Ian Porterfield was probably best remembered as the scorer of the only goal in the 1973 FA Cup Final, when Sunderland beat Leeds United. The 1973 showpiece is also known historically as the last FA Cup final to be played with an orange ball.
Ian is less well known as the record he set as a club manager.
He was the first Premier League manager to be sacked!
Porterfield managed Chelsea in 1992/93, the first season of the Premier League, and on December 5th 1992 Chelsea beat Spurs 2-1 at White Hart Lane to occupy fourth place in the table. They were looking like surprise title contenders – but then things changed! They didn’t manage a win in their next 11 League outings, dropped to mid-table and on Monday 15th February – two days after Aston Villa had beaten Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in their 29th League outing of the season – Ian Porterfield received his marching orders and was replaced by a former Stamford Bridge favourite, David Webb. But he had set that record that will be his for ever – the first Premier League manager to be sacked!
Arsene Wegner holds the record for most games managed in the Premier League with 828, all with Arsenal, which he managed between 1996-2918. The most successful manager in the Premier League is Alex Ferguson who won 13 titles – more than three times as many as any other manager – with Man U between 1993-2013. Sam Allerdyce has managed the most teams in the Premier League, having taken charge of eight different clubs: Bolton W, Newcastle U, Blackburn R, West Ham U, Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Everton, West Brom A.
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Ian Porterfield, Bob Stokoe and Jim Montgomery BME of course, are legends of the Sunderland FA Cup Final win in 1973. Many will know the prowess of their opponents at the time, Leeds United, whose reputation in 1973 was phenomenal and hence this Cup Final win was very special and unexpected. Below is goalkeeper Montgomery's miraculous save in the final.
The save was compared to Gordon Banks' save against Brazil in the 1970 World Cup. Here are more of Montgomery's saves:
Jim Montgomery BEM, was awarded the British Empire Medal in June 2015. He was born on October the 9th, 1943 and made a record 627 appearances for his home town club, Sunderland, with 537 of these appearances being in the Football League, after joining the club as a youngster in 1960.
In June 2015, Montgomery was awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to football.
In October 2020, a mural of Montgomery celebrating the 1973 Sunderland FA Cup win was unveiled on The Times Inn, public house, overlooking the River Wear at Wear Street, Sunderland. 
Montgomery later played for Vancouver Royals, briefly, Southampton, Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest, notching up 614 apps.
After he retired as a player, Montgomery returned to Birmingham City and Sunderland as a goalkeeping coach.
James Hayden Montgomery (born 20 April 1994) who plays as a goalie for |National League club Gateshead. His grandfather was a cousin of Jimmy.
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