Yes I'm bored!
Leeds United - when Revie was given job they were 4th best supported club in Leeds (after both rugby codes and cricket) and had no trophies to their name. In fact they had been in regional league for a while. EVERYTHING we think of as Leeds United was down to him.
Auxerre - Guy Roux took over in 1961 when they were regional league amateur side. By the time he left they had won the league, 5 cups, and reached UEFA Cup semi final.
Man U - very brief success pre WW1 (just after being reborn in 1902) but after WW1 were relegated and became a yo yo team, with a best finish of 10th. Busby arrived at end of WW2 and it all began: the youth system, the attacking play, the European games under floodlights etc....the myth was born. They were almost nothing before he arrived.
Anyone think of any others I might have missed?
Leeds United - when Revie was given job they were 4th best supported club in Leeds (after both rugby codes and cricket) and had no trophies to their name. In fact they had been in regional league for a while. EVERYTHING we think of as Leeds United was down to him.
Auxerre - Guy Roux took over in 1961 when they were regional league amateur side. By the time he left they had won the league, 5 cups, and reached UEFA Cup semi final.
Man U - very brief success pre WW1 (just after being reborn in 1902) but after WW1 were relegated and became a yo yo team, with a best finish of 10th. Busby arrived at end of WW2 and it all began: the youth system, the attacking play, the European games under floodlights etc....the myth was born. They were almost nothing before he arrived.
Anyone think of any others I might have missed?