John Charles Sillett was an English football player and manager.
18 Facts About John Sillett
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John Sillett played for Chelsea, Coventry City and Plymouth Argyle.
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John Sillett won the Championship with Chelsea in 1955, playing alongside his brother Peter Sillett.
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John Sillett was manager of Coventry City from 1986 until 1990, winning the FA Cup in 1987, and had two spells as manager of Hereford United.
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John Sillett was born in Southampton, Hampshire, on 20 July 1936.
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John Sillett's father, Charlie Sillett, was a footballer, playing for Southampton between 1931 and 1938.
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John and Peter Sillett both followed their father in signing for Southampton, although John never played for the first team.
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John Sillett left Chelsea after the arrival of Tommy Docherty as manager, joining Coventry City in June 1962, who were at the time being managed by Jimmy Hill.
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John Sillett was appointed Bristol City youth coach in 1968 under manager Alan Dicks, a former Chelsea and Coventry colleague, and took the team to the FA Youth Cup semi-finals.
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From 1970 to 1974, John Sillett was first team coach and played a significant part in the development of the team which went on to achieve promotion to the top flight in 1976.
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John Sillett initially stayed on as manager, but resigned in February 1978.
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Jimmy Hill invited John Sillett to join the Coventry coaching staff in 1979.
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John Sillett left the club in 1984 after a falling-out with manager Bobby Gould, but returned in 1985 under Gould's successor, Don Mackay.
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When Mackay departed in 1986 with just three games of the season left, John Sillett was appointed chief coach alongside George Curtis.
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TV commentator John Sillett Motson is quoted as saying it was "the most exciting FA Cup final on which I've had the pleasure of commentating".
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In 1991, John Sillett returned to Hereford as manager, but left at the end of his first full season.
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John Sillett worked with Central TV as a pundit for their football coverage.
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John Sillett died in the morning of 30 November 2021, at the age of 85.