notts County Sheffield Wednesday Leeds United England (caretaker) England (caretaker) Sunderland Shanghai Shenhua |
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Playing career
Wilkinson has played for Sheffield Wednesday, Boston United and Brighton & Hove Albion. Boston United Football Club are a football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. He went on to become the coach and then player-manager at Boston United before taking his first full managerial role at Notts County.
Managerial career
Notts County
Wilkinson began his coaching career at Notts County where he was taken on and tutored by County's legendary manager Jimmy Sirrel. Notts County Football Club is a football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional James " Jimmy " Sirrel (2 February 1922 – 25 September 2008 was a Scottish football player and manager most noted for his success As County's manager for the 1982-83 season, County managed a reasonable return of 52 points.
Sheffield Wednesday
From 1983 until 1988 he was the manager of Sheffield Wednesday, where he established his reputation as a manager despite never having been a successful player. His first season saw Wednesday win promotion to the First Division and they were still there when he left four years later, having achieved a high of 5th place in 1985-86.
Leeds United
Wilkinson's greatest success as a manager came after moving to Wednesday's Yorkshire rivals Leeds United in 1988. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Leeds United Association Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Leeds United or informally Leeds, are an English professional football He soon drilled discipline into a lacklustre squad and earned the affectionate nickname "Sergeant Wilko", a play on the old TV-show Sergeant Bilko. The Phil Silvers Show (originally titled You'll Never Get Rich) was a comedy Television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 The team won the Second Division in 1989-90 after the signings of Gordon Strachan who became captain, Vinnie Jones (who Wilkinson guided to a whole season with only 3 yellow cards), Mel Sterland, Chris Fairclough and Lee Chapman. From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. This page is about the footballer and manager Gordon C Strachan was indicted in the Watergate scandal Gordon David Strachan (/strɔn/ Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones (born 5 January 1965) is an English -born Film actor and ex- footballer, having represented Mel Sterland (born 1 October 1961 in Sheffield) is an English former professional football player Courtney " Chris " Huw Fairclough (born 12 April 1964, Nottingham) is a retired footballer most notable for playing for Lee Chapman (born Lincoln, December 5, 1959) is an English former footballer who scored more than 200 first-team goals as a Striker Following the promotion, Wilkinson immediately offloaded Vinnie Jones and brought in Gary McAllister from Leicester City and John Lukic was brought back from Arsenal. 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Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE, (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager Kenneth Mathieson 'Kenny' Dalglish MBE (born 4 March 1951 in Dalmarnock, Glasgow) is a former Scottish international football This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Arsène Wenger OBE (born October 22, 1949 in Strasbourg) is a French football manager, in charge of Arsenal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho, GOIH (ʒuˈzɛ moˈɾiɲu (born 26 January 1963 in Setúbal) is a Portuguese He also guided Leeds to the Charity Shield in 1992, beating Liverpool 4-3 at Wembley. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the However, his subsequent time at Leeds was less successful, and even though he guided the team to the League Cup final, after a poor start to the 1996-97 season including a 4-0 defeat to bitter rivals Manchester United, he was sacked. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition
Spell with the F. A
Soon after leaving Leeds, Wilkinson was hired by the sport's governing body in England, the Football Association, to act as its Technical Director, overseeing coaching and other training programmes at all levels of the game. The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey Under him the FA began the National Football Centre project. The National Football Centre (NFC is a planned centre for Association football in England, to be run by the Football Association.
In his position as Technical Director of the FA, he managed the England team on a caretaker basis in 1999 for a friendly against France following the sacking of Glenn Hoddle. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. Glenn Hoddle (born 27 October 1957 in Hayes, London) is an English football manager and former footballer who played as a attacking Following this he acted for a time as the permanent coach of the England Under-21 team, controversially selecting himself to replace Hoddle's choice of manager, Peter Taylor. England's national Under-21 football team, also known as England Under-21s or England U21(s is considered to be the feeder team for the England national football team For the former Derby County/Nottingham Forest manager/assistant manager also a manager of Brighton & Hove Albion who died in 1990 see Peter Taylor (footballer born 1928 Wilkinson was unsuccessful in this role; inheriting a team who were unbeaten and yet to concede a goal, he lost three of his six matches in charge. Wilkinson resigned from the post in June 2001,[1] to be replaced by David Platt (Taylor would, ironically, end up back in charge, two years later). David Platt may refer to David Platt (footballer -- A football player David Platt (Coronation Street -- A character on Coronation He returned to the role of caretaker of the senior team in October 2000 following the departure of Hoddle's permanent successor Kevin Keegan, overseeing a 0-0 draw in a World Cup qualifying match against Finland. Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born 14 February 1951 is a former footballer, and former England national team coach who has been manager of various The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland.
Sunderland
In 2002 he left his role as F. A. technical director in order to return to club management at Sunderland, with Steve Cotterill as his assistant. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in Stephen John Cotterill, born July 20, 1964 is an English former footballer and manager. [2] However, his time there was nothing short of a catastrophe, and he was sacked in March 2003,[3] as Sunderland languished at the bottom of the FA Premier League with a then league-history-worst total of 19pts. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs
Later career
Wilkisnson briefly returned to management in March 2004, taking charge of Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua on a short term contract, but left two months later due to personal reasons. Shanghai Shenhua ( Simplified Chinese: 上海申花 is a Chinese Super League football club [4] In October 2004, he was temporarily appointed as first team coach of Leicester City, following the departures of manager Micky Adams and coach Alan Cork. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Michael Richard "Micky" Adams (born 8 November 1961 in Sheffield) is the Brighton & Hove Albion manager and former football player Alan Cork (born 4 March 1959) is an English former professional football player [5] In December 2004, Wilkinson returned to Notts County where he became a non-executive director. A non-executive director (NED also NXD or outside director is a member of the Board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management [6] In June, 2006 he took on a coaching role when he was appointed technical director a post he held until his departure from Notts County in September, 2007. [7][8]
He is currently the chairman of the League Managers Association. The League Managers Association (LMA is the organisation which collectively represents all Premiership and Football League managers in English football [9]
References
- ^ "Wilkinson quits as Under-21 coach", BBC Sport, 2001-06-29. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Retrieved on 2007-09-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
- ^ "Wilkinson takes Sunderland job", BBC Sport, 2002-10-10. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Retrieved on 2007-09-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
- ^ "Fans' shock at Wilkinson departure", BBC News, 2003-03-10. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Retrieved on 2007-09-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
- ^ "Wilkinson leaves Shanghai", BBC Sport, 2004-05-20. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
- ^ "Wilkinson accepts Leicester role", BBC Sport, 2004-10-12. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Retrieved on 2007-09-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
- ^ "Wilkinson returns to Notts County", BBC Sport, 2004-12-30. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Retrieved on 2007-09-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
- ^ "Wilkinson handed new Magpies role", BBC Sport, 2007-06-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
- ^ "Wilkinson and Moore leave County", BBC Sport, 2007-09-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
- ^ LMA Structure. League Managers Association. The League Managers Association (LMA is the organisation which collectively represents all Premiership and Football League managers in English football Retrieved on 2007-11-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000
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Succeeded by David Platt |
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