Who was the manager when you went to your first match?

Another one for Stan Mortensen but in all honesty I don’t remember much about him as he only managed for one season. I vaguely remember it was a night match and we played Blackburn Rovers. Don’t remember the score though.
And there are a whole list since then.
Just done a quick search and believe it or not but Dobbie is the only one with a 50% win record, albeit after 6 games but hey, get him in full time and help him better that record.
 
Slamdunk said:
Ron Suart 1964 v Everton , just moved down from jockland , mum and dad bought a guest house on Woodfield Rd .
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Wilf Dixon was trainer in those days , was on schoolboy forms then , top man Wilf taught us how to kick a ball properly , head it properly , tackle properly . Could do with him around now . Happy days .
 
Bob Stokoe, 3/4/71. Top Division. BFC 0 Newcastle United 1 crowd 14000, then 12/4/71 BFC 0 Spurs 0 crowd 16000.

But the most influential manager of recent times is Steve McMahon.
 
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Ron Suart for my first match, but only once.

Morty when I started going regularly every week (yes, Central League matches too - sat on the Kop wall with my mates chatting to Kevin Thomas RIP.)
 
B_HenrySt said:
Ron Suart. There, I've shown my age.

The unusual situation in those days was that (pretty much) nobody ever got sacked. Growing up, I could name all the Lancashire teams managers for years; Andy Beattie - PKE. Harry Potts - Burnley, Jack Marshall - t'Rovers, Bill Ridding - Bolton to name but a few. Times have changed that's for sure.
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Alan Brown
 
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