| Date please ? 11:06 - Sep 5 with 4366 views | Beechball |
Could anyone save me a trip to Touchstones and tell me when exactly Mike Ferguson was sacked in the 1978-79 season ? |  | | |  |
| Date please ? on 11:42 - Sep 5 with 4308 views | TVOS1907 |
I might be able to find it when I get home tonight. |  |
| When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf? |
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| Date please ? on 11:44 - Sep 5 with 4306 views | Beechball |
Cheers TVOS. | | | |
| Date please ? on 11:55 - Sep 5 with 4278 views | seasidedale |
According to soccerbase november 1st 1978 | | | |
| Date please ? on 00:05 - Sep 8 with 3855 views | TVOS1907 |
Apologies, Beechball, for letting this slip down the board.
seaside is right - 1st November 1978. His last game was a 5-1 thrashing at Hartlepool on the previous Saturday. | |
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| Date please ? on 11:32 - Sep 8 with 3742 views | EllDale |
Am I right in thinking that he later ran the Royal Oak in the middle of Littleborough? | | | |
| Date please ? on 11:40 - Sep 8 with 3740 views | TVOS1907 |
| Date please ? on 11:32 - Sep 8 by EllDale |
Am I right in thinking that he later ran the Royal Oak in the middle of Littleborough? |
I believe so, but it was before I was allowed to venture in there. | |
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| Date please ? on 12:19 - Sep 8 with 3707 views | DaleiLama |
| Date please ? on 11:40 - Sep 8 by TVOS1907 |
I believe so, but it was before I was allowed to venture in there. |
Legally anyway ........ |  |
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| Date please ? on 16:11 - Sep 8 with 3653 views | Beechball |
| Date please ? on 00:05 - Sep 8 by TVOS1907 |
Apologies, Beechball, for letting this slip down the board.
seaside is right - 1st November 1978. His last game was a 5-1 thrashing at Hartlepool on the previous Saturday. |
Are you absolutely sure on that ? I've a copy of Shoot ! dated 9th December 1978 which promises a feature on "Managers Allan Clarke ( Barnsley) and Mike Ferguson ( Rochdale )" in the following week's issue. I realise copy deadlines had to be earlier 40 years ago but that still seems a long time for the news to seep though. | | | |
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| Date please ? on 20:44 - Sep 8 with 3575 views | TVOS1907 |
| Date please ? on 16:11 - Sep 8 by Beechball |
Are you absolutely sure on that ? I've a copy of Shoot ! dated 9th December 1978 which promises a feature on "Managers Allan Clarke ( Barnsley) and Mike Ferguson ( Rochdale )" in the following week's issue. I realise copy deadlines had to be earlier 40 years ago but that still seems a long time for the news to seep though. |
No, I'm not absolutely sure, I'm going off what's on the English National Football Archive, which is the 'bible' for this sort of thing.
However, he was still the manager when we played Droylsden in the FA Cup on 25th November (as per the match report in the Ob) and further investigation reveals he was sacked on Friday 1st December, the day before an away game at Doncaster. | |
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| Date please ? on 20:50 - Sep 8 with 3571 views | Beechball |
| Date please ? on 20:44 - Sep 8 by TVOS1907 |
No, I'm not absolutely sure, I'm going off what's on the English National Football Archive, which is the 'bible' for this sort of thing.
However, he was still the manager when we played Droylsden in the FA Cup on 25th November (as per the match report in the Ob) and further investigation reveals he was sacked on Friday 1st December, the day before an away game at Doncaster. |
That makes much more sense., thanks again TVOS. | | | |
| Date please ? on 20:53 - Sep 8 with 3564 views | TVOS1907 |
| Date please ? on 20:50 - Sep 8 by Beechball |
That makes much more sense., thanks again TVOS. |
No problem. I've emailed ENFA with the match report so they can update their records. | |
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| Date please ? on 22:32 - Sep 8 with 3515 views | pioneer |
| Date please ? on 20:50 - Sep 8 by Beechball |
That makes much more sense., thanks again TVOS. |
whatever the date, it was three months too late. | | | |
| Date please ? on 22:36 - Sep 8 with 3505 views | TVOS1907 |
| Date please ? on 12:19 - Sep 8 by DaleiLama |
Legally anyway ........ |
I wish I could agree with you (or say 'I couldn't possibly comment'), but it really was well before my time. | |
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| Date please ? on 10:41 - May 14 with 2890 views | SaleFosa |
| Date please ? on 11:42 - Sep 5 by TVOS1907 |
I might be able to find it when I get home tonight. |
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| Date please ? on 17:50 - May 14 with 2651 views | Nigeriamark |
| Date please ? on 20:44 - Sep 8 by TVOS1907 |
No, I'm not absolutely sure, I'm going off what's on the English National Football Archive, which is the 'bible' for this sort of thing.
