April
2003
George Burley: the facts |
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Burley arrives in his club car |
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George
Burley has been made interim manager at Derby County but how much
do you know about him?
Take a look at our collection of facts about the new boss at Pride
Park... |
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Burley
was a product of Ipswich's famous youth set-up and made his debut
against Manchester United - marking George Best!
He resigned as Colchester manager on Christmas Eve 1994 before taking
charge at Ipswich.
In August 2001, Burley tried to sign the Rams keeper Mart Poom but
his offer was turned down by Jim Smith.
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| Mmmm...Burley
in 1974 |
Injury
forced him to miss arguably Ipswich's finest hour - their 1981 UEFA
Cup final triumph against AZ Alkmaar.
Burley's
favoured system is 4-4-2 and his philosophy is to keep things simple.
Richard Wright, now at Everton, is the player who Burley rates as
the most talented he has coached.
Under Burley, Ipswich finished at the top of
the divisional scoring charts in 1995/6.
There was speculation in October 2002 that Burley
would take the reigns at Stoke City - but he turned down the job and
it went to Tony Pulis instead.
When Ipswich were relegated from the Premiership
last season, Burley accepted a 50 per cent pay cut - and he feels
players should do the same.
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| Burley
and Nool |
We
reckon he looks a lot like the Estonian decathlete Erik Nool (See
left). Maybe that accounts for his enthusiasm for Estonian goalkeeper
Mart Poom.
He's good friends with the former Scotland manager Craig Brown, currently
in charge at Preston North End.
He counts beating Arsenal in the 1978 FA Cup
final as his favourite moment as a player.
He believes that national teams should always
be managed by someone of the same nationality - and says he would
never take the job of England manager.
Burley was born on June 3rd 1956 which makes him a Gemini. A quick
look at the Big Book of Horoscopes reveals that Geminis 'have a good
attitude to money.' Good job really!
Burley is the sixth man to take charge at Derby County in the past
18 months. Here's hoping it's a successful appointment...
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