Joe Royle
Joseph "Joe" Royle ( born April 8, 1949 in Liverpool ) is an English former football player and coach. As a player, he won the 1970 British Championship. 25 years later, he led Everton to the title as a coach in the FA Cup.
- 2.1 Oldham Athletic ( 1982-1994 )
- 2.2 Everton FC (1994-1997)
- 2.3 Manchester City (1998-2001)
- 2.4 Ipswich Town ( 2002-2006)
Playing career
Everton FC (1966-1974)
Joe Royle made his debut at age 16 for his hometown club Everton FC in the Football League First Division 1965/66. The club from Liverpool won this season without a use of Royle the FA Cup with a 3-2 final victory over Sheffield Wednesday. His breakthrough as a regular player he succeeded in the 1967/68 season when he scored sixteen goals in thirty-four league games. In 1968/69 also attended the accuracy of Royle (42 Spiele/22 goals) for a third place FC Everon. Like last year, the club but did not get the start authorization for the Fairs Cup, as the FA despatched at this time only one team per city in the European Cup (in this case Liverpool ). In the First Division 1969/70 the team to Alan Ball, Howard Kendall, Brian Labone and Joe Royle bypassed (23 league goals ) this hurdle with the sovereign winning the English Championship. In the European Cup of Champions 1970/71, the club moved to victories against Keflavík IF and Borussia Monchengladbach to reach the quarter -finals, failed there but with 1:1 and 0:0 of the Ferenc Puskás trained Greek champions Panathinaikos Athens. In the following years, the achievements of the team deteriorated significantly, Joe Royle also could no longer put before his marksmanship to the test.
Manchester City (1974-1977)
In December 1974, he spent 170,000 pounds for League rivals Manchester City, but scored until the end of the season 1974/75 only one league goal in sixteen games. Things went better for Royle (37 Spiele/12 goals) in the following season, in the City secured next to an eighth place in the league title in the English League Cup with a 2-1 final win over Newcastle United. The launching of this Title in the UEFA Cup 1976/77 team failed in European competition in the first round of the later champions Juventus (1:0 and 0:2 ). In the First Division 1976/77 missed Joe Royle (39 games / 7 goals) his second championship only because one point behind Liverpool.
Bristol City and Norwich City (1977-1982)
After three goals in seven games in the season 1977/78 he moved to Bristol City in November 1977 and contributed eight goals in the first division league. After a mid-table in the following season, Bristol rose in 1980 after four years of excellence as a Third to last in the second division from.
Joe Royle then moved up to the beginning of the Football League First Division in 1980/81 to Norwich City and was with nine goals in forty games not prevent the renewed descent into the Second Division. In 1982, he finished at the age of 33 years his playing career prematurely due to injury.
English national team (1971-1977)
Joe Royle made his debut on February 3, 1971 at the age of 21 in the trained by Alf Ramsey England national team in a 1-0 win over Malta. Until 1977, he played five more matches in which he scored two goals.
Coaching career
Oldham Athletic (1982-1994)
Following his playing career, Joe Royle took over on 14 July 1982 coaching job with the English second division side Oldham Athletic. 1986/87, he missed with his team in third place promotion to the first division only in the play-offs. In the English League Cup, the team moved to Denis Irwin and Paul Warhurst a 1990 to the final, but lost 0-1 against Nottingham Forest. 1991 Oldham won the championship in the Football League Second Division for the first time and thus increased since 1923, again in the first division. The climbers finished the last season of First Division 1991/92 on the seventeenth place and secured the league. Significantly scarcer managed this in the newly formed Premier League 1992/93 due to a better goal difference by two opposite Crystal Palace. In the Premier League 1993/94 Oldham rose after three years of excellence as Penultimate back to the second division from. In February 1994, Joe Royle was voted coach of the month.
Everton FC (1994-1997)
On 10 November 1994 Royle left after about twelve years Oldham and took over the coaching job at Everton. In the Premier League 1994/95 he reached with his new team, only the fifteenth place, but moved it to the final of the FA Cup in 1994/95. In the final at Wembley the team to Neville Southall, Dave Watson, Anders Limpar and David Unsworth Manchester United defeated 1-0. In Europe Cup Winners' Cup 1995/96 Everton failed, however, already in the second round at Feyenoord Rotterdam. After a sixth place in 1995/96 Joe Royle came with his team during the Premier League 1996/97 in danger of relegation and left after disagreements with the Board on 27 March 1997 the club.
Manchester City (1998-2001)
Nearly a year after his last coaching position he resigned on 18 February 1998 in the footsteps of Frank Clark as manager of Manchester City. Royle rose with his new team at the end of the season 1997/98 with one point behind the same three teams in the third division from. 1998/99, however, the team succeeded after a third place and a play-off victory over Gillingham FC directly in a return to the second division. 1999/2000 City managed by the vice-championship direct walkover in the first division. After two very successful seasons followed in the Premier League 2000 /01 with the straight back down as Third to last a check and the end for coach Joe Royle.
Ipswich Town (2002-2006)
On 28 October 2002 he took over as coach at Premiership relegated Ipswich Town and missed in the season 2002/ 03 the return to the Premier League. 2003/ 04 reached Ipswich fifth the play-offs, but there failed prematurely at West Ham United. In the newly formed Football League Championship 2004/ 05 the club as a third party moved back to the first play-off round and failed again at West Ham. After another season in mid-table ended its activities in Ipswich on May 11, 2006.
After a brief tenure at his old club Oldham Athletic from March 15 to May 8, 2009 Joe Royle finished his coaching career.
Achievements
- English Champion: 1970 ( as a player with Everton FC )
- FA Cup Winners: 1995 ( as a coach with the FC Everton)
- League Cup Runners-up: 1990 ( as a coach with Oldham Athletic)