Joe Kinnear
Joe Kinnear (born 27 December 1946 in Dublin ) is a former Irish football player and last manager of Newcastle United. The long-time player of Tottenham Hotspur Following his playing career, first 1975-1987 in various countries of the Middle and Far East, before he succeeded at FC Wimbledon as coach of the breakthrough.
Club career
The Dublin-born Joe Kinnear grew up from the age of seven years in Watford, England, where his mother reared five children alone after the early death of his father. Joe Kinnear played in youth football for St Albans City FC and North Watford Youth club before he joined in August 1963 Tottenham Hotspur and there 18 months later his first professional contract signed. Shortly after his first league use on April 8, 1966 against West Ham United debuted the right-back in the Irish national team and was defeated on 22 February 1967, the Turkey 1-2. With its duel strength and speed of the diminutive Kinnear quickly became a constant at Spurs and formed mainly by the left defender Cyril Knowles a good full-back couple. For this, he was a ball distributor and flank runs on its right side part of the offensive game. The first title came after Chelsea defeated with his team in the FA Cup final 2-1.
The latest from the 1967/68 season was Kinnear regulars on the right side of defense and in 1971 came in the League Cup to his next title. That same year, however, he had to contend with an ankle injury and had to be represented by Ray Evans, who in turn knew how to take his chance and unlike Kinnear still had goalscoring. So coach Bill Nicholson decided to leave Evans in stem formation. But Kinnear remained an integral part of the squad and was especially during the successful UEFA Cup 1971/72 season an important player, which was reflected in the vocations to the final two games against Wolverhampton Wanderers. There he won after a 2-1 away win and a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane his first - and ultimately only - international trophy. With a 1-0 final win against Norwich City Kinnear in 1973 he won his second League Cup. By 1975, he delivered himself with Evans on a private duel for the right-back position before then both left the Spurs this year.
His active career was Kinnear, who came on 26 caps for Ireland until 1975, finish relatively early in his age of 30 after 16 league games for the third division side Brighton & Hove Albion.
Coaching career
After the end of his active career Kinnear spent five years in Dubai and worked for Al- Sharjah and on the side of Dave Mackay for Al Shabab in the United Arab Emirates. Then there was a further commitment in Malaysia, as well as three more months for the Indian national team and one year for the Nepalese selection. He later returned to England to again assist there Dave Mackay at Doncaster Rovers.
Wimbledon FC (1992-1999)
According to Mackay's departure in 1989 Kinnear took over briefly the head coach office in Doncaster, before he was succeeded to the club takeover by a consortium of Billy Bremner in the port. As the year progressed, Kinnear joined the FC Wimbledon, there to look after the reserve team. As head coach Peter Withe was released in January 1992, Kinnear was ready to succeed. He led the team in the season 1993/94 to a sixth place in the Premier League and let this - contrary to many opposite expert forecasts - one again surprisingly good ninth follow (unlike most of its competitors in the British Elite League decreed Kinnear on an extremely low transfer budget ).
With these initial successes Kinnear made sustained attention and he had in 1996 in the immediate choice for the succession of the Irish national team coach Jack Charlton and leaned supposedly a concrete offer. Instead, he continued to work successfully in club football and led the Wimbledon FC in the season 1996/97 League place next to the eighth to two semi-finals in the FA Cup and the League Cup. In March 1999, Kinnear suffered before the championship game against Sheffield Wednesday a heart attack and entered in June of the same year resigned from his post.
Luton Town (2001-2003)
Before he returned to coaching specialist ultimately for Luton Town, he was to succeed Martin O'Neill at Leicester City and as a " fireman " when Erstligaabstiegskandidaten Sheffield Wednesday in an interview. Instead, he worked briefly during the 2000/ 01 season as sports director at Oxford United and abandoned his work already in January 2001 again. In this specified health reasons for the rapid end again, but was regarded as decisive rather Kinnear lack of influence on the sporting fortunes. A few weeks later offered him third division strugglers Luton Town to a similar office. Shortly after his arrival degraded Kinnear the then coach Lil Fuccillo and turned a virtually self as its successor.
Despite the costly obligation of striker Steve Howard for £ 50,000 on the last day of the winter transfer window, Kinnear missed with his new team in the league. He replaced then a large part of the squad with their own new players; among which were the winger Jean -Louis Valois and the later captains Kevin Nicholls and Chris Coyne. The newly formed team succeeded for the runner of the direct re- ascent, which simultaneously meant the first rise of the " Hatters " for 20 years. The team was also considered in the 2002/03 season in the third-tier Second Division as an extended rise candidate and as the ninth final table space was a bit disappointing. When the club was sold to a cited by John Gurney consortium in May 2003 dismissed the new club management Kinnear and his assistant Mick Harford, the circumstances that Kinnear and Harfords discharge papers were signed by an employee of the league rivals Northampton Town as "unfortunate " was.
Nottingham Forest (2004)
Until February 2004 Kinnear remained without employment before Nottingham Forest then made him an offer. As the successor of Paul Hart Forest occupied at that time the third-last place, but Kinnear succeeded at first a trend reversal. The rise to 14th at the end of the season left the club even before the start of the 2004/05 season dream of promotion to the Premier League, but after only four wins in their first 23 league games followed by disillusionment and after a 0:3 defeat against Derby County Pride Park Stadium Kinnear appeared on 16 December 2004 from his coaching job back. Nottingham Forest should under caretaker manager Mick Harford and later Gary Megson with 22 Place the descent into the low ranks can not avoid.
Newcastle United (2008-2009)
After another nearly four years without a job and only temporary rumors of a return to the coach compartment ( for example, in the Queens Park Rangers), the club's management of Newcastle United signed him after the resignation of Kevin Keegan in October 2008 on an interim basis. The initial period of one months employment was quickly extended by another month until the end of the year. On 28 November 2008, the " Magpies " Kinnear committed until the end of the season 2008 /09.
Achievements
- UEFA Cup winners: 1972
- FA Cup winner: 1967
- English League Cup Winners: 1971, 1973
- Charity Shield Winners: 1967 ( shared title )