1. Gordon Milne was born on 29 March 1937 and is an English former football player and manager.
15 Facts About Gordon Milne
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Gordon Milne was born in Preston, Lancashire, England and is the son of the Scottish former Preston player Jimmy Milne and Jesse Milne.
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Gordon Milne was a successful right-half for Liverpool during the 1960s and played a prominent role in Liverpool's rise from the old Second Division, forming a partnership with Gerry Byrne.
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Gordon Milne missed the 1965 FA Cup final, in which Liverpool triumphed, through injury, but played a major role just a few days later as the Reds entertained Inter Milan in the first leg of the European Cup semi final.
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Gordon Milne was selected to represent England at wing-half 14 times making his debut for Alf Ramsey's team in a prestigious friendly with Brazil at Wembley in a game that took place on 8 May 1963 and finished one-all.
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Gordon Milne turned to management and coaching with Wigan Athletic as player-manager in January 1970.
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Gordon Milne managed Wigan from 1970 to 1972, making 73 Northern Premier League appearances for the club, and guided them to a league title and an FA Cup run, which ended with a narrow defeat to Manchester City at Maine Road.
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Gordon Milne became the part-time manager of the England Youth team in 1972, helping them to win the European Youth Championship that year.
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Gordon Milne joined Joe Mercer at Coventry City as team manager in June 1972, taking full control in 1974, upon Mercer's elevation to the Board.
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Gordon Milne was shortlisted for the England management role following the departure of Sir Alf Ramsey, but was overlooked in favour of Don Revie.
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Gordon Milne continued at Coventry until 1981, producing several exciting teams and securing the club's First Division status.
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Gordon Milne managed Besiktas in Turkey for seven years.
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Gordon Milne has succeeded in creating one of the most successful periods in the history of Besiktas and is still a legend for the Besiktas fans.
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Gordon Milne managed Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan, before returning to Turkey to take charge of Bursaspor and then Trabzonspor.
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Gordon Milne then accepted the role of Director of Football at Newcastle United, and worked alongside manager Bobby Robson between 1999 and 2004.