Joe Fagan
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| Full name | Joseph Fagan | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Date of death | 30 June 2001 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Liverpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1938–1951 | Manchester City | 148 | (2) |
| 1951–1953 | Nelson | ||
| 1953 | Bradford Park Avenue | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1951–1954 | Nelson | ||
| 1983–1985 | Liverpool | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Joe Fagan (12 March 1921 – 30 June 2001) was an English football manager best known for being manager of Liverpool F.C. from 1983 to 1985.
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[edit] Career
Joe Fagan's playing career was largely spent at Manchester City for whom he signed in 1938. The outbreak of the Second World War curtailed a meaningful career but he was a member of the side that achieved promotion to the first division in 1946 -1947 season.
Fagan began his managerial career at Nelson in the Lancashire Combination as player-manager, where he led the club to the Championship in his first season in 1952, with the club narrowly missing out on re-election to the Football League. He moved on to become assistant manager at Rochdale in 1954, serving under future Everton manager Harry Catterick, before joining Liverpool as a coach in 1958.
Bill Shankly joined Liverpool as manager in December 1959. Shankly utilised the The Boot Room for a second purpose, a location for coaches meetings. Fagan was a founder member of Shankly's boot room staff along with Reuben Bennett and Bob Paisley.[1]
When Bill Shankly retired as Liverpool manager in 1974, Paisley took over as Manager.[1] Paisley appointed Fagan as his assistant in turn.
It was announced on 26 August 1982, two days before the start of the 1982-83 league season, that Paisley would retire as manager at the end of the campaign. Fagan was appointed as his successor on 1 July 1983, after the season had ended with Liverpool as league champions for the second season running and League Cup winners for the third season running.[2]
Fagan managed the side that won Liverpool's fourth European Cup in 1984, a penalty shoot out win against A.S. Roma.[1]
It was Fagan who signed Jan Mølby, a Danish midfielder who became an outstanding player for Liverpool. Fagan's original two-year contract would have taken him up to the end of the 1984-85 season. On 29 May 1985, just hours before the Heysel Stadium disaster, Fagan announced he would retire, and was succeeded by leading Scottish and Liverpool forward Kenny Dalglish.
Fagan was also a known motorcar enthusiast.
He died of cancer in July 2001, aged 80. He was buried at Anfield Cemetery, near Liverpool's stadium.[3]
[edit] Career honours
- Player
- 1946-47 Football League Second Division Promotion (Level 2) with Manchester City
- Manager (all with Liverpool)
- Winner
- 1984 Football League Cup
- 1984 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1984 European Cup
- 1984 English Manager of the Year
- Runner-up
- 1983 Charity Shield
- 1984 Charity Shield
- 1984 Intercontinental Cup
- 1984 European Super Cup
- 1985 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1985 European Cup
- Semi-finalist
- 1985 FA Cup
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| Preceded by Ernst Happel |
European Cup Winning Coach 1983-84 |
Succeeded by Giovanni Trapattoni |
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