Eddie Baily

Francis Edward " Eddie" Baily ( born August 6 1925 at the London Borough of Hackney, † October 13, 2010 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) was an English footballer. He was in 1950 the first English World Cup squad and a year later won by Tottenham Hotspur, the English Championship.

Club career

In the post season 1945/46, when the Football League had not yet commenced gaming operations, he came in February 1946 to a first application in the regional round, before he received a professional contract in October 1946. Baily, who received the nickname because of his humor Cheeky Chappie (Eng. about naughty guy), announced on January 4, 1947 against West Bromwich Albion his professional debut in the second English top flight and established itself in the next twelve months in the first team, after the change of Johnny Jordan to Italy, he took the position. In the set up by coach Arthur Rowe " push-and -run" tactics that " it simple, make it quick Make" was under the credo, he was one of the central figures together with the second half striker Les Bennett. This style of play saw before, with the help of quick and direct short passing game, especially of double passes to bridge the midfield quickly and easily. He was assisted on this tactically challenging position that was not only responsible for attacking impetus but also involved in the defensive work to pass on his outstanding abilities, the ball accurately with the first contact. He was also strong in dribbling, so he had the ability with a quick movement by setting the ball in the short or long -distance on opponents. Baily, who is described as a typical Cockney character and always was even his biggest critics, also possessed a sharp and accurate shot, which he earned in 325 league and cup appearances for Tottenham total of 69 gates.

After the superior rise in the 1949/50 season we sat in the season 1950/51 on the big throw. Tottenham managed the rare feat of winning the championship as promoted directly. Baily had this enormous twelve hits and numerous Assists share. After 1952 due to a rather mixed Hinserie title defense was missed in second place behind Manchester United to four points, you slipped in the following seasons continuously in the table to 16th place in the seasons 53/54 and 54/ 55 from. In the FA Cup with the team he reached the semi-finals twice, but both 1947/48 and 1952/53, one failed after extra time at Villa Park crowd before each about 70,000 at Blackpool FC at the stars Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen.

Following the resignation of coach Rowe in 1955, his successor, Jimmy Anderson began the rebuilding and Baily changed after ten years at White Hart Lane in February 1956 for 6,000 pounds to Port Vale. Just nine months later, he joined Nottingham Forest and managed the club in 1957 promotion to the First Division. In December 1958 he left Nottingham and let finish his career at Leyton Orient, where he was part of the coaching staff following his playing career.

National

Baily played beginning in 1950 as a second division player three times for the English B- selection and then belonged in the first FIFA World Cup in England in 1950 in Brazil for 21- man squad. He gave it in the third preliminary round game in the forward line Tom Finney, Stan Mortensen, Stanley Matthews, Eddie Baily, Jackie Milburn against Spain his international debut as a 0-1 defeat sealed the surprising Vorrundenaus. By 1952, he came in eight other countries games ( 5 goals) used his last game he played on 4 October in a 2-2 draw against Northern Ireland. He also represented 1949-1955 five times the Football League League compare and belonged at the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Welsh Association to a selection of the rest of the United Kingdom, which ran against a Welsh.

After the active career

In 1962 he was one of Leytons coaching staff when the club for the only time in their history in the First Division climb. After re- direct descent Baily returned in October 1963 back to Tottenham and was assistant coach of his former team-mate Bill Nicholson. In the eleven years of his work as a trainer at Spurs, he built up a reputation as a strict but fair boss, who demanded of the players most used. With the resignation Nicholsons in 1974 ended his time at Tottenham and he took a short time later the job as chief scout for West Ham United. In this capacity, he discovered among other things the later national team Alan Devonshire. Until 1992 he was still at West Ham behind the scenes, before he sat down to rest.