Ivor Powell was appointed player-manager at Port Vale in July 1951, though he was sacked after just four months.
24 Facts About Ivor Powell
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Ivor Powell was appointed Bradford City manager in 1952 but was again unsuccessful and departed in February 1955.
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Ivor Powell left the club in 1963 and later managed Bath City before becoming a coach.
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Ivor Powell was inducted to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 alongside snooker player Terry Griffiths and cricketer Tony Lewis.
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Ivor Powell entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest working football coach on his 90th birthday after 55 years as a coach.
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Ivor Powell's playing career began with South Wales League side Bargoed Thursdays.
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Ivor Powell started playing for the reserve team of Barnet and, in May 1937, played in a friendly game against QPR.
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Ivor Powell played 159 league and cup games for the club.
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Ivor Powell made eight international caps for Wales and won four wartime caps.
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Ivor Powell stated that all of the club's funds had been spent on completing Vale Park but that "I thought if I increased the fitness of the squad and worked on their diet I could knock them into shape".
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Ivor Powell had been a tremendous player, although I remember him coming unstuck in one training session on the pitch when he was trying to coach our winger, Mick Hulligan.
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Mick's free kicks hadn't been too clever that day, so Ivor Powell said, 'Right, let me show you'.
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Ivor Powell put the ball down just outside the penalty area, took a run-up and, as we all watched, he blasted the ball right out of the ground and off down Hamil Road.
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Ivor Powell did his best to recover the situation though.
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Ivor Powell turned around to Mick and said, 'Now, you see, that's what you were doing'.
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Ivor Powell was a disciplinarian at Vale, but that's not a criticism.
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City's form struggled, and Ivor Powell left in February 1955 after a run of seven straight defeats and just two wins from 19 games without his presence on the field.
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Ivor Powell became a trainer-coach at Don Revie's Leeds United, and had a coaching spell at PAOK in Greece before he returned to management with Carlisle United in May 1960, succeeding Andy Beattie.
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Ivor Powell instilled discipline at Brunton Park, and signed players such as Peter McConnell, Reg Davies, Terry Caldwell, and Jack Marsden.
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Ivor Powell became manager of Bath City in 1964 and then a member of the coaching staff at Team Bath, where he worked for over 30 years, before becoming a coach at the same club.
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At 93, Ivor Powell announced his retirement as the "world's oldest football coach" in May 2010.
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Ivor Powell was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Ivor Powell completed 53 years as an FA accredited coach.
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Ivor Powell was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours for his services to sport and was presented with his award by Queen Elizabeth II on 25 June 2008, a few days short of his 92nd birthday.