Colin Todd
Colin Todd (born 12 December 1948 in Chester -le-Street, County Durham, England ) is an English former football player and coach in June 2007 the Danish first division side Randers FC. As a player, he graduated from 1972-1977 a total of 27 caps for the England national team.
Playing career
Todd began his career at Sunderland, where he was in 1966 - at the age of 18 years - made his debut in the First Division. After 173 games for this club the central defender transferred in 1971 to the club Derby County who has been trained at this time of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor. He spent a very successful time, winning in 1972 and 1975, the English championship and was selected in the second master year even from the players 'union PFA in England's Footballer of the Year ( "PFA Players' Player of the Year ").
During this time he also became the national team and made his debut there on 23 May 1972 at Wembley Stadium against Northern Ireland. His career in the England team should last around five years before he completed his last game on May 28th, 1977 against the same opponent in Belfast. International success came to him it fails largely with England.
After Todd had left Derby in 1978 and subsequently acts at Everton and Birmingham City, he joined Nottingham Forest in 1982, which was coached by his old coach Brian Clough. As a mid-thirties now, he played two more years in Nottingham and then spent short periods of time at Oxford United, the Vancouver Whitecaps and Luton Town before he ended his active career.
Coaching career
In March 1990 he took over the head coaching reins at FC Middlesbrough and followed by Bruce Rioch. Under Rioch he has already been supporting the team as Kotrainer and she performed in two consecutive seasons from the third class Third Division to the First Division class. Middlesbrough was at the time in the bottom half of the Second Division and in acute danger, according to the two ascent successes in series now having to accept two downs in a row. With Todd managed the club avoid relegation and in the subsequent year, Middlesbrough qualified for the play- off matches for promotion to the first division, where they were beaten in the semifinals subject later victors of Notts County. Todd then left the club and was succeeded by Lennie Lawrence, where the ascent then succeeded in his first season.
In October 1993 he became the assistant of Roy McFarland at his former - appointed club Derby County - now second-rate. Together they once again reached the play-off games for promotion to the Premier League and lost in the final against Leicester City. He then moved to Bolton Wanderers, where he once again - should work under Bruce Rioch - as in Middlesbrough. As Rioch then moved to the Premier League for Arsenal after the rise of Bolton, Todd got with McFarland again a superior coach, had already worked with the. In the meantime, with another former club Derby Todd had risen after his departure in the Premier League and should play league football for six years there.
Bolton could not survive in the Premier League and dismissed McFarland at the beginning of the year 1996, when the team was at the end of the table. Todd took over as coach, but he was able, together with his assistant Ian Porterfield not avoid relegation.
The 1996/97 season began Bolton in a very strong form. The club led the table always and then increased in the last season in the old stadium - the Burnden Park - with 98 points and 100 goals directly back into the Premier League, where it should be played in the new Reebok Stadium from now on. Todd undertook some high-profile football players, including Robbie Elliott of Newcastle United and Dean Holdsworth FC Wimbledon. Nevertheless, the team found again in the basement table and rose again at the end on goal difference over Everton in the second division from. After a weak start in the first seven games of the season 1999/2000 and the sale of the guide player in midfield Per Frandsen Todd resigned from his post. Two years later, Bolton was able to return to the first division under Sam Allardyce.
Todd was hired in June 2000 from the third-tier club Swindon Town, who had just been relegated from the second division. The high expectations of a revival, however, were disappointed and Swindon was fast in the descent regions. After only five months, Todd announced his resignation and was the second time in his career at Derby County Kotrainer. Swindon could prevent the fall in the Viertklassigkeit henceforth under Todd's successor Andy King.
After Jim Smith had his coach office situated in October 2001, down, Todd was promoted to head coach derbies in the Premier League. After only three months, but he was released after persistent failure, with him a 1-3 home defeat against Bristol Rovers - a relegation from the fourth division - undoing was. His successor, John Gregory could then no longer avert relegation to the second division.
In December 2003, Todd returned as an assistant to Bryan Robson at the club Bradford City into coaching business back. The Bantams had previously fought under manager Nicky Law in the second division against relegation and things deteriorate further under the new coach, team, as Bradford were relegated as a table next to last in the third- highest division. The association did not extend Robson's contract, and called instead Todd in the position coach who was now promoted for the fourth time in such a head coach office. Although he eventually the coach with the longest tenure at Bradford City - on the last 20 years based - was, he could never work out in the club an undisputed backing and was released on 12 February 2007. As reasons for the resignation of Todd's club chairman Julian Rhodes gave to the poor results and the increasing pressure from the supporters.
On 10 April of the same year it was announced that Todd will take over June 18 as coach at the Danish club Randers FC in the context of a two-year contract. After two years in the Danish league, he was replaced by John Jensen in summer 2009. A short time later he took over the coaching job with the English fourth division FC Darlington. After the club at the start of the 2009/10 season brought only two points in nine games, Todd and Darlington parted by mutual agreement.
Others
- His son Andy Todd currently playing in the Australian A -League together with Robbie Fowler Perth Glory.
Achievements
- English Champion: 1972, 1975
- England's Footballer of the Year: 1975