However, he was still the manager when we played Droylsden in the FA Cup on 25th November (as per the match report in the Ob) and further investigation reveals he was sacked on Friday 1st December, the day before an away game at Doncaster. |
The Droylsden 1-0 defeat at home is still the worst I have ever felt as a Dale fan ( and there was a lot of competition )& not surprised he was sacked within a week |  | | |
| Date please ? on 18:25 - May 14 with 2618 views | ArthurDaley |
| Date please ? on 17:50 - May 14 by Nigeriamark |
The Droylsden 1-0 defeat at home is still the worst I have ever felt as a Dale fan ( and there was a lot of competition )& not surprised he was sacked within a week |
I am with you on this one, absolutely dreadful. |  |
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| Date please ? on 19:16 - May 14 with 2565 views | foreverhopefulDale |
| Date please ? on 17:50 - May 14 by Nigeriamark |
The Droylsden 1-0 defeat at home is still the worst I have ever felt as a Dale fan ( and there was a lot of competition )& not surprised he was sacked within a week |
Some of their fans were violent scum too, One Dale fan had a dart thrown at him. It was an embarrassing day. |  |
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| Date please ? on 20:29 - May 14 with 2526 views | pioneer |
| Date please ? on 19:16 - May 14 by foreverhopefulDale |
Some of their fans were violent scum too, One Dale fan had a dart thrown at him. It was an embarrassing day. |
WellI I would rather be poked in the eye with a stick than have to go through that game again. | | | |
| Date please ? on 20:49 - May 14 with 2510 views | foreverhopefulDale |
| Date please ? on 20:29 - May 14 by pioneer |
WellI I would rather be poked in the eye with a stick than have to go through that game again. |
Yes it was bloody awful. At that time we seemed to lose to Non League teams regularly. | |
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| Date please ? on 20:53 - May 14 with 2507 views | pioneer |
| Date please ? on 20:49 - May 14 by foreverhopefulDale |
Yes it was bloody awful. At that time we seemed to lose to Non League teams regularly. |
We lost to the cones in training, despite manager Ferguson having our scouts watch them. | | | |
| Date please ? on 20:58 - May 14 with 2498 views | foreverhopefulDale |
| Date please ? on 20:53 - May 14 by pioneer |
We lost to the cones in training, despite manager Ferguson having our scouts watch them. |
He had been a good player for us, and had a very good career. Just shows good players don’t always become good managers. Mind you, he would have had next to no funds to build a team. | |
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| Date please ? on 21:16 - May 14 with 2484 views | dogboy |
I remember an article in the Rochdale Observer that he tried to sign a footballer from Akranes who later became a superstar in Italy Simmonson or something like that lucky boy! |  | | |
| Date please ? on 01:12 - May 15 with 2422 views | pioneer |
| Date please ? on 20:58 - May 14 by foreverhopefulDale |
He had been a good player for us, and had a very good career. Just shows good players don’t always become good managers. Mind you, he would have had next to no funds to build a team. |
He was nothing more than average as a player with us, and was at the end of his long career.
He was clueless as a manager, all Dale managers are constrained by tight budgets. The good ones still manage to find bargain basement players and build teams that have been better than the sum of their parts.
Sadly Mike just didnt have it as a manager, which probably explains why he didnt emerge in significant positions at other clubs.
He passed away last year. | | | |
| Date please ? on 13:09 - May 15 with 2317 views | foreverhopefulDale |
| Date please ? on 01:12 - May 15 by pioneer |
He was nothing more than average as a player with us, and was at the end of his long career.
He was clueless as a manager, all Dale managers are constrained by tight budgets. The good ones still manage to find bargain basement players and build teams that have been better than the sum of their parts.
Sadly Mike just didnt have it as a manager, which probably explains why he didnt emerge in significant positions at other clubs.
He passed away last year. |
Yes he was a poor manager, and like you say other managers found good players and moulded decent teams , better than him, with no money. Suppose I was trying to make an excuse for him. | |
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