Philip Desmond "Chic" Bates was born on 28 November 1949 and is an English former football player and manager.
14 Facts About Chic Bates
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Chic Bates had a fine debut season scoring 17 goals as the "Shrews" gained promotion to the Third Division.
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Chic Bates continued to perform well and in 1977 he joined Swindon Town where he spent two years before joining Bristol Rovers.
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Chic Bates left in 1987 to become assistant manager to Lou Macari at Swindon Town and followed Macari to Stoke City and Celtic and back to Stoke.
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Chic Bates returned to Shrewsbury and had two spells as caretaker manager.
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Chic Bates was born in West Bromwich began his career with non-league Stourbridge before joining Shrewsbury Town in 1974.
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Chic Bates became a useful forward for the "Shrews" and in his first season as a professional he scored 17 goals helping the team gain promotion.
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Chic Bates continued to impress for Shrewsbury and caught the eye of a number of larger clubs and eventually left for Swindon Town in 1978.
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Chic Bates spent two years at Swindon and had a short spell at Bristol Rovers before returning to Shrewsbury Town where became player manager.
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Chic Bates was appointed player manager of Shrewsbury Town in 1984 and retired from playing in 1985 taking up full-time management a position he would keep until November 1987.
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Chic Bates again left Shrewsbury for Swindon Town becoming assistant manager to Lou Macari and Osvaldo Ardiles.
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Whilst Chic Bates was a useful and popular coach he was not thought to be a successful manager.
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Chic Bates moved back to Shrewsbury and became assistant manager filling in as caretaker on two occasions firstly in November 1999 and 22 October 2004 to 15 November 2004.
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In 2013 Chic Bates was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimers.