19 Facts About Jimmy Sirrel

James Sirrel was a Scottish football player and manager.

Jimmy Sirrel is regarded as a legend of the club, with the County Road Stand at Notts County's Meadow Lane named after him.

Jimmy Sirrel moved to Brentford as trainer in February 1965, before accepting the job of caretaker manager in February 1967.

However, at the beginning of that month it was announced that Jimmy Sirrel would be leaving Griffin Park to join Notts County as their new manager.

From previous managers Jack Wheeler and Billy Gray, Jimmy Sirrel had inherited a team including Don Masson, David Needham, Bob Worthington and Les Bradd, and his team would become increasingly difficult to beat.

Jimmy Sirrel built a solid defence, difficult to break down which would concede just 36 goals, while in front of goal, Jimmy Sirrel built an equally impressive goalscoring side which would score an average of 2.47 goals per game.

Jimmy Sirrel had overseen a transformation of Notts which had seen them go from Division Four strugglers to a Division Two side in little under four years.

Jimmy Sirrel however announced that he would leave Notts County for Sheffield United and was appointed their new manager on 21 October 1975, replacing Ken Furphy.

Jimmy Sirrel returned to Notts County, who were going through a hard time.

Jimmy Sirrel is the designer of the present Sheffield United club badge.

Jimmy Sirrel sat down and designed the badge that is still used today.

Jimmy Sirrel returned on 5 October 1977 and found a Magpies side struggling to avoid relegation back into Division Three.

Jimmy Sirrel was able to save Notts from the drop with the club eventually finishing in a respectable 15th place.

Jimmy Sirrel brought in Howard Wilkinson to be a head coach for Notts County's second season in the Division One.

Jimmy Sirrel continued on as General Manager and the club subsequently managed a comfortable 15th-placed finish.

Lloyd was dismissed the following season with the Magpies staring a second consecutive relegation in the face and Jimmy Sirrel was again appointed manager in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the drop.

In 1993, the newly redeveloped County Road Stand at Notts County's Meadow Lane was renamed the Jimmy Sirrel Stand in his honour:.

Apart from football, Jimmy Sirrel was a keen gardener and enjoyed bowls.

Jimmy Sirrel was buried on 7 October 2008 as fans and great figures from the world of football alike turned out to pay their respects to the Magpies legend.