Post by Macmoish on Aug 16, 2013 6:03:24 GMT
Bump/Edit a year -
- 71st Birthday for John Gorman - Someone who showed a lot of character when Jim Magilton was suspended/axed - and could have been caretaker manager/or even manager
Played with Stan Bowles at Carlisle...Coached under Glenn Hoddle at Spurs and England. THink he played briefly with Rodney Marsh at Tampa Bay Rowdies (was an overlap in their time there)
Flashback - from Bushman archives
Monday, June 15, 2009
Stan Bowles' Ex-Team Mate (John Gorman) Joins QPR.....QPR Snippets
QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: GORMAN JOINS QPR
- Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of John Gorman as the Club's new Assistant Manager.
- The 59 year-old has signed a two-year deal to work alongside Manager Jim Magilton and brings with him a wealth of experience.
- Gorman, who began his playing career at Celtic before going on to represent, amongst others, Carlisle United and Tottenham Hotspur, has coached at the very highest level, having assisted former England Manager Glenn Hoddle between 1996 and 1999.
- Prior to that appointment he was No.2 at Swindon Town.
- Following his spell with the national side, Gorman coached at Reading, Southampton, Spurs and Gillingham.
- Gorman has also enjoyed managerial spells with Swindon, Wycombe Wanderers, Northampton Town and the Saints.
- More recently, he was Chief Scout with Southampton, before being named as Magilton's assistant at Ipswich Town in December 2008.
- Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the R's new Assistant Manager said: "I am honoured at being given this exciting opportunity and I thank the Club's management for choosing me.
- "QPR has plenty of history and a big following. I know most of the players and have great respect for them. I rate them highly and look forward to working with such good players.
- "The expectations are high and I will do my very best to meet them, assisting Jim and working hard to have our best shot at getting the Club promoted." QPR
FLASHBACK
Post by Macmoish on May 19, 2013 at 3:14am
Four years ago first heard...Formally appointed 2 weeks later
QPR OFFICIAL SITE
MAGILTON ARRIVAL
QPR Official Site EXCLUSIVE: MAGILTON APPOINTED - Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Jim Magilton as the Club's new Manager.
- The 40 year-old, who made over 50 appearances for Northern Ireland during an illustrious playing career for both Club and country, has put pen to paper on a two year deal at Loftus Road.
- Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman, Flavio Briatore, expressed his delight at Magilton's arrival, commenting: "We had an incredibly high number of applicants, but Jim was the stand-out candidate for the role.
- "We (the Board) sat down with him on four separate occasions over the last month to discuss our goals and ambitions and he has really impressed myself, Mr Ecclestone, Mr Mittal and Mr Bhatia with his knowledge, understanding and passion for football.
- "He did a very good job at Ipswich Town, playing some fine, attacking football, and he has great ambition to achieve in this next chapter of his managerial career. We are all really looking forward to working with him."
- Magilton enjoyed three seasons at the helm at Portman Road, inspiring the Tractor Boys to an eighth place finish in season 2007/08, before guiding them towards a comfortable top-half finish prior to his departure in April.
- Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the R's new boss said: "I'm really looking forward to the challenge of managing this great Football Club.
- "The Board are highly ambitious, but they are very realistic at the same time. I have huge ambitions to achieve as a Manager though, and our aim is to keep progressing, year after year.
- "There is a very strong group of players at the Club and with one or two additions over the summer, we can expect to be in a position to drastically improve upon the eleventh place finish secured last season."
Magilton will be joined at the Club by a new Assistant Manager in the coming weeks.
*The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR
{and then...
QPR OFFICIAL SITE
SUSPENDED -CLUB STATEMENT - December 9, 2009
The Club can confirm that Manager Jim Magilton has been suspended with immediate effect, pending an internal investigation.
The suspension relates to an incident which occurred at Monday's Championship fixture against Watford at Vicarage Road.
The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.
JIM MAGILTON
DEPARTURE - CLUB STATEMENT
Wed 16 Dec 2009
The Club can confirm that Jim Magilton and John Gorman have left Queens Park Rangers by mutual consent.
Recent events have been widely reported and whilst Jim Magilton completely denies the allegations, with the full support of John Gorman, it has been agreed that it is in the best interests of the Club and Jim Magilton, if the parties move on in their separate ways.
The Club would like to wish both Jim Magilton and John Gorman good luck in the future and thank them for their hard work.
Think he overlapped with Rodney Marsh at Gordon Jago's Tampa Bay Rowdies (Scroll down to 1979 Squads
www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Rowdies_Rosters.htm
Wikipedia Profile
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gorman_%28footballer%29
Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1968–1970 Celtic 0 (0)
1970–1976 Carlisle United 261 (5)
1976–1979 Tottenham Hotspur 30 (0)
1979–1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies 111 (1)
1979-1981 Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) 48 (15)
1982-1983 Phoenix Inferno (indoor) 45 (7)
1983-1984 Phoenix Pride (indoor) 45 (9)
1986 Gillingham[1] 0 (90)
Teams managed
1993–1994 Swindon Town
1999 West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)
2003 Wycombe Wanderers (caretaker)
2004 Gillingham (caretaker)
2004–2006 Wycombe Wanderers
2006 Northampton Town
2008 Southampton (caretaker)
2010-2012 MK Dons (assistant manager)
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- 71st Birthday for John Gorman - Someone who showed a lot of character when Jim Magilton was suspended/axed - and could have been caretaker manager/or even manager
Played with Stan Bowles at Carlisle...Coached under Glenn Hoddle at Spurs and England. THink he played briefly with Rodney Marsh at Tampa Bay Rowdies (was an overlap in their time there)
Flashback - from Bushman archives
Monday, June 15, 2009
Stan Bowles' Ex-Team Mate (John Gorman) Joins QPR.....QPR Snippets
QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: GORMAN JOINS QPR
- Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of John Gorman as the Club's new Assistant Manager.
