Howard Kendall RIP

[roydo]

I was more thinking with Villa in 1990, actually, but I see his Watford team were runners up in 83. To be honest, I was either far too young or not alive for these two. I just looked here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions

Didnt realise he got that close with Villa

 

[caught]

Didnt realise he got that close with Villa

No, nor I until I checked. He got the England job right after that season, too. I recall reading Kendall was a candidate at the time but had no interest in it. Another good example of how the man had little interest in fame or attention.

 

[tommye]

No, nor I until I checked. He got the England job right after that season, too. I recall reading Kendall was a candidate at the time but had no interest in it. Another good example of how the man had little interest in fame or attention.

if my memory serves me correctly I'm sure Peter Swales was Man City chairman at the time, and also highly ranked within the FA (possibly chairman)
Howard, having been at City for only a couple of months, was never officially 'offered' the position. Swales allegedly said "this England job, you're not really interested are you?

That was the end of that.

 

[caught]

if my memory serves me correctly I'm sure Peter Swales was Man City chairman at the time, and also highly ranked within the FA (possibly chairman)
Howard, having been at City for only a couple of months, was never officially 'offered' the position. Swales allegedly said "this England job, you're not really interested are you?

That was the end of that.

Sounds fair. I had a quick look online but there's only a few vague references to Kendall 'declining an interview' for the job. I can't recall where I read it originally but it was a few years ago.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Sounds fair. I had a quick look online but there's only a few vague references to Kendall 'declining an interview' for the job. I can't recall where I read it originally but it was a few years ago.

Pretty sure when he was asked about it he said "No thanks, they should have given it to Brian Clough years ago."

 

[summerisle]

The tributes, and the stories of unasked kindness, keep coming. This time from Dennis Smith.

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stok...riend-Howard/story-28002927-detail/story.html

 

[LinekersLegs]

Man City tribute in their match programme for Sevilla

 

[summerisle]

Mark Chapman's fulsome tribute :

http://www.joe.co.uk/sport/mark-cha...or-giving-us-football-worth-remembering/20402

 

[roydo]

Mark Chapman's fulsome tribute :

http://www.joe.co.uk/sport/mark-cha...or-giving-us-football-worth-remembering/20402

I always like Chapman. This kind of stood out.


For those of a certain age, we have been able to reminisce about one of the best football teams ever assembled.

 

[The Equaliser]

Mark Chapman's fulsome tribute :

http://www.joe.co.uk/sport/mark-cha...or-giving-us-football-worth-remembering/20402

Brilliant that. His achievements in the 80s were certainly well respected by the wider football public. I'd forgotten how many games were in such a short space of time at the end of that season, which eventually caught up with us at Wembley.

 

[Toffeelover]

The tributes keep poring in. A true reflection on the respect that the football world had for our Howie.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Brilliant that. His achievements in the 80s were certainly well respected by the wider football public. I'd forgotten how many games were in such a short space of time at the end of that season, which eventually caught up with us at Wembley.

42 league games, two-legged League Cup games, potential FA Cup replay after replay at a time when the first replay was played 3-4 days after the original tie, no 10 day police order in place in those days.

 

[The Equaliser]

42 league games, two-legged League Cup games, potential FA Cup replay after replay at a time when the first replay was played 3-4 days after the original tie, no 10 day police order in place in those days.

Yes, 4 games in 7 days immediately before 2 major cup finals, it was mental. As Chapman says, Wenger or Mourinho would self-combust in the same circumstances.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Yes, 4 games in 7 days immediately before 2 major cup finals, it was mental. As Chapman says, Wenger or Mourinho would self-combust in the same circumstances.

With just one sub and very small first team squads, realistically only about 14-15 players stood a chance of being part of the final 12.

 

[maccavennie]

The tributes, and the stories of unasked kindness, keep coming. This time from Dennis Smith.

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stok...riend-Howard/story-28002927-detail/story.html

Superb that mate, thanks for posting.