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'''James Hogan''' (16 October 1882 – 30 January 1974) was an English [[Association football|football]] player and coach of Irish descent.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Jonathon|title=Inverting the Pyramid|year=2009|publisher=Orion|isbn=978-1-4091-0204-5|pages=27}}</ref> He is counted amongst the great pioneers of the game on the European continent.
'''James Hogan''' (16 October 1882 – 30 January 1974) was an English [[Association football|football]] player and coach of Irish descent.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Jonathon|title=Inverting the Pyramid|year=2009|publisher=Orion|isbn=978-1-4091-0204-5|pages=27}}</ref> He is counted amongst the great pioneers of the game on the European continent.


Jimmy Hogan enjoyed some success as a footballer, reaching an [[FA Cup]] Semi-final with [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] in 1908, but it was as a coach that his abilities shone through.
Jimmy Hogan enjoyed some success as a footballer, reaching an [[FA Cup]] Semi-final with [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] in 1908, but his primary legacy is as innovative coach across multiple club and national sides across Europe.

Upon the outbreak of the [[First World War]] Jimmy was working in Austria, and was interned as an [[enemy alien]]. During this time however he was involved in coaching Hungarian club [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK]], actions which were negatively perceived by some in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Total Football">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/nov/22/sport.comment2|title=How total football inventor was lost to Hungary|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 September 2010|date=22 November 2003}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
In 1910 Hogan accepted a two-year contract at [[FC Dordrecht]] and set about improving the team in fitness and ball control, as well as implementing the [[Combination Game]], reminiscent of the quick passing that [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] had popularised in the second half of the 1800s. Impressed by his methods, the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] recruited Hogan to manage a game in October 1910 against [[Germany national football team|Germany]], which the Netherlands won 2–1. Due to his success Hogan also briefly coached [[FK Austria Wien]] between 1911-12. Upon the expiry of his contract with FC Dordrecht in 1912, Hogan returned for a final season as a player at Bolton before returning to [[Vienna]] to coach the [[Austria national football team|Austrian national team]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilson |first=Jonathan |date=2013 |title=Inverting the Pyramid |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Orion Books |pages=39–40 |isbn=978-1-4091-2864-9 }}</ref> However, the outbreak of [[World War I]] meant that he was interred as a foreign prisoner of war, but was smuggled to the Hungarian border. He moved to [[Budapest]], where he was allowed out of captivity to coach at [[MTK Budapest FC]] between 1914-1918. Hogan laid the foundations for MTK's domination of Hungarian football, as they won ten domestic titles in a row between 1913 and 1923.
In 1910 Hogan accepted a two-year contract at [[FC Dordrecht]] and set about improving the team in fitness and ball control, as well as implementing the [[Combination Game]], reminiscent of the quick passing that [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] had popularised in the second half of the 1800s. Impressed by his methods, the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] recruited Hogan to manage a game in October 1910 against [[Germany national football team|Germany]], which the Netherlands won 2–1. Due to his success Hogan also briefly coached [[FK Austria Wien]] between 1911-12. Upon the expiry of his contract with FC Dordrecht in 1912, Hogan returned for a final season as a player at Bolton before returning to [[Vienna]] to coach the [[Austria national football team|Austrian national team]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilson |first=Jonathan |date=2013 |title=Inverting the Pyramid |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Orion Books |pages=39–40 |isbn=978-1-4091-2864-9 }}</ref> However, the outbreak of [[World War I]] meant that he was interred as a foreign prisoner of war, but was smuggled to the Hungarian border. He moved to [[Budapest]], where he was allowed out of captivity to coach at [[MTK Budapest FC]] between 1914-1918. Hogan laid the foundations for MTK's domination of Hungarian football, as they won ten domestic titles in a row between 1913 and 1923.


