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Bob Paisley OBE

Personal information

Full name

"obert #aisley

Date of birth

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Place of birth

)etton*le*)ole, +ounty ,urham, -ngland

Date of death

'. /ebruary '((0 (aged 11

Place of death

2iverpool, -ngland

Playing position

2eft half3nb '4

Youth career

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6ishop 7uckland

Senior career

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Robert "Bob" Paisley OBE (23 January ! ! " # February !!$% &as an En'lish footballer and mana'er &ho spent almost fifty years &ith (i)erpool as a &in' half, physiotherapist, coach and mana'er* +is achie)ements as (i)erpool mana'er ha)e led to Paisley bein' re'arded as one of the 'reatest football mana'ers of all time, and he remains to date the only mana'er in football history to ha)e &on three European ,ups* Paisley came from a small -urham minin' community and, in his youth, played for Bishop .uckland before he si'ned for (i)erpool in !3!* -urin' the/econd World War, he ser)ed in the British .rmy and could not make his (i)erpool debut until !#$* 0n the !#$"#1 season, he &as a member of the (i)erpool team that &on the First -i)ision title for the first time in 2# years* 0n !2 , he &as made club captain and remained &ith (i)erpool until he retired from playin' in !2#* +e stayed &ith (i)erpool and took on t&o roles as reser)e team coach and club physiotherapist* By this time, (i)erpool had been rele'ated to the/econd -i)ision and their facilities &ere in decline* 0n -ecember !2!, Bill /hankly &as appointed (i)erpool mana'er and he promoted Paisley to &ork alon'side him as his assistant in a mana'ement3coachin' team that included Joe Fa'an and 4euben Bennett* 5nder their leadership, the fortunes of (i)erpool turned around dramatically and, in the !$ "$2 season, the team 'ained promotion back to the First -i)ision* Paisley filled an important role as tactician under /hankly6s leadership and the team &on numerous honours durin' the ne7t t&el)e seasons* 0n !1#, /hankly retired as mana'er and, despite Paisley6s o&n initial reluctance, he &as appointed as /hankly6s successor* +e &ent on to lead (i)erpool throu'h a period of unprecedented domestic and European dominance, &innin' t&enty ma8or honours in nine seasons9 si7 (ea'ue ,hampionships, three (ea'ue ,ups, si7 ,harity /hields, three European ,ups, one 5EF. ,up and one 5EF. /uper ,up* +e also &on the :ana'er of the ;ear .&ard a record si7 times* +e retired

from mana'ement in !<3 and &as succeeded by Joe Fa'an* +e died in !!$, a'ed 11, after sufferin' from.l=heimer6s -isease for se)eral years*
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Early life 2 Bishop .uckland and arri)al at (i)erpool 3 /econd World War # (i)erpool playin' career (section incomplete% 2 ,oachin' career (section incomplete% $ :ana'ement career (section incomplete% 1 4etirement from (i)erpool (section incomplete% < (ater years and death (section incomplete% ! Personality (section incomplete% @ +onours @* .s a player @*2 .s a mana'er @*3 :ana'erial statistics @*# .s an indi)idual /ee also 2 Footnotes 3 4eferences # E7ternal links

Early life[edit]
Bob Paisley &as born on Ahursday, 23 January ! !, in the small ,ounty -urham coal minin' )illa'e of +ettonBleB+ole &hich is se)en miles from /underland* Paisley described it as Ca closeBknit community &here coal &as kin' and football &as reli'ionC* > ? +is father /am &as a miner and his mother Emily a house&ife* Ahey had four sons9 Willie, Bob, +u'h and .lan in a'e order* On the day Paisley &as born, 2@,@@@ miners nation&ide &ent on strike for a shorter &orkin' &eek* Paisley attended a local school until he &as thirteen and, like his friends there, had to rely on soup kitchens to supplement a mea're diet* 0n !2$, durin' the Deneral /trike &hen he &as se)en, he had to scramble o)er sla' heaps to collect coal dust that his parents could mi7 &ith &ater to create a crude fuel* (ife &as difficult for &orkin' class families and, as Paisley recalled9 CWe li)ed in a small terraced house, and althou'h &e ne)er &ent short of life6s essentials, there &as ne)er much money left o)er by the end of the &eekC* >
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Paisley &as an outstandin' footballer at Eppleton Primary /chool and helped his team &in se)enteen trophies in a fourByear period* Ahrou'hout his playin' career, he &as a left half*>nb ? .fter lea)in' school at

