Having missed yesterday's publication due to an anniversary, I almost published this but fell at the second pint of local bitter in South London. Nevertheless, here is the blog that might have been...On October 17th 2007, England played Russia on an artificial surface at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow and lost 1-2, a major set back to the hopes of qualifying for another tournament: Euro2008. England finished third in the group behind Croatia and Russia, equal in points with Israel and manager Steve McClaren lasted one more month as head coach following the Russia debacle.
Steve McClaren didn't have a long career as England manager. Today another, Steve (Bruce) has celebrated 1000 managed matches: from 1998... Sheffield Utd, Huddersfield T, Wigan A, Crystal P, Birmingham C, Sunderland, Hull C, Aston V, Sheffield W and lately Newcastle Utd. How long does he have?
Top managerial records look like this: Alex Ferguson (1974-13) 4 clubs, 1 Scotland = 2155/ win 1253
Dario Gradi 1557/ win 574 (1976-2011) at Sutton Utd, Wimbledon, Crystal P, Crewe Alexander
Arsene Wegner 1701/ win 918 (1984-2018) 4 clubs Graham Turner 1659/win 918 (1978-2014) 5 clubs
Alex Stock 1618 win 679 (1946-80) 7 clubs
Willie Maley at Celtic 1612/ win 1039 (1897-1940) led Celtic to thirty major trophies (16 league championships and 14 Scottish Cups) in forty-three consecutive years as manager. He is attributed to have coined the famous Celtic motto 'It is not his creed nor his nationality which counts, it's the man himself.'Neil Warnock 1547/win 620 (1986-Present) 14 clubs, including Scarborough and Middlesbrough
Fred Everiss only West Bromwich Albion 1902-48 1520/win 656
Jim Smith 1475/ win 577 (1969-2001) through 9 clubs ending at Derby County.
Brian Clough 1453/win 675 5 clubs (1965-93)
Sven-Goran Eriksson covered 17 teams as manager; 3 national sides (Eng, Mexico, Philippines), 2 English Clubs (know them?), 4 in Italy, Benfica x 2, 3 in China, Ivory Coast, 2 in Sweden
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