William Graham Carr was born on 25 October 1944 and is an English former professional footballer, manager and scout.
16 Facts About Graham Carr
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Graham Carr is currently an associate director for Northampton Town.
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Graham Carr played 27 times in Northampton's only season in the First Division.
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Graham Carr moved to York City in June 1968 and then to Bradford Park Avenue in July 1969 where he was a regular in their final season in the Football League.
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Graham Carr later played for Poole Town and Dartford, with whom he won the Southern League and gained an FA Trophy runners-up medal in 1974.
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Graham Carr briefly left management to play for Tonbridge and Weymouth before being appointed player-manager of Weymouth in January 1977.
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Graham Carr resigned in 1978 to manage Dartford and later managed Nuneaton Borough until 1985 when he left to become manager of his first club Northampton Town.
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Graham Carr was sacked from Northampton in May 1990 after their relegation back to the Fourth Division, taking over at Blackpool, who had been relegated along with Northampton, the following month.
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Graham Carr had a torrid time at Blackpool, where he was never popular with the home fans, who took to spitting on the dugout during home games, especially after letting the previous season's player of the year, Colin Methven, sign for Walsall, saying he was neither good enough nor quick enough for Fourth Division football.
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Graham Carr was, until Michael Appleton in 2012, Blackpool's shortest-serving manager, with just sixteen Football League matches in charge.
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In February 1991 Graham Carr was appointed as manager of Maidstone United, who had just sacked Keith Peacock following a run of poor results.
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Graham Carr took over as manager of Kettering Town in September 1992, with the club in administration and under the threat of a winding-up order.
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Graham Carr was not out of work for long, returning to Weymouth as manager on 12 May 1995, but resigned in September the same year.
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Graham Carr joined Dagenham and Redbridge in the autumn of 1995 following the sacking of Dave Cusack but he was sacked three games before the end of the season, having led the side to relegation.
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Newcastle were promoted back to the Premier League in April 2010 and Graham Carr was central to helping managers Chris Hughton and Alan Pardew sign players from the French, Dutch and German leagues such as Hatem Ben Arfa, Yohan Cabaye, Sylvain Marveaux, Papiss Cisse and Cheick Tiote, which helped turn the club's fortunes around.
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In June 2012, Graham Carr was rewarded for this work with a new eight-year contract with his hometown club, a deal which would have kept him at the club until he was aged 75 years.