- The 59 year-old has signed a two-year deal to work alongside Manager Jim Magilton and brings with him a wealth of experience.
- Gorman, who began his playing career at Celtic before going on to represent, amongst others, Carlisle United and Tottenham Hotspur, has coached at the very highest level, having assisted former England Manager Glenn Hoddle between 1996 and 1999.
- Prior to that appointment he was No.2 at Swindon Town.
- Following his spell with the national side, Gorman coached at Reading, Southampton, Spurs and Gillingham.
- Gorman has also enjoyed managerial spells with Swindon, Wycombe Wanderers, Northampton Town and the Saints.
- More recently, he was Chief Scout with Southampton, before being named as Magilton's assistant at Ipswich Town in December 2008.
- Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the R's new Assistant Manager said: "I am honoured at being given this exciting opportunity and I thank the Club's management for choosing me.
- "QPR has plenty of history and a big following. I know most of the players and have great respect for them. I rate them highly and look forward to working with such good players.
- "The expectations are high and I will do my very best to meet them, assisting Jim and working hard to have our best shot at getting the Club promoted." QPR
FLASHBACK
Post by Macmoish on May 19, 2013 at 3:14am
Four years ago first heard...Formally appointed 2 weeks later
QPR OFFICIAL SITE
MAGILTON ARRIVAL
QPR Official Site EXCLUSIVE: MAGILTON APPOINTED - Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Jim Magilton as the Club's new Manager.
- The 40 year-old, who made over 50 appearances for Northern Ireland during an illustrious playing career for both Club and country, has put pen to paper on a two year deal at Loftus Road.
- Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman, Flavio Briatore, expressed his delight at Magilton's arrival, commenting: "We had an incredibly high number of applicants, but Jim was the stand-out candidate for the role.
- "We (the Board) sat down with him on four separate occasions over the last month to discuss our goals and ambitions and he has really impressed myself, Mr Ecclestone, Mr Mittal and Mr Bhatia with his knowledge, understanding and passion for football.
- "He did a very good job at Ipswich Town, playing some fine, attacking football, and he has great ambition to achieve in this next chapter of his managerial career. We are all really looking forward to working with him."
- Magilton enjoyed three seasons at the helm at Portman Road, inspiring the Tractor Boys to an eighth place finish in season 2007/08, before guiding them towards a comfortable top-half finish prior to his departure in April.
- Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the R's new boss said: "I'm really looking forward to the challenge of managing this great Football Club.
- "The Board are highly ambitious, but they are very realistic at the same time. I have huge ambitions to achieve as a Manager though, and our aim is to keep progressing, year after year.
- "There is a very strong group of players at the Club and with one or two additions over the summer, we can expect to be in a position to drastically improve upon the eleventh place finish secured last season."
Magilton will be joined at the Club by a new Assistant Manager in the coming weeks.
*The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR
{and then...
QPR OFFICIAL SITE
SUSPENDED -CLUB STATEMENT - December 9, 2009
The Club can confirm that Manager Jim Magilton has been suspended with immediate effect, pending an internal investigation.
The suspension relates to an incident which occurred at Monday's Championship fixture against Watford at Vicarage Road.
The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.
JIM MAGILTON
DEPARTURE - CLUB STATEMENT
Wed 16 Dec 2009
The Club can confirm that Jim Magilton and John Gorman have left Queens Park Rangers by mutual consent.
Recent events have been widely reported and whilst Jim Magilton completely denies the allegations, with the full support of John Gorman, it has been agreed that it is in the best interests of the Club and Jim Magilton, if the parties move on in their separate ways.
The Club would like to wish both Jim Magilton and John Gorman good luck in the future and thank them for their hard work.
Think he overlapped with Rodney Marsh at Gordon Jago's Tampa Bay Rowdies (Scroll down to 1979 Squads
www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Rowdies_Rosters.htm
Wikipedia Profile
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gorman_%28footballer%29
Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1968–1970 Celtic 0 (0)
1970–1976 Carlisle United 261 (5)
1976–1979 Tottenham Hotspur 30 (0)
1979–1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies 111 (1)
1979-1981 Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) 48 (15)
1982-1983 Phoenix Inferno (indoor) 45 (7)
1983-1984 Phoenix Pride (indoor) 45 (9)
1986 Gillingham[1] 0 (90)
Teams managed
1993–1994 Swindon Town
1999 West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)
2003 Wycombe Wanderers (caretaker)
2004 Gillingham (caretaker)
2004–2006 Wycombe Wanderers
2006 Northampton Town
2008 Southampton (caretaker)
2010-2012 MK Dons (assistant manager)
Another year older, big 50 for H 
feels as bad as the Cardiff loss .