At the end of the war in 1918, Hogan travelled to [[Switzerland]] and became coach of [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys Berne]] until 1920, when he returned to England before returning to Switzerland in 1924 to help coach the [[Switzerland national football team|Swiss national team]]
At the end of the war in 1918, Hogan travelled to [[Switzerland]] and became coach of [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys Berne]] until 1920, when he returned to England before returning to Switzerland in 1924 to help coach the [[Switzerland national football team|Swiss national team]]

Revision as of 13:14, 24 December 2021

Jimmy Hogan
Jimmy Hogan in 1908
Personal information
Full name James Hogan
Date of birth (1882-10-16)16 October 1882
Place of birth Nelson, England
Date of death 30 January 1974(1974-01-30) (aged 91)
Place of death Burnley, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1903 Rochdale Town ? (?)
1903–1905 Burnley 50 (12)
1905 Nelson ? (?)
1905–1908 Fulham 18 (5)
1908 Swindon Town 9 (9)
1908–1913 Bolton Wanderers 54 (18)
Total 131 (44)
Managerial career
1910–1912 FC Dordrecht
1910 Netherlands
1911–1912 Amateure SV
1914–1921 MTK
1918–1920 Young Boys
1924 Switzerland
1925 Lausanne-Sport
Dresdner SC
1925–1927 MTK Budapest
1931–1932 Austria Wien
1932–1933 RC Paris
1933–1934 Lausanne-Sport
1934–1935 Fulham
1936–1939 Aston Villa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Hogan (16 October 1882 – 30 January 1974) was an English football player and coach of Irish descent.[1] He is counted amongst the great pioneers of the game on the European continent.

Jimmy Hogan enjoyed some success as a footballer, reaching an FA Cup Semi-final with Fulham in 1908, but his primary legacy is as innovative coach across multiple club and national sides across Europe.

Early life

James Hogan was born in 1882 into an Irish Catholic family in Lancashire, the son of James Hogan, he grew up in Burnley and received his early education at St Mary Magdalene RC School at Gannow. His father hoped he would enter the Priesthood and sent him to study as a Boarder at the Salford Diocesan Junior Seminary St Bede's College, Manchester in September 1896. He graduated at Midsummer 1900 after deciding not to pursue his vocation any further, but was College Head Boy in the 1899/1900 Academic Year.

Playing career

Hogan was a promising young inside forward, and when he was 16 he was the first signing of Burnley's new secretary-manager, Spencer Whittaker, in 1903. Despite being a first team regular, he felt undervalued and in 1905 he asked to be paid the maximum wage, which was £4 a week. The club could not afford to pay him, so he left and joined Fulham.” Hogan helped Fulham reach the FA Cup semi final in 1908 before joining Swindon Town and then Bolton Wanderers. During a pre-season tour Bolton beat Dutch club FC Dordrecht 10-0 and Hogan vowed to return to Dordrecht in order to "teach those fellows how to play properly".

Coaching career

In 1910 Hogan accepted a two-year contract at FC Dordrecht and set about improving the team in fitness and ball control, as well as implementing the Combination Game, reminiscent of the quick passing that Queen's Park had popularised in the second half of the 1800s. Impressed by his methods, the Netherlands recruited Hogan to manage a game in October 1910 against Germany, which the Netherlands won 2–1. Due to his success Hogan also briefly coached FK Austria Wien between 1911-12. Upon the expiry of his contract with FC Dordrecht in 1912, Hogan returned for a final season as a player at Bolton before returning to Vienna to coach the Austrian national team.[2] However, the outbreak of World War I meant that he was interred as a foreign prisoner of war, but was smuggled to the Hungarian border. He moved to Budapest, where he was allowed out of captivity to coach at MTK Budapest FC between 1914-1918. Hogan laid the foundations for MTK's domination of Hungarian football, as they won ten domestic titles in a row between 1913 and 1923.

At the end of the war in 1918, Hogan travelled to Switzerland and became coach of Young Boys Berne until 1920, when he returned to England before returning to Switzerland in 1924 to help coach the Swiss national team alongside his compatriot Teddy Duckworth and Hungarian Izidor "Dori" Kürschner for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Switzerland reached the final, which they lost 0-3 to Uruguay. This is to date the greatest success in Swiss footballing history.

