Matt Gillies is the club's longest serving manager, lasting a decade in the manager's seat between November 1958 and November 1968.
12 Facts About Matt Gillies
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Matt Gillies took charge of Leicester for a club record 508 matches, after making 111 appearances for the club as a player.
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Matt Gillies signed club stalwarts Dave Gibson, Mike Stringfellow, Lenny Glover and Derek Dougan.
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Matt Gillies was known as a fine nurturer and scout of young talent, bringing along Peter Shilton, Frank McLintock, Graham Cross and David Nish from the club's reserves.
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Matt Gillies took over the Foxes on 8 November 1958 as they sat bottom of the First Division and amidst fan unrest after his predecessor Dave Halliday had recently sold star striker Arthur Rowley to Shrewsbury Town.
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Matt Gillies brought in Bert Johnson as his assistant and head scout and the pair would embark in arguably the most successful period in the club's history.
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Matt Gillies managed to keep Leicester up in his first season, but could only manage the signings of Albert Cheesebrough and Gordon Banks in the summer of 1959, as the majority of his transfer bids were rebuffed, while scouting missions to watch the young Huddersfield Town striker Denis Law saw him give an unimpressive performance on two separate occasions and Leicester again struggled at the beginning of the season.
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Matt Gillies made the sensational decision to drop striker Ken Leek, who had scored in every round of Leicester's cup run, due to his drinking problems.
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However, Matt Gillies controversially decided to sell Banks to Stoke City instead and promoted Shilton to first choice.
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The sales of Banks and Dougan saw the club decline and although the signings of Lenny Glover and Allan Clarke showed promise, a bout of tuberculosis and ill health saw Matt Gillies forced to spend time away from the game and his assistant Bert Johnson took over team affairs between January and March 1968.
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Matt Gillies's resignation was officially announced at 16:00 on 30 November 1968, exactly ten years and 21 days after taking the job.
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Matt Gillies died in Nottingham on Christmas Eve 1998 at the age of 77.