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Post by ACW on Jan 2, 2009 21:17:50 GMT 1
Just heard on FiveLive that our former manager (and the last Town manager to take us to the top division) Ian Greaves has died.
RIP
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Post by terrierng on Jan 2, 2009 21:18:57 GMT 1
Just heard on FiveLive that our former manager (and the last Town manager to take us to the top division) Ian Greaves has died. RIP rip |
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Post by bro600 on Jan 2, 2009 21:20:29 GMT 1
God bless .....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2009 21:21:45 GMT 1
An integral part of our history.
RIP
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Post by terrier08 on Jan 2, 2009 21:23:25 GMT 1
RIP
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Post by stealthdefence on Jan 2, 2009 21:24:26 GMT 1
Recent Interview...  Steve – Your first managerial post was at Huddersfield Town wasn’t it? Ian – It was strange really because when I finished at Oldham and was just about knackered, Altrincham who were a very good Non-League side in those days, they aren’t now but they were very big in those days, the best Non-League side in the North, well they offered me a contract there, but Chorley Football Club offered me a contract as player/manager. From my early days as a player when I had come out of the army, I’d gone on courses from day one myself and a friend called Freddy Goodwin had gone on every coaching course possible. We wanted to know more about football. So for the financial gain I did a year at Altrincham and part a year at a school, a private school where I taught P.E. During that time a goalkeeper who played with me at United, a lad called Ray Wood, god rest his soul, he’s dead now, he and I were P.E teachers at this school together. He said to me one day, “There’s a job going at our place, coach at Huddersfield Town.” “Right!” I said, “I’m in for it.” I got my letter ready and sent it in and the Manager came to me and said, “Yes, get on with it son.” After four days, I went to see him and said, “How the hell can I coach 40 players. I could only run them and kick a ball with 40 of them, so he let me get an assistant, a guy called Henry Coalburn, who died only last year. He was ten years older than me. Anyway, I did four years as coach. They offered me the Manager’s job and I went straight into it and within three years we’d been promoted into the then 1st Division. Steve – What age were you then when you were offered the managerial post at Huddersfield? Ian – 35. I was the youngest manager at the time. Steve – You had a young kid called Frank Worthington playing for you in them days, didn’t you? Ian – I can tell you some stories about Frank. Some boy. He was just a kid and when I was assistant at Huddersfield, they used to clean all the boots and that and I used to go around to make sure they were all doing them proper and one day when he was walking through the door, he said, “I’m going to play for England, never mind f******* Huddersfield.” I said “Get out of here you cheeky so and so before I clobber you one!” But he knew what he was talking about. Very talented. I had him at Huddersfield and I sold him to Leicester, but then I signed him for Bolton and he had three great years at Bolton with me. Steve – What was it like achieving promotion with Huddersfield, like you said getting up to the old 1st Division as it was then? Ian – It was very good, but I felt like the bottom three at the moment, West Brom, Palace and Norwich City. They’ve got one hell of a problem. The moment you get promoted the first thing you think about, even at Mansfield, it was exactly the same; we had no money. When I took Mansfield up, there was no money. I love them at Mansfield, the directors were absolutely brilliant with me, but they weren’t really because they didn’t give me any money. They were smashing people, treated me like a gentleman, we never had any fall outs, we loved each other, but I thought to myself one night, I’ve never got any money, no wonder I can’t get anywhere. It was the same at Bolton and the same at Huddersfield. We hadn’t got a penny. When we went up at Huddersfield that was it. We stayed up the first year with the same team that had got us promotion because I couldn’t buy a player. That will never change. Good luck to Mansfield, I love Mansfield to bits, but if they go up this year, and Keith is doing a good job there, if they go up, next year he’ll have one hell of a problem there, especially with a chairman what he’s got from what I’ve heard about the chairman he’s got. I mean he needs at least 4 or 5 players to go in there if he goes up to the next Division, and he wont have the money for it. Steve – It’s same throughout football though isn’t it? There’s only a lucky few that can afford to do that. Ian – I’ve managed three Clubs that were almost in the same category, Bolton Wanderers, Huddersfield Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers. They were all three the same, it was as though I’d never moved anywhere. I had 14 players and then I was having to use kids. That’s the thing that always disappointed me at Mansfield. We really did think that we were producing kids and we produced a couple, maybe four, but they proved out to be not quite good enough, you know what I mean? But that is the only way forward for a Club like Mansfield; they have got to have a fantastic youth policy. Steve – How did the job at Huddersfield end and how did the job at Bolton come around? Ian – They got relegated. I stood on the town hall steps the day they got the Cup and I said to my assistant manager, “They’ll be shouting for my head next season!” because we weren’t good enough to go up into the 1st, which is the Premier now. We stayed up a year and came down and we said goodbye and a month later, I took over at Bolton because, Jimmy Armfield, who was a pal of mine, he took the Leeds job and he asked me if I was interest in the job at Bolton and I said that I would take it. I had six fabulous years at Bolton. I you were to ask me what was the highlight of my career, god bless me, I love Mansfield and I loved Huddersfield, but it would be Bolton. It was an absolute different world. I had decent players, whereas at other Clubs you had to scratch about and that, I had about 15 or 16 good quality players. Steve – Where they there when you arrived at Bolton? Ian – No, I signed about six of them myself. Frank Worthington being one of them, Alan Gowling being another. They were like twins up front. They were like dynamite up front. I knew we were going to score a goal. I knew every Saturday afternoon we were going to score a goal. It’s a bloody great feeling when you’ve got that. RIP |
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Post by Mastercracker on Jan 2, 2009 21:24:27 GMT 1
RIP
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Post by andymerriman on Jan 2, 2009 21:26:09 GMT 1
RIP
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Post by deepc on Jan 2, 2009 21:27:34 GMT 1
Ian Greaves - True gent and what a team he produced.Kept us up for 2 years without money and then got the sack.Best memories of following Town
First away game of the promotion year at Oxford I had hitched down with some mates from the Bin Lid in Dewsbury .After the game I had got seperated from the others and I was looking around for other town fans to get back north with. Ian heard what had happened and came up and offered to lend me the money to get the train back.
