Matthew Muirhead Gillies (12 August 1921 – 1998) was a Scottish football player and manager. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Gillies played for Motherwell, Bolton Wanderers and Leicester City. Motherwell Football & Athletic Club is a Scottish football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here He was later manager of Leicester from 1959 to 1968. He took charge of a total 437 games, the most of any manager in the club's history. He led Leicester to their first major trophy success, the League Cup in 1964, and took them to three other cup finals: the FA Cup in 1961 and 1963, and the League Cup in 1965, though they lost in the latter three. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The 1961 FA Cup Final took place on 6 May 1961 at Wembley with Tottenham Hotspur beating Leicester City 2&ndash0 The 1963 FA Cup Final was a football match played on 25 May 1963 at Wembley. The 1965 Football League Cup Final, the fifth to be staged since the competition's inception was contested between Leicester City and Chelsea over two legs
He died in Nottingham in December 1998 at the age of 77. Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
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