World Soccer - UK (2022-01)

Appointments,sackingsandloans

“Amidtherumours,I’mtellingyouthatI’mfollowingthe

indicationsoftheclub’sdoctors,undergoingtestsandtreatment

andseeingmyprogresswithin 90 days.Alwayspositive!”

RayKENNEDY(1 95 1-2 021 )
Thegifted,left-footedmidfielderscored
72 goalsinseven-and-a-halfseasons
atLiverpool,havingmadehisnameat
Arsenal.In 1970 -71he hit 26 goalsin all
compsastheGunnerswon thedouble.
Hemovedto Anfieldin 1974 , on the
samedaythatBillShanklyresignedas
manager.“Maybeitwillbe saidthatone
ofthe last thingsI didatthisclubwas to
signa greatnewplayer,”declaredShankly,
andhewasproven right:undernewboss
BobPaisley,Kennedywonfiveleague
titlesandthreeEuropeanCups.
Heleft Liverpoolin 19 82,andlater
played forSwanseaCityandHartlepool
United,beforebeingdiagnosedwith
Parkinson’s diseasein 19 84.

OBITUARIES

EUROPE

CLAUDEPUELwasfiredbyLigue 1

sideSaint-Etienne,whileinGermany,

RBLeipzigsackedJESSEMARSCH.

Russia andRubinKazanmidfielder

OLEGSHATOVannounced thathe

wouldbetakinga “careerbreak”from

footballafter a seriesofrecurringinjuries.

JOHNVAN’T SCHIPresignedfrom

hispositionasGreecemanagerafter

failingtoqualifyfor theWorldCup.

InLeagueOne,Fleetwood,Doncaster

andIpswichpartedwayswith managers

SIMONGRAYSON,RICHIEWELLENS

andPAULCOOKrespectively. In League

Two,KEITH CURLEleftOldhamAthletic.

After threegamesas interimboss,

MICHAELCARRICKleftManchester

PhilDWYER(1 95 3-20 21 )

Cardiff’s record appearancemakerand

theirdefensive rockofthe ’ 70 s and’80s.

FrankBURROWS(1 94 4-20 21 )

Anotherhighly prominentfigureinWelsh

football, BurrowsmanagedCardiff twice,

witha spell at rivalsSwanseainbetween.

Bertie AULD(1 93 8-20 21 )

Oneof themidfieldersinCeltic’s 1 967

EuropeanCup-winningside.Auldalso

wonfiveleague titlesand severaldomestic

cupsinScotland,aswellasthe English

LeagueCupwithBirmingham.

DzyanisKOWBA(1 97 9-20 21 )

Theex-Belarusinternationalwasassistant

coachatVitebskin theBelarusianPremier

Leaguewhenhe passed away aged 42.

MomciloVUKOTIC(1 95 0-20 21 )

PartizanBelgrade’ssecond-highest

appearancemaker, whostarredat Euro

’76 as Yugoslaviacamefourthonhome

soil.Laterembarkedona longcoaching

career, mainlyinGreeceandCyprus.

JohnSILLETT(1 93 6-20 21 )

ThemanagerthatguidedCoventryCity

totheirshockFACup victoryin 1 98 7.

DouglasCOWIE(1 92 6-20 21 )

A Scotlandinternationalof 20 caps,

Cowiemadehisnameasa defender

withDundee,where he madea

club-record 446 appearances.

HorstECKEL(1 93 2-20 21 )

Thelast remainingmemberoftheWest

Germany teamthatwonthe 1954 World

Cup,Eckel wascreditedwith preventing

NandorHidegkutifromdictatingthefinal.

LouisBIMPSON(1 92 9-20 21 )

StrikerBimpsonmade 1 02 appearances

forLiverpoolbetween 1953 and 1 959,

scoring 39 goalsfor theReds.

BerndNICKEL(1 94 9-20 21 )

Nicknamed“DoktorHammer”,Nickel

liesthird on bothEintrachtFrankfurt’s

all-timeappearanceand goal charts.

MarvinMORGAN(1 98 3-20 21 )

A hugelypopularmaninEnglish

football,having developeda fashion

brandthatsawhimrub shoulders with

manyof thecountry’sbiggestnames.

Thebestyearsofhisnomadiccareerin

thelowerleaguescameatShrewsbury

Town,wherehehelpedthemwin

promotionfromLeagueTwoin 2 01 2.

United,endinghis 15 -yearassociation

withtheclubasplayer anda coach.

BrazilianstrikerDIEGOFARIASleft

Cagliari aftersevenyearsattheclub.

MARCELBRANDSlefthisrole

asEverton’sdirectoroffootball.

ASIA

DICKADVOCAATquitascoach

ofIraq,havingfailedtowinanyof his

sixWorldCup qualifiersincharge.

CONCACAF

InMLS,MexicomidfielderJONATHAN

DOSSANTOSdeparted LA Galaxy.

SOUTHAMERICA

Uruguay sackedlong-servingcoach

SergioAguero respondstorumours thathewill be forcedtoretirebya heartcondition

OSCARTABAREZ, havingtakenthemto

three WorldCupsandfiveCopasAmerica.

FormerLiverpool,Argentina

andAtleticoMadridwingerMAXI

RODRIGUEZannouncedhisretirement.

Flamengopartedcompanywith

coachRENATOGAUCHOjustfour

monthsafter appointinghim.

GLOBALFOOTBALLINTELLIGENCE

Fresh EgoKid...

Marvin Morgan

Retiring...Maxi
Rodriguez

Uruguay

legend...

Oscar

Tabarez

Liverpool

legend...Ray

Kennedy