Arthur Cox (footballer)

Arthur Cox ( born December 14, 1939 in Southam, Warwickshire, England ) is an English former football coach. He coached the Chesterfield FC, Newcastle United and Derby County.

Coaching career

Chesterfield FC

Arthur Cox began his work as a coach in 1976 with the English third division side FC Chesterfield. The club from Chesterfield took place at the end of season 18, reaching the desired league. In the following game year 1977/ 78, the class has been backed up early and finished with the ninth. Disappointing, therefore, was the 1978/79 season with 20th place just four points separated the team from the next ranked team, the relegated Peterborough United. However, of these unsatisfactory season, the team recovered quickly and was able to hold on to the top half of the table for the first time under Arthur Cox connection. However, the successful season was not rewarded with fourth place in the promotion to the Second Division was narrowly missed. One item was missing on the third-placed Sheffield Wednesday climber. Through the successful year Cox was the higher class club Newcastle United have noticed, who signed him in 1980 as a coach.

Newcastle United

United played since relegation from the First Division 1977/78 in England's second league. There, the club had in the past two years in vain for the return to the First Division. The start of a trainer from Arthur Cox did not go as hoped. Newcastle finished the season in 11th place only after another year in the middle of the second division, the team took the 1982/83 following the leading group and finished the championship in fifth from. The following year, Cox celebrated the biggest success of his coaching career and led the club from Newcastle as third-placed in the First Division in 1984/85. The team had been strengthened continuously by Cox and had a mix of young players such as Peter Beardsley and Chris Waddle and experienced as the English national team players Kevin Keegan and Terry McDermott. To the surprise of many Cox practiced his Trainertätigket next year is not the first time in the First Division, but rather changed after this success to Derby County.

Derby County

Cox was in Derby successor of Peter Taylor, who had the club 1967-1973 out as an assistant coach with Brian Clough from the second division to the first division. Subsequently, the club won the championship in the First Division 1971/72 and under Dave Mackay the title 1974/75. In subsequent years, however, began the steady decline, culminating for the time being in a relegation to the second division 1979 /80. In the 1983/84 season even followed the relegation to the third tier. At this time, Arthur Cox took over the work as a trainer at County and he should lead the club in the years to come back almost to its former strength. 1985/86 the team achieved promotion to the Second Division and then the direct march through the First Division in 1987/88. Derby had occupied as a climber sovereign the first place and was seven years again top notch.

After the relegation was almost moved into the first season, the team's 1988/89 occupied by Peter Shilton, Mark Wright, Dean Saunders and Ted McMinn in the First Division the fifth place. Due to the international barrier against all English clubs in the wake of the Heysel disaster, the club but could not launch internationally. Lack of investment in new players and a significant reduction in the performance of the service providers resulted in 1990/91 to relegation to the second division. Mark Wright and Dean Saunders left then the club. A successful signing succeeded with Craig Short Notts County. The hoped-for direct promotion back to the newly launched Premier League 1992/93 was just missed. The team finished in third place and met in the first play-off round at the Sixth Blackburn Rovers, where Derby failed with 2:4 and 2:1. After a missed rise again in 1992/93 Arthur Cox finished due to health problems in late 1993 his career at Derby County. In the following years, he served as assistant coach of his former player Kevin Keegan among others at Fulham, Manchester City and the English national football team operates.

Achievements

• Promotion to the first division in 1984 ( Newcastle United )
• Promotion to the second division in 1986 ( with Derby County)
• Promotion to the first division in 1987 ( with Derby County)