George Kay was an English football player and manager of Luton Town, Southampton and Liverpool.
11 Facts About George Kay
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George Kay was manager of Liverpool for 15 years and led them to the Football League title in 1947, the first post-war football season, as well as taking them to the 1950 FA Cup Final.
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George Kay served with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and, following the war, he moved back to England to join West Ham United in July 1919, where he spent the next seven seasons.
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George Kay was one of the few members of the Cup Final side never to win an international cap but became the first West Ham player to play over 200 league games for the club.
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George Kay joined Southampton in May 1931, following the resignation of Arthur Chadwick, who had stood down after Saints had embarked on a policy of selling their best players to survive financially.
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George Kay started his Southampton career brightly with an opening day victory over Burnley on 29 August 1931 and by mid-September they topped the division.
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George Kay was unable to field a settled side and used 30 different players during the season, including six different centre forwards.
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The departure of Drake, although balancing the club's finances, left a large gap in the Saints forward line which George Kay was not able to fill satisfactorily.
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At Southampton, severe financial problems and the continual sale of the club's best players, prevented George Kay from realising his full potential as a manager.
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George Kay was experienced, well respected and knowledgeable and not afraid to try out new ideas, and the combination of these qualities brought him to Liverpool's attention when it was clear that George Patterson would be unable to continue the managerial side of his role.
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In readiness for the next season, George Kay snapped up young defender Bob Paisley on a free transfer from Bishop Auckland, as well as another future Liverpool legend Billy Liddell, but all their careers were then interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.