Gordon Milne
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Gordon Milne (born 29 March 1937) was an English footballer and football manager.
[edit] Life and playing career
Gordon Milne, was born in Preston, Lancashire, England and is the son of the former Preston player Jimmy Milne, and son to Jesse Milne. He was a nephew to Richard Forbes Sutherland, and cousin to Richard William Sutherland and Walter Sutherland. He had a successful playing career with amateur side Morecambe, Preston North End, Liverpool (1960-1967), Blackpool and Wigan Athletic. He won 14 full England caps (1963-1964).
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 the 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 the 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. He unfortunately, missed the 1965 F.A.Cup triumph in 1965 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. Master tactician Shankly sent out the injured pair Milne and Gerry Byrne to parade the F.A Cup before the kick-off. It had the desired effect as the crowd erupted and it's said you could see the Milan players physically wilt. The Reds went on to win the match 3-1 but were beaten 3-0 in the return leg in a game that is said to be 'a bit dubious.'
Milne was selected to represent England 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 the 8 May 1963 and finished one-all.
He joined Blackpool in 1967, before turning to management and coaching with Wigan Athletic as player/manager in August 1970. He finished playing and took on the management full-time at Wigan from 1970 to 1972 and guided them to the Northern Premier League and a F.A.Cup run, which ended with a narrow defeat to Manchester City at Maine Road. He also became the part-time manager of the England Youth team in 1972, helping them to win the European Youth Championship that year. He joined Joe Mercer at Coventry City as team manager, taking full control in 1974, upon Mercer's elevation to the Board. He continued until 1981, producing several exciting teams and securing the club's First Division status. He was shortlisted for the England management role following the departure of Sir Alf Ramsey, but was overlooked in favour of Don Revie. He has also managed Leicester City (1982-1986), Beşiktaş in Turkey (1987-1994) (where he won three successive titles, during the early 1990s) and Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan. After a spell as chief executive of the League Managers Association, he is now employed as Director of Football at Beşiktaş JK Istanbul, Turkey.
[edit] Career details
As a Player
- Liverpool F.C (1960 - 1967) - 282 appearances, 18 goals
- 2 First Division (level 1) championship winners medals (1964 and 1966)
- Second Division (level 2) championship winners medal (1962)
- European Cup Winners Cup runners-up medal (1966)
- England (1963 - 1964) - 14 caps
As a Manager
- Wigan Athletic (1970 - 1972)
- Northern Premier Division Winners (1972)
- England Youth Team (1972 - ?)
- European Youth Championship winners (1972)
- Coventry City (1974-1981)
- Beşiktaş (1987 - 1994)
- 3 Turkish League championships (1990, 1991 and 1992)
- Trabzonspor and Bursaspor (Briefly after 1994)
- Beşiktaş Football Director (Briefly in 2006 )
[edit] External links
- www.englandfc.com player profile
- Official Liverpool F.C. past players profile
- Player profile at LFChistory.net
- CWN.org managers
- The Internet Soccer Database
Categories: 1937 births | Living people | English footballers | England international footballers | English football managers | Blackpool F.C. managers | Liverpool F.C. players | Preston North End F.C. players | Wigan Athletic F.C. players | Coventry City F.C. managers | Leicester City F.C. managers | Beşiktaş J.K. managers | Wigan Athletic F.C. managers
