Cyril Knowles - 30 years today became manager
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Cyril Knowles - 30 years today became manager
Cyril Knowles became Darlington manager 30 years ago.
Going to be a while before anybody beats his record. In his 3 seasons:
Promotion from the old Division 4
Highest post war league position in old Division 3 (remember the long unbeaten run)
Twice getting to 4th Round of FA Cup.
Nice one Cyril!
Going to be a while before anybody beats his record. In his 3 seasons:
Promotion from the old Division 4
Highest post war league position in old Division 3 (remember the long unbeaten run)
Twice getting to 4th Round of FA Cup.
Nice one Cyril!
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Why darlington sacked him I don"t know but it was good for Pools he did a great job for us and it was a sad day for us when he passed away. He will, always be remembered with great affection, "Nice one Cyril nice one son"
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Re: Cyril Knowles - 30 years today became manager
Thats a bit rich coming from a pooliejohnjo wrote:Why darlington sacked him I don"t know but it was good for Pools he did a great job for us and it was a sad day for us when he passed away. He will, always be remembered with great affection, "Nice one Cyril nice one son"
You guys sacked Knowles when he was terminally ill and then how many times did his testimonial cheque bounce when it was paid to his widow? at least twice if i remember right
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Cyril Knowles was never sacked and I don't know where you got the information about the cheque. In fact we have one of our stands named after Cyril and his wife came and did an official opening.
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Re: Cyril Knowles - 30 years today became manager
Tenuous link time, Cyril bought a puppy from us but had to return it as his wife was allergic to the hair, it then went to Cathy Secker (if you remember her) all of them nice peeps.
I really started following Darlo heavily about the time he departed so missed much of the good times under him but I was in time for the glory years of Brian Little.....
I really started following Darlo heavily about the time he departed so missed much of the good times under him but I was in time for the glory years of Brian Little.....
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His contract was terminated because of his ill health, not quite a sacking in the usual sense but he was basically told his job was going to someone else. Its common knowledge that it took ages to get the money due to Cyrils family. Gary Gibbon was the man behind the financial mess.johnjo wrote:Cyril Knowles was never sacked and I don't know where you got the information about the cheque. In fact we have one of our stands named after Cyril and his wife came and did an official opening.
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And a 2-1 win over Boro in the process!
Nice one Cyril.
Nice one Cyril.