Dave Bassett won a total of seven promotions and is one of a select number of managers who took charge of over 1,000 matches.
22 Facts About Dave Bassett
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Dave Bassett next managed Crystal Palace, losing in the First Division play-off final in 1996.
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In 1997, Dave Bassett was appointed general manager and assistant to Stuart Pearce at Nottingham Forest.
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When Forest were relegated, Dave Bassett took over as manager, leading the club back to the Premier League as Division One champions in 1998.
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Dave Bassett was sacked in December 1998 with Forest in the relegation zone.
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Dave Bassett became manager of Barnsley in May 1999, and led them to the play-off final, which they lost to Ipswich Town.
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Subsequently, Dave Bassett had roles as caretaker manager at Leicester City and Southampton and served as assistant manager to Dennis Wise at Leeds United.
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Dave Bassett retired from playing and became assistant manager soon after Wimbledon won election to the Football League in 1977 under the management of Dario Gradi.
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Dave Bassett was promoted to first team manager following the departure of Dario Gradi to Crystal Palace in January 1981, when Wimbledon were ninth in the Fourth Division.
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Dave Bassett took over at Crystal Palace in early February 1996, taking charge of a club which was standing in 16th place in Division One and had lost most of its players the previous summer.
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Dave Bassett set about rejuvenating the side, and a remarkable run of form meant that automatic promotion was still a possibility until the penultimate game of the season.
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In March 1997, Dave Bassett left Crystal Palace to join Premier League strugglers Nottingham Forest as general manager and to assist England player, Forest's captain and caretaker manager Stuart Pearce.
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Dave Bassett succeeded John Hendrie as Barnsley manager in May 1999.
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Dave Bassett left in December 2000 after failing to mount another promotion challenge.
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Dave Bassett was linked with a move to succeed Colin Lee at fellow Division One club Wolverhampton Wanderers, but when Lee's successor was announced in the new year it was Dave Jones, formerly of Southampton, who took the role and not Bassett.
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Dave Bassett took over as manager again on 11 October 2004 after Adams' resignation, but left his director of football role after Craig Levein was appointed as Adams' replacement.
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Dave Bassett was appointed as assistant manager to Harry Redknapp at Southampton in the summer of 2005, after the departure of Jim Smith.
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When Redknapp left in December 2005, Dave Bassett became the caretaker manager, a role he shared with Dennis Wise.
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Dave Bassett left the club on 23 December 2005 after George Burley was appointed full-time manager of the Saints.
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Dave Bassett stated that he had been led to believe by the chairman that he was the players' choice as next manager.
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On 29 January 2008, it was reported by the Yorkshire Evening Post that Dave Bassett had left the club, following Dennis Wise's resignation as manager.
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On 10 February 2011, Dave Bassett returned to Sheffield United in a consultancy role for manager Micky Adams, with the club in the midst of a Championship relegation battle and Adams struggling to adapt to his new job.