Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Amongst the hysteria of the past few weeks, I was shocked to discover that Vinny is the first Burnley manager to be younger than me, by two years. Even when we appointed the man-child Eddie Howe, he still had about 7 years on me, so this is a sobering time. It took me a while to get used to the players being younger than me!
Without directly asking your age, who's the first Burnley manager that you were older than?
Without directly asking your age, who's the first Burnley manager that you were older than?
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Eddie for me unless Stan looked a lot older than he was !
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Adrian Heath, I think.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Another one for Eddie Howe. I super most managers will be younger than me from now on.
Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Another for Adrian Heath here...
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Eddie Howe for me too but then each Manager since him.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Whoops, not Coyle for me. It was Cotterill, I’d completely forgotten about him.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Jimmy Mullen for me - he's just a few months younger than me.
And the first to play in our first team younger than me was Eric Probert.
And the first to play in our first team younger than me was Eric Probert.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Not had one yet, only being 30, or have we ever had a manager younger than 30? I don't believe so.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Just wait till you find that the chairman is younger than you!!claretburns wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:20 pmNot had one yet, only being 30, or have we ever had a manager younger than 30? I don't believe so.
Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
I think Chaplow was the first player to be younger than me, he's 15 months younger.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:19 pmJimmy Mullen for me - he's just a few months younger than me.
And the first to play in our first team younger than me was Eric Probert.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Vincent Kompany
Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Must be VK for me (I am 40). Bit depressing!
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Jimmy Mullen by about 7 months. First player seen younger than me probably Billy Ingham.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
John B & Garlick for me - not sure on Garlick's age but I do know that John is just short of eleven years behind me.beeholeclaret wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 2:40 pmJust wait till you find that the chairman is younger than you!!
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Adrian Heath
Steve Cotterill
Brian Laws
Steve Cotterill
Brian Laws
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Still to happen, although VK is only 4 years older
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Chris Waddle, 18 months younger than myself.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Inchy for me, Mullen is a school year older than I am
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Steve Cotterill, born in 1964 I think, 2 years younger than me
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Another one for Coyle from me.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Correction, Inchy came before Waddle so he's the first younger than me.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
That’s correct. He had his 40th just after getting the job.whalleyclaret wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:08 pmSteve Cotterill, born in 1964 I think, 2 years younger than me
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Steve Cotterill for me, by a couple of months.
Completely irrelevant, but I was driving down to London to see the Sex Pistols the day before my 43rd birthday in 2007 when I received a flurry of text messages all saying that he'd been sacked.
Completely irrelevant, but I was driving down to London to see the Sex Pistols the day before my 43rd birthday in 2007 when I received a flurry of text messages all saying that he'd been sacked.
Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Adrian Heath for me he is 3 yrs younger than me
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Vinnie. Makes it all the more incredible as to what he’s achieved at 37 years old. Amazing.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Oops! I forgot about him.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:19 pmJimmy Mullen for me - he's just a few months younger than me.
And the first to play in our first team younger than me was Eric Probert.
He's three months younger than me.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
I’m at the stage where most of the players are younger than me and it feels weird. Our senior player Jack Cork is a similar age to me. VK ain’t much older than me either so it isn’t out of the question that I reach that milestone soon
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Martin Buchan in June'85, aged just 36 years.....A career that lasted just 110 days as Buchan failed to make the transition from dressing room to manager's office.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Another vote for Adrian Heath.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
My memory may be playing tricks, but wasn't Eric generally on the bench around the same time Stan was?ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:19 pmJimmy Mullen for me - he's just a few months younger than me.
And the first to play in our first team younger than me was Eric Probert.
Didn't see either of them play too regularly.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Stan was here when Probert first got into the team. Probert was only 16 when he made his debut.dougcollins wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:13 pmMy memory may be playing tricks, but wasn't Eric generally on the bench around the same time Stan was?
Didn't see either of them play too regularly.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Adrian Heath was 6 years younger than me
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
John Haworth.....just, by a few days.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Jimmy Mullen for me. 9 months younger.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Manager: Martin Buchan
Player: One from the '68 FA Youth Cup winners, I presume.
Player: One from the '68 FA Youth Cup winners, I presume.
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Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Vk it would appear.
Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Steve Cotterill for me. Problem is, as you get older they all end up younger than you
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