Post by yenilira on Mar 5, 2011 10:43:53 GMT 1
We all know Sir Alex Ferguson is the oldest manager in the Premier League - at the grand old age of 69 (and still going strong?) having been a manager since 1974 when in charge of East Stirling, with 25 years at OT on an eye-watering 7 million euros a year.
How do the other prem managers compare in that respect?
Harry Rednapp (Spurs, England) is the next oldest at 64, whilst Roy Hodson at West Brom (English) and Gearld Houllier (Villa, French) are both 63.
The Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, from France, is 61:
did the hierarchy at Highbury pick him because his name was reminescent of the club's name?
Then we come to 'King Kenny' in his second stint at the scousers who has just picked up his bus pass this week.
At 4 years younger than KK, West Ham's Avram Grant from Israel, may still be in that hot seat come the season's end?
There are 5 others in their 50s :
Tony Pulis (Stoke and Wales) at 53,
Alex McLeish (Brum and Scotland) is 52, as is Mick McCarthy at Wolves, who was born in Barnsley, but played for the ROI.
One manager who everyone is asking - Will he go, will he stay? is Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian at Chelsea, who is in his 51st year.
The ex-Man. Unt. centre-half, Steve Bruce manages Sunderland and is English comes in at the big 5-0, with Alan Pardew at Newcastle (English) is a year younger than SB.
Then we come to who is regarded by many as the greatest-ever Blackpool boss - 47-year old Ian Holloway, who is, of course, English-born.
Has anyone on here got the same birth-date as our revered boss - 12 March (1963) ?
You're in good company, then.
The Scots-born David Moyes at Everton comes in at the same age as 'Wee Ollie', likewise Mark Hughes (Fulham & Wales).
How many believe that if he'd stayed at Citeh, that club would be in the same situation as they are now? Debateable.
Another Italian, who is in charge at Eastlands, Roberto Mancini, is only 46 - young in terms of 'big club' bosses.
I have heard murmers that he will get the 'big heave-ho' if Man. City don't get a Champs League place come May - true?
The former manager of Burnley, Owen Coyle, now at Bolton, is 44, and a ROI internationalist, despite being Paisley-born.
Next on the list comes Steve Kean at Blackburn - the second-youngest at 43. (English).
Which leaves only the Wigan manager - Roberto Martinez, who hails from Balaguer, in Spain, and at 37 is probably the youngest-ever manager in the top flight.
So there you have it - who would want to be a Manager?
What experience(s) have you had in meeting up with any of those Prem bosses - apart from Wee Ollie, of course?
YL.
How do the other prem managers compare in that respect?
Harry Rednapp (Spurs, England) is the next oldest at 64, whilst Roy Hodson at West Brom (English) and Gearld Houllier (Villa, French) are both 63.
The Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, from France, is 61:
did the hierarchy at Highbury pick him because his name was reminescent of the club's name?
Then we come to 'King Kenny' in his second stint at the scousers who has just picked up his bus pass this week.
At 4 years younger than KK, West Ham's Avram Grant from Israel, may still be in that hot seat come the season's end?
There are 5 others in their 50s :
Tony Pulis (Stoke and Wales) at 53,
Alex McLeish (Brum and Scotland) is 52, as is Mick McCarthy at Wolves, who was born in Barnsley, but played for the ROI.
One manager who everyone is asking - Will he go, will he stay? is Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian at Chelsea, who is in his 51st year.
The ex-Man. Unt. centre-half, Steve Bruce manages Sunderland and is English comes in at the big 5-0, with Alan Pardew at Newcastle (English) is a year younger than SB.
Then we come to who is regarded by many as the greatest-ever Blackpool boss - 47-year old Ian Holloway, who is, of course, English-born.
Has anyone on here got the same birth-date as our revered boss - 12 March (1963) ?
You're in good company, then.
The Scots-born David Moyes at Everton comes in at the same age as 'Wee Ollie', likewise Mark Hughes (Fulham & Wales).
How many believe that if he'd stayed at Citeh, that club would be in the same situation as they are now? Debateable.
Another Italian, who is in charge at Eastlands, Roberto Mancini, is only 46 - young in terms of 'big club' bosses.
I have heard murmers that he will get the 'big heave-ho' if Man. City don't get a Champs League place come May - true?
The former manager of Burnley, Owen Coyle, now at Bolton, is 44, and a ROI internationalist, despite being Paisley-born.
Next on the list comes Steve Kean at Blackburn - the second-youngest at 43. (English).
Which leaves only the Wigan manager - Roberto Martinez, who hails from Balaguer, in Spain, and at 37 is probably the youngest-ever manager in the top flight.
So there you have it - who would want to be a Manager?
What experience(s) have you had in meeting up with any of those Prem bosses - apart from Wee Ollie, of course?
YL.