Golden George Graham

[gi joe]

I remember he was the preferred choice on here to succeed Advocaat.

I was certainly in favour of it.

I was too, but he said on Talksport a few years ago that he never had any contact with Rangers and a move would've been unlikely as all his professional life was spent in England.

Never stopped Souness or Gerrard.

 

[9inaBo]

One of the best defence managers.

 

[Dugsy]

The ones atm couldn't replace the back 4 in the women's team!

Ha, totally agree.

 

[China Bear]

Always liked George graham

 

[Zed]

Last manager to win a trophy with Spurs

 

[Cathcart Bear]

What year was this ?

Sorry it was when he was with Leeds, before Advocaat was confirmed.

 

[miko1972]

Does anybody know what he does now. Presumably retired and loaded ?

 

[Woodrow Call]

Loved a brown envelope that man.

At the time most managers did.

 

[Woodrow Call]

Last manager to win a trophy with Spurs

Was that not Harry?

 

[Polar bear]

Wow! That’s weird,lying in bed this morning thinking of great players you never seem to here about anymore,and George Graham was the first one that popped into my head.

 

[Polar bear]

How many do Man City have

That was then,this is now.

 

[Gibbonbear]

Was he banned for taking bungs? He just fell out of football completely.

He was the only one that got caught , at that time bungs were rife in the game and many top managers of the time were allegedly involved.
If you read the article you will see that he paid the bung back with interest .

 

[Zed]

Was that not Harry?

1999 League cup. Beat O’Neils Leicester. Apologies, forgot they also won it in 2008.

 

[Gibbonbear]

Class player, good manager, but ultimately a wrong-un.

A wrong un ? in what way , for taking a bung ,as I said in another post that was prevalent at that time and almost accepted as part of the game.
Obviously things are much better in the game now where we are paying gazillions to shady agents

 

[Zed]

Bungs then & bungs now. You’ll never get it eliminated. All managers are at it.

 

[Scarface]

Still looks like a prick. Nice gear? Em naw.

 

[senefelder]

I recall watching an interview with him, it was an intriguing watch. He had a real tough upbringing, his father died leaving his mother to bring up six kids, George being the youngest. He idolised his oldest brother who effectively became the bread winner for the family. Perhaps that is what fuelled his love of the good life?

 

[VGM]

I read somewhere that the Arsenal players used to call Bruce Rioch (Graham's successor) 'Dagenham' because he was a couple of stops past Barking.

Rioch looked like a high school computing teacher.

 

[Adelphi Ger]

A wrong un ? in what way , for taking a bung ,as I said in another post that was prevalent at that time and almost accepted as part of the game.
Obviously things are much better in the game now where we are paying gazillions to shady agents

Wrong-un probably not the most apt description, but lack of integrity definitely, just like all the rest of the bung-takers.

 

[attack-hands]

has he just dropped off a box of Milk Tray?

 

[Bumplittledipper]

Yes true don't know about three though but that's when our national team at least competed on the international stage won nothing mind you .

Liverpool, Man Utd, Leeds, Forest, Arsenal, Ipswich, Villa, Spurs all during their successful periods in the 70s and 80s had at least three Scots in their teams.

 

[Slipshod]

I wanted him to have a crack at the Rangers job.

 

[Mr Mojo risin']

I remember he was the preferred choice on here to succeed Advocaat.

I was certainly in favour of it.

was it not down to him, advocaat and taylor to take over smith by the time advocaat was leaving he had already picked mcliesh himself to take over

 

[Bluebearjim]

That Forest team with Kenny Burns,AG and Robbo were a proper team

Don't forget John McGovern

 

[HandsomeHead]

was it not down to him, advocaat and taylor to take over smith by the time advocaat was leaving he had already picked mcliesh himself to take over

I don't remember him being mentioned to replace Smith, but he was a firm favourite amongst fans to succeed Advocaat.

He was never seriously in the running though as far as I'm aware, Murray having already made the decision that we needed to seriously downsize and McLeish got the gig on the back of one half decent season with Hibs.

 

[1Hamburg]

A good article and as others in this thread,
I wanted him at Ibrox after Dick Advocaat.

 

[Mr Mojo risin']

I don't remember him being mentioned to replace Smith, but he was a firm favourite amongst fans to succeed Advocaat.

He was never seriously in the running though as far as I'm aware, Murray having already made the decision that we needed to seriously downsize and McLeish got the gig on the back of one half decent season with Hibs.

it was front page of the papers, murray had made a big deal about getting the best and im sure confirmed it was down to them i think some fans still thought they could get graham because of the previous link but that boat had sailed and it was already in stone that mcleish was coming before it became public

 

[Clicker]

Certainly knew how to build a defence to grind a win out. Not some of the best games to watch though

I still remember the old song from the North Bank “ one nil to the Arsenal”.

 

[standrew]

A brilliant manager in his day.

 

[Broughtonloyal]

He did actually. The Invicibles defence was mainly Lauren, Campbell, Toure, Cole. None were George Graham players.

Correct.

 

[htws]

Ex Drumchapel Ams player

 

[Blaew]

Arsene Wenger never ever replaced Graham's back 4.

Lauren Toure Campbell Cole were not bad and went undefeated.

 

[PMB1872]

Correct. All the great teams of the 60's, 70's and 80's had at least 3 Scots.

Leeds, Man Utd, Nottingham Forest, Ipswich and Liverpool.

And the Aston Villa European Cup winning team had three Scots in it.

 

[Saltcoats RFC]

I remember an interview from a long time ago George Graham staring that Arsenal and Rangers were the last great bastions of British football. Top man.

 

[The McLeod]

And the Aston Villa European Cup winning team had three Scots in it.

Could argue there was 4 in the 'side'.

Andy Blair warmed the bench in the Final, but did play in the Super Cup win over Barca.

 

[jorg_the_hammer]

Take it he was the manager when arsenal were known as "arsenal 0"

 

[weefree]

I don't remember him being mentioned to replace Smith, but he was a firm favourite amongst fans to succeed Advocaat.

He was never seriously in the running though as far as I'm aware, Murray having already made the decision that we needed to seriously downsize and McLeish got the gig on the back of one half decent season with Hibs.

That’s how I remember it too, favourite with the fans but wasn't going to work for what Murray needed at that time

 

[Brother Arch]

Managed Arsenal AND Spurs, which seems crazy.

And also Millwall AND Leeds, which also seems crazy.

He's still married to the model he wed when I was born (1967) so fair play.

GILF ?

 

[Zandermac]

GILF ?

Met him a few times as his mother lived across the back garden from my mothers house in Coatbridge, his brother lived in the street opposite my mothers front garden and his other brother ran my primary school football team.