Old managers you remember as players

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It has just about got to the point where I remember as a player pretty much any manager who had a significant playing career. I was put in mind of this by 63 year old Brian Kidd, who I recall as a mop-topped youth for Man U that my primary school friends used to imitate. I also remember 68-year-old Jupp Heynckes from his Borussia days in Europe in the early seventies. Managers who played before my time have either retired or died. We grow old.

[sandman]

James Beattie.

[Royalclapper]

I remember seeing Ian Holloway play out on the wing for Bristol Rovers.

[bobbybottler]

an unremarkable goalkeeper


more worryingly


this guy was pretty handy, he'd stroll into the national team nowadays


I can just about remember this bloke, not much of a player really but had one glorious day in the sunshine

[Maquisard]

The interesting thing is I never age or grow fat.... no matter what the mirror says

[Big Foot]

Zola
Di Matteo
Malky McKay
Chris Casper
Chris Powell
Dougie Freedman
Nigel Clough
Roberto Martinez
Gus Poyet
Tony Mowbray
Darren Ferguson
Uwe Rosler
Phil Parkinson
Paul Lambert
Steve Bruce
Steve Clarke
Michael Laudrup
Lee Clark
Gareth Ainsworth
Neal Ardley
Edgar David's
Sean Dyche
Guy Whittingham
Graham Alexander
David Flitcroft
John Sheridan
Mauricio Pochettino
Paul Ince
Paolo Di Canio
James Beattie

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Zola
Di Matteo
Malky McKay
Chris Casper
Chris Powell
Dougie Freedman
Nigel Clough
Roberto Martinez
Gus Poyet
Tony Mowbray
Darren Ferguson
Uwe Rosler
Phil Parkinson
Paul Lambert
Steve Bruce
Steve Clarke
Michael Laudrup
Lee Clark
Gareth Ainsworth
Neal Ardley
Edgar David's
Sean Dyche
Guy Whittingham
Graham Alexander
David Flitcroft
John Sheridan
Mauricio Pochettino
Paul Ince
Paolo Di Canio
James Beattie

I've a horrible feeling all of those are younger than me.

[Jackson Corner]

Not a manager but I can remember seeing Graham Taylor head of the PFA play for Bury and he was shite. Also saw Bradley Walsh play for Brentford, when he went over to take a corner he always did a Norman Wisdom trip.

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Not a manager but I can remember seeing Graham Taylor head of the PFA play for Bury and he was shite. Also saw Bradley Walsh play for Brentford, when he went over to take a corner he always did a Norman Wisdom trip.

Gordon?

[Wax Jacket]

Not a manager but I can remember seeing Graham Taylor head of the PFA play for Bury and he was shite. Also saw Bradley Walsh play for Brentford, when he went over to take a corner he always did a Norman Wisdom trip.

LOL

I love Bradley Walsh

[Schards#2]

He was a dirty midfielder

[Fluff]

[Para Handy]

I was going to offer up Chris Casper although I'm aware he's no longer a manager. Good memories of Chris in a pretty dire team. His dad, Frank, once sat next to me at Madejski which was a bit of a surreal experience given that I was looking at a bloke that I'd only ever seen in Shoot or on MOTD. Looking back Burnley had one hell of team.

Anyway, I digress. A google led me to this site. Which is quite interesting and some of you may appreciate it.

http://handinglove.co.uk/football-team-stickers/

[Jackson Corner]

Not a manager but I can remember seeing Graham Taylor head of the PFA play for Bury and he was shite. Also saw Bradley Walsh play for Brentford, when he went over to take a corner he always did a Norman Wisdom trip.

Gordon?

Sorry easy mistake to make I may even have seen Graham Taylor play............

[bobbybottler]

.....google led me to this site. Which is quite interesting and some of you may appreciate it.

http://handinglove.co.uk/football-team-stickers/

My half-finished Panini Football 78 album is quite literally in the next room

[No Fixed Abode]

Chris Kiwomya