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It was still a baptism of fire for the 38-year-old, who had never previously managed in the Premier League, after predecessor Eddie Howe stepped down.
Jaissle insists friend Thomas Tuchel “didn’t need to warn” him about what was coming in the top flight, but he had just three weeks to prepare for the visit of Liverpool on the opening weekend and the squad was in flux.
Captain Bruno Guimaraes was
Former Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Mike Bailey has died at the age of 84 after a long illness.
The midfielder, who was capped twice by England, started his career at Charlton Athletic before moving to Molineux in 1966.
He made 436 appearances and scored 25 goals for Wolves, lifting the League Cup in 1974, after helping the West Midlands club reach the Uefa Cup final two years earlier.
In his final
The remarkable return of Roy Hodgson aged 78
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Former Liverpool co-owner Hicks dies aged 79
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Mandaric took control of his father’s engineering business in the Serbian city of Novi Sad at the age of 21.
Five years later it was one of the largest firms in Yugoslavia and on a collision course with Marshal Tito, country’s communist dictator.
Tito denounced Mandaric as a “capitalist traitor” when the entrepreneur took his family to Switzerland.
Mandaric spent a year there, desperately trying to get his cash out
Uriah Rennie, the Premier League’s first black referee, has died aged 65.
Rennie officiated more than 300 games between 1997 and 2008, including 175 Premier League matches.
“We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former chair and trailblazing referee, Uriah Rennie,” said a Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association statement., external
“Uriah made history as the Premier League’s first Black referee, officiating over 300 top-flight
Docherty was raised in Glasgow but spent the majority of his football career south of the border in England.
The winger had three separate spells playing at Brentford, as well as stints at Sheffield United and Reading, before ending his career at Queens Park Rangers.
Docherty’s first job in management was back at Brentford before he moved to Cambridge United in 1978.
He took over at Millwall at the ‘Old’
Former Sheffield United defender George Baldock has died at the age of 31.
The England-born Greece international was found dead in the swimming pool of his house in Glyfada, southern Athens.
Police attempted to resuscitate Baldock at the scene but he could not be revived and medical emergency units confirmed his death, Reuters news agency reported, citing a police official.
Baldock had joined Greek side Panathinaikos in the summer after
Legendary former Liverpool captain Ron Yeats has died at the age of 86.
The ex-Scotland defender was part of the Liverpool side that won the Second Division title under Bill Shankly in 1962.
Yeats went to win two top-flight titles, the FA Cup and the Charity Shield three times, helping establish Liverpool as one of the most successful clubs in the country.
He played 454 games before joining Tranmere as
Warne said Josh Vickers added to his reputation as an “excellent keeper”, having made a series of crucial saves a day after Derby brought in Swede Jacob Widell Zetterstrom to compete for the number one spot.
The Rams boss was “proud” of his entire side for “literally giving everything”.
He added: “The lads all put their bodies on the line.
“And I have to thank the fans because everyone has
