Legendary Managers

Huddersfield completed three titles in a row in 1926, the season after he left.

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Leeds City were thrown out of the Football League in 1919; Chapman was banned but later cleared.

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Chapman persuaded London Transport to rename the station nearest Highbury.

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He wanted the team to stand out; the white sleeves have been part of the kit ever since.

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He had lights fitted at Highbury, but the authorities would not allow floodlit league games until the 1950s.

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Arsenal went on to complete three titles in a row that he had started to build.

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The bronze bust now stands at the Emirates Stadium.

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1919, 1924, 1925 and 1932.

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Northampton from 1907, Leeds City from 1912, Huddersfield from 1921 and Arsenal from 1925.

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Arsenal beat Huddersfield, Chapman's old club, 2-0 at Wembley.

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The 'curse of Béla Guttmann' is quoted every time Benfica lose a European final.

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Five European Cup finals, a UEFA Cup final and two Europa League finals.

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He rarely stayed more than two seasons anywhere.

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He then wrote a clause into future contracts that he could not be sacked while top.

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The tour came after the Hungarian uprising, and several players never returned home.

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Some historians credit him with spreading the 4-2-4 ideas Brazil used at the 1958 World Cup.

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Hakoah won the Austrian title in 1925 and toured the United States, where Guttmann stayed to play.

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The 1920s, 1955, 1961 and 1962.

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1963, 1965, 1968 and 1988.

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Porto pipped Benfica to the 1959 title, and Benfica hired him that summer.

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His title-winning Atlético came before his spells at Sevilla and Barcelona.

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He left for Inter in 1960 after falling out with the club's star Kubala.

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The name stuck as Inter won three league titles and two European Cups under him.

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Lines such as 'class plus preparation plus intelligence plus athleticism equals the championship'.

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Players were taken away from home and family for days before big games.

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Inter's president Angelo Moratti made him the first coach paid like a star.

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It was his last major trophy; only the minor Anglo-Italian Cup of 1972, also with Roma, came later.

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Atlético in the late 1940s, Barcelona from 1958, Inter from 1960 and Roma from 1968.

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1960, 1963, 1964 and 1967.

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He grew up in Casablanca and went on to play in France before coaching.

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The run lasted from 1966 to 1974, equalling the world record of the time.

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Dunfermline beat Celtic in a replayed final, which helped bring him back to Parkhead.

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He worked down the pits in Lanarkshire while playing part-time.

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Celtic had strong Catholic roots; Stein had played for the club in the 1950s.

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He left to become Scotland manager - four years after Brian Clough's own 44 days at Leeds.

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He collapsed as Scotland drew 1-1 with Wales; his assistant Alex Ferguson took the team to the finals.

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It is painted on walls and banners around Celtic Park.

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1961, 1965, 1967 and 1978.

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Stein from 1978, Ferguson as caretaker after Stein's death in 1985, Roxburgh from 1986.

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Rangers won the 1974-75 title, the last before the Scottish Premier Division began.

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He won the FA Cup with City in 1934.

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Twenty-three people died in all, including journalists and crew.

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Taylor and Byrne died at the scene; Charlton survived and won the 1966 World Cup.

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Murphy, also Wales manager that year, took a patched-up side to the FA Cup final.

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Nat Lofthouse scored both goals, the second after a charge on goalkeeper Harry Gregg.

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Gregg carried out a baby and her mother as well as team-mates.

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Sir Matt remained at the club as a director after he stepped down.

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1945, 1956, 1958 and 1968.

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Charlton played until 1973, Foulkes until 1969 and Gregg until 1966.

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United won 4-1 after extra time at Wembley, ten years after Munich; Charlton scored twice.

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They were promoted in 1962 and were champions two years later.

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The tiny village produced around fifty professional footballers; Shankly went on to win the 1938 FA Cup with Preston.

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It was meant to remind visitors who they were playing against.

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The reluctant Bob Paisley, his assistant, took over.

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He liked to say he had been to Rome twice, once to liberate it and once to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach.

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Along with three European Cups, a UEFA Cup and three League Cups.

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He had scored in the semi-final against Everton and was bitterly disappointed.

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1962, 1964, 1973 and 1974.

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Paisley won three, Fagan one and Shankly none.

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Liverpool beat Leeds 2-1 after extra time at Wembley in 1965.

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Forest won the league by seven points, as a newly promoted side.

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The record stood until Arsenal passed it in 2004.

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John Robertson scored the only goal in Madrid, against Kevin Keegan's Hamburg.

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Clough signed him from Birmingham City in February 1979.

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He had scored 251 league goals in 274 games for Middlesbrough and Sunderland.

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Clough said he was nothing without Taylor; the pair fell out for good in the 1980s.

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He retired as Forest finished bottom of the first Premier League season.

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1972, 1975, 1979 and 1993.

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Hartlepools from 1965, Derby from 1967, Leeds for 44 days in 1974 and Forest from 1975.

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Robertson crossed from the left and Francis, in his first European match, headed in against Malmö.

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Dynamo were the first Soviet club to win a European trophy.

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Blokhin won the Ballon d'Or that year.

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Belanov was the second Dynamo player to win it, after Blokhin in 1975.

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Zavarov, Blokhin and Yevtushenko scored at the Stade de Gerland.

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Dynamo had beaten Real Madrid in the quarter-final.

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A left winger, he was famous for the 'dry leaf' corner that swerved in.

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He collapsed on the bench during a match and died days later.

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1975, 1986, 1988 and 1999.

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Blokhin in 1975 and Belanov in 1986 at Dynamo; Shevchenko won in 2004 at Milan.

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Gullit and Van Basten scored in Munich, Van Basten with his famous volley.

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Feyenoord beat Celtic 2-1 after extra time in Milan.

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Brugge lost 1-0 to Liverpool at Wembley.

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The Dutch lost 3-1 to Argentina after extra time in Buenos Aires.

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He was the first coach to win all three of UEFA's main club competitions.

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Italy with Juventus and Inter, Germany with Bayern, Portugal with Benfica and Austria with Salzburg.

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'Was erlauben Strunz?' became a catchphrase in Germany.

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He took Ireland to Euro 2012.

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1970, May 1978, June 1978 and 1983.

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1977, 1984 and 1985.

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The Prater stadium was renamed the Ernst-Happel-Stadion after his death in 1992.

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Herberger coached Germany from 1936 to 1964.

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Schön led West Germany at four World Cups from 1966 to 1978, winning in 1974.

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Ramsey used a 4-4-2 with Ball and Peters working the flanks.

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He won two Champions Leagues with Real Madrid, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 with Spain.

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Aragonés left after the tournament; del Bosque won the next two.

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Zagallo won as a player in 1958 and 1962 and as coach in 1970; Beckenbauer won in 1974 and 1990.

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Pozzo is the only coach to win two World Cups.

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1934, 1966, 1982 and 2018.

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Euro 1964, Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, and Euro 2024.

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Jacquet's France beat Brazil 3-0 in Paris; his assistant Lemerre won Euro 2000.

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