After the Olympics Hogan coached Lausanne Sports[3] and Dresdner SC before returning to Hungary to manage MTK Budapest FC between 1925 and 1927.

Hogan next formed a partnership with Hugo Meisl in 1931, coaching the Austrian national team to unprecedented success during its Wunderteam period when it was widely recognised as one of the best teams in Europe.[4]

There were brief periods between 1932 and 1934 where Hogan managed RC Paris and Lausanne Sports once more before returning to manage Fulham in 1934. However, Meisel contacted him to help coach the the Austrian national team to the 1936 Olympic final.

Aston Villa appointed Hogan as their manager in November 1936, following the club's first ever relegation the previous season and by 1939 he had guided Villa back to the top flight of English football. However, the outbreak of World War II saw the suspension of English football.

Hogan also had a short spell in the early 1950s as a coach at Celtic.

His ideas, which emphasised greater ball control, were often dismissed within British football, although he did have a formative influence on the generation of managers who would emerge in the 1960s, from Hungary, Netherlands, and Germany.[5][6] He joined Brentford as coach in September 1948.[7]

He is widely credited with the revolution in European football that saw Hungary defeat England 6–3 at Wembley in 1953, ushering in a new football era. After the match, Sándor Barcs,[8] then president of the Hungarian Football Federation, said to the press, "Jimmy Hogan taught us everything we know about football."[9] Gusztáv Sebes, the Hungarian footballer and coach, said of Hogan, "We played football as Jimmy Hogan taught us. When our football history is told, his name should be written in gold letters".[10]. When Hungary beat England 6-3 at Wembley in 1953, Hogan was widely regarded as a traitor for his instrumental role in building a side to contend with England and developing his philosophy of Total Football abroad as opposed to domestically in Britain and Ireland.[11][10]

Death

He died in 1974 whilst living with his sister's daughter Margaret Melia on Brunshaw Avenue, Burnley. He was buried with his sister, Ellen Melia and her husband Peter Melia, in Burnley cemetery. Margaret herself died in 1992 whereby she joined them in the same grave. The grave is located next to Jimmy's parents' grave, but does not have a headstone.

In 2021, Peter Briggs and his father Charles Briggs, both members of the Turf Moor Memorial Garden located Jimmy's grave and started fundraising to pay for a headstone. The project is being financed by the Turf Moor Memorial Garden, Burnley Football Supporters Club, the Burnley Former Players Association (BFPA), Aston Villa Football Club, former Burnley directors Clive Holt, Martin Hobbs, Terry Crabb and Barry Kilby, along with Burnley director John Banaszkiewicz, which will create a lasting marker on Jimmy’s grave which is to be made by Stevenson Memorials. Turf Moor Memorial Garden will also be mounting a plaque next to Jimmy’s beloved Turf Moor within their Memorial Garden.[12]

Honours

Club

MTK

BSC Young Boys

Aston Villa

Individual

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Jonathon (2009). Inverting the Pyramid. Orion. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4091-0204-5.
  2. ^ Wilson, Jonathan (2013). Inverting the Pyramid. United Kingdom: Orion Books. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-1-4091-2864-9.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Wilson, Jonathon (2009). Inverting the Pyramid. Orion. ISBN 978-1-4091-0204-5.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Total Football was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Helmut Schön: Fußball. Erinnerungen. Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-550-07676-2. S66/67.
  7. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 70. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ Rice, Simon (13 April 2010). "Notable British managers to coach abroad". The Independent.
  10. ^ a b Jonathan Wilson, The Anatomy of England: a History in Ten Matches (Orion Publishing Group, London 2010)
  11. ^ "How total football inventor was lost to Hungary". TheGuardian.com. 22 November 2003.
  12. ^ "Turf Moor Memorial Garden". twitter.com. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  13. ^ Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
  14. ^ Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer.


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