A Tale Of Two Bosses
October 8, 2007 | Music | Tags: CrystalPalace | Add a Comment »
Today’s post looks at two troubbled English managers who were at one point mentioned, or in one case actually had temporary custody of The Big Chair.
In both cases their flight in the top tier was fleeting and afterwards both spent time rebuilding their reputations lower down before taking positions with teams which both had an outside chance of making it back up to the toppermost of the poppermost. But after some recent dismal performances they have now returned to sitting next to Alan Green for a midweek game away at Coventry.
A few hours ago Peter Taylor was sent to see the Headmaster and a few days ago John Gregory was given the vote of confidence.
As mentioned both managers had their moment in the sun.
I’m sure that Gregory’s name was brought up when they were looking at the next England Manager a few years ago. At the time he was doing all right at the Villa and the FA, obviously not remembering how the last Villa boss worked out, were giving him the glad eye. But back then Gregory couldn’t handle the pressure of managing Aston Villa and resigned, so it was never to be.
Another one named Taylor – Peter this time, was given the keys to the Rolls for 1 match. Before this he was running the Under 21′s and had a good record. He was also looked at, but after the disappointing performance of the England team in that one game minds were changed quickly. Because of the distraction of the England Under 21′s and seniors, the club form as the boss of Leicester suffered and eventually he was mutual consented. After this he went to Brighton and then Hull before having a crack and failing with Crystal Palace.
As we know though, these two will bounce back when the management merry-go-round stops again and we’ll see them at some other old 2nd division clubs.
Our musical interlude comes from the Palace. Nearly every team has some music they run out to, which eventually becomes their theme and the song most associated with them. If you find yourself down Selhurt Park (you might, don’t say you won’t, those FA Cup draws might curse you) then you’ll hear the Dave Clarke Five blasting out, plus the fans singing/chanting it.
In fact this so is so popular with Palace that they released it as a single when they appeared in the 1990 FA Cup Final. (Significance of this one – The final score was 3-3 [Ian Wright, Wright, Wright - scored 2] and it went to a replay 5 days later.)
I’m not posting their cover version, we’ve had enough horror on here, but the original recording:
» Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over
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