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Just found this :- Grimsby Town's top 10 best ever managers in order of win percentage (Ranked) https://footballleagueworld.co.....#tim-ward-ndash-48-7
The idea that Rob Scott is in there just shows cold hard statistics mean naff all! Out of those I would give the greatest credence to Lawrie McMenemy who took over a club in the doldrums in the 4th division with hardly enough players, played a brand of football that suited the division at the time, and created such a buzz around Grimsby it is difficult to describe. The gates were huge, we won the title and he became a God-like figure. Like everything else, it is about context rather than the hard data but an interesting read nonetheless.
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Thanks for that PP, it makes an interesting read.
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September 8, 2023, 5:18pm |
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Alan Buckley wouldn’t be on it because he had the bare faced cheek to keep us punching in the championship for a few seasons
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September 8, 2023, 5:58pm |
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Alan Buckley wouldn’t be on it because he had the bare faced cheek to keep us punching in the championship for a few seasons
Infinitely harder to retain a high win percentage against the Man City, Forest, Birmingham and Sunderlands of the world.
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September 8, 2023, 7:54pm |
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Infinitely harder to retain a high win percentage against the Man City, Forest, Birmingham and Sunderlands of the world.
You’ve said it all SM and proves that facts and figures don’t tell the whole story
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Anyone on the fishy old enough to have watched the shankley team and was they as good as he said ( doubt if there is many supporters from this era left )
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Anyone on the fishy old enough to have watched the shankley team and was they as good as he said ( doubt if there is many supporters from this era left )
I was a teenager playing for my school team on Saturdays when Shankly was manager but still managed to see many of the games. Yes, the football we played was a joy to watch particularly our inside forwards and wing halves ( midfielders to you lot ) keeping possession, passing the ball around on the ground. Obviously the pace of the game was much slower in those days and fitness levels very different from today's. Our top scorer with over thirty goals in a season was Billy Cairns who at the time was 39 years old One story that always amused me was at that time Grimsby Borough Police had the the best police football team in the country, many of them being ex-professionals and were invited to train with the Town team. One day Shanks got booked for speeding. That was the end of those the training sessions.
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I was a teenager playing for my school team on Saturdays when Shankly was manager but still managed to see many of the games.
Yes, the football we played was a joy to watch particularly our inside forwards and wing halves ( midfielders to you lot ) keeping possession, passing the ball around on the ground.
Obviously the pace of the game was much slower in those days and fitness levels very different from today's. Our top scorer with over thirty goals in a season was Billy Cairns who at the time was 39 years old
What was the secret of his success then caveman? Did he bring in new players, new tactics, new training regimes? One story that always amused me was at that time Grimsby Borough Police had the the best police football team in the country, many of them being ex-professionals and were invited to train with the Town team.
One day Shanks got booked for speeding. That was the end of those the training sessions.
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forza ivano |
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I was a teenager playing for my school team on Saturdays when Shankly was manager but still managed to see many of the games.
Yes, the football we played was a joy to watch particularly our inside forwards and wing halves ( midfielders to you lot ) keeping possession, passing the ball around on the ground.
Obviously the pace of the game was much slower in those days and fitness levels very different from today's. Our top scorer with over thirty goals in a season was Billy Cairns who at the time was 39 years old
One story that always amused me was at that time Grimsby Borough Police had the the best police football team in the country, many of them being ex-professionals and were invited to train with the Town team.
One day Shanks got booked for speeding. That was the end of those the training sessions.
What was the secret of his success then caveman? Did he bring in new players, new tactics, new training regimes?
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