One of natures good guys
RIP
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2009 21:30:28 GMT 1
Condolences
excellent manager
excellent team
probably the best team in most peoples living memory
Can we repeat it next season exactly 40 years on?
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Post by Tez on Jan 2, 2009 21:38:10 GMT 1
True Town great. If only the board had invested more after the first season we stayed up in the close season of 1971-72.
RIP.
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Post by marshian on Jan 2, 2009 21:38:45 GMT 1
RIP - saw some wonderful matches when he was our manager.
How nice it would be to be mentioned in the same category now as Wolves and Bolton........still who knows............
UTT
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Post by dxterrier on Jan 2, 2009 21:41:22 GMT 1
Ian Greaves - True gent and what a team he produced.Kept us up for 2 years without money and then got the sack.Best memories of following Town First away game of the promotion year at Oxford I had hitched down with some mates from the Bin Lid in Dewsbury .After the game I had got seperated from the others and I was looking around for other town fans to get back north with. Ian heard what had happened and came up and offered to lend me the money to get the train back. One of natures good guys RIP Great story deepc...... Ian Greaves a true gent and atrue town legend. Hope we are having a minutes silence or even a minutes applause may be more appropriate. RIP |
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Post by NookTerrier on Jan 2, 2009 21:41:31 GMT 1
Hoping for a 1minute silence/applause on Saturday to commemorate Ian's life.
RIP
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Post by realist on Jan 2, 2009 21:41:36 GMT 1
WAS ONE OF THE BEST TOOK THE CLUB UP AND WE HAD A GOOD SIDE WELL WORTH WATCHING IM SURE THE CLUB WILL HONOUR HIM SOMEHOW
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Post by panasonicgeese on Jan 2, 2009 21:42:43 GMT 1
I hope we do something tomorrow before kick off to celebrate Mr. greaves life, a minutes applause perhaps?
Very sad news indeed!
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Post by pjacko on Jan 2, 2009 21:47:18 GMT 1
Top bloke, brilliant manager, treated like crap by the board. Some of his methods were revolutionary at the time. Forty years ago he got us into the top flight and should have been better recognised by the club.
(Bin Lid? ... didn't know there was anyone as old as me on the board, Deepc!)
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Post by stevvy on Jan 2, 2009 21:48:29 GMT 1
indeed,sad news-personally i think a minutes applause is always more appropriate,and hopefully (despite the very short notice) the club will get that happening tomorrow
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2009 21:48:53 GMT 1
Sad news, I'm too young to have been around to support his Huddersfield teams but I've heard all about them, hope there is some kind of tribute tomorrow.
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Post by matty on Jan 2, 2009 21:58:30 GMT 1
a minute's applause would be more fitting imo, but like paulmat, I was only born in 83 so missed the last time we were in the top division, but he's a legend to any town fan
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Post by terriers123 on Jan 2, 2009 21:58:43 GMT 1
To young to remember his Town team but my Dad told me all about it. True Legend RIP
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Post by jasond on Jan 2, 2009 21:59:56 GMT 1
Too young to be familiar with his era but he always looked like in pictures one of our coolest looking managers. A real sharp suited dapper dan type. I really hope there is a minutes applause for him tommorow. RIP
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Post by marshterrier on Jan 2, 2009 22:03:05 GMT 1
Very sad news...
R.I.P
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Post by spiralling on Jan 2, 2009 22:05:07 GMT 1
Obviously wasn't around when he managed us, but heard a great many things about him. A true Town legend in every sense. A very sad day in our history.
God bless RIP
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2009 22:09:25 GMT 1
I'm totally in pieces at this news! A very very sad day! Everybody said Greaves inherited excellent players from Tom Johnson but he was the one who turned them into a great great football team. I've never forget the 1969/70 promotion season and to be honest, I still measure our football teams against that great team. Basically, I love the man and what he did for our club! Beating the then famous Leeds Utd team in 1971 in front of 40,000 at Leeds Road was just one of the many tremendous memories he left us. Rest in Peace Ian. You made a difference! AceT  |
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Post by terrier17 on Jan 2, 2009 22:14:00 GMT 1
RIP Ian a true Huddersfield Town Legend! God Bless
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Post by realist on Jan 2, 2009 22:17:10 GMT 1
Afriend of mine was takenon by greaves as a apprentice he turned up the first day and greaves said its the club presentation night this evening be there.He then asked if the player had a suite my mate said no so greaves got is wallet out and said here go buy one for tonight. he never asked fo his oney back but my mate was the smartest player there that evening in huddersfield.What a man ian greaves was
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Post by Chris461 on Jan 2, 2009 22:25:40 GMT 1
RIP
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Post by Davey Monroe on Jan 2, 2009 22:28:50 GMT 1
Terrible news. R.I.P Mr G.
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Post by richhtfc on Jan 2, 2009 22:30:35 GMT 1
Before my time, but clearly a very important figure in our history. RIP
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