the a'e of #, Paisley initially &orked alon'side his father at the pit and &as there &hen his father suffered an under'round accident &hich rendered him unable to &ork for fi)e years* Ahe mine &as closed do&n and he trained to become a bricklayer*>
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Paisley had 8oined +etton Football ,lub after lea)in' school in !33 and continued to attract notice as a member of their 8unior team* +e had a boyhood dream of playin' for /underland but &hen he &as recommended to them by +etton he &as re8ected as bein' Ctoo smallC*>2? 0nstead, he si'ned for Bishop .uckland prior to the !31"3< season for three shillin's and si7pence per match*>2?

Bishop Auckland and arrival at Liverpool[edit]

Paisley played for Cthe BishopsC for t&o seasons until he &as si'ned by (i)erpool in :ay !3!, a fe& months after his t&entieth birthday* >2? Ahe Bishops &ere one of the top nonBlea'ue teams in En'land and Paisley called them Cthe Ein's of .mateur FootballC*>2? 0n Paisley6s second season &ith them, they achie)ed a treble by &innin' the Forthern (ea'ue championship, the F. .mateur ,up and the -urham ,ounty ,hallen'e ,up* Ahe F. .mateur ,up final &as played in -urham at 4oker Park &here the Bishops defeated Wellin'ton 3"@ after e7tra time*>2? -urin' the season, Paisley &as approached by (i)erpool mana'er Deor'e Eay and promised that he &ould si'n for (i)erpool at the end of the season* +e kept his promise e)en thou'h /underland reconsidered and made another approach* >2? Paisley6s last match for the Bishops &as on /aturday, $ :ay !3! in the -urham ,ounty ,hallen'e ,up final a'ainst /outh /hields, also played at 4oker Park* Ahe follo&in' :onday, Paisley tra)elled by train to (i)erpool &here he &as met at E7chan'e station by .ndy :cDui'an &ho accompanied him to .nfield*
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+e si'ned his contract and be'an an association that &ould last half a century* +is si'nin' on fee &as

G22 and his &a'es &ere G< a &eek in the season and G$ a &eek durin' the summer* +e recalled9 C0 &as full of beans that day, but it &as )ery Huiet really* 0 &as met at the station and after that lon' trek up /cotland 4oad in a tramcar, 0 found there &ere only one or t&o youn'sters at the 'round " Billy (iddell, Eddie /picer and 4ay (ambert* Ahe rest had been recruited for the territorialsC*>2? Follo&in' preBseason trainin', Paisley took part in t&o reser)e team 'ames at the start of the !3!"#@ season but all competitions &ere cancelled after &ar &as declared on 3 /eptember* Paisley had 'ot to kno& :att Busby, &ho &as then (i)erpool6s club captain and &as 'rateful for the ad)ice and encoura'ement &hich Busby 'a)e him* Paisley said that Busby &as Ca man you could look up to and respectC*>2? On < /eptember !3!, the British Do)ernment ad)ised Ahe Football .ssociation (the F.% that clubs could sta'e friendly matches outside e)acuation areas and (i)erpool &ere able to take part in such matches, constrained by una)ailability of players in the ser)ices, throu'hout the &ar* (i)erpool6s first &artime friendly &as at /ealand 4oad a'ainst ,hester on $ /eptember*>#? Paisley took part in 3# of these matches bet&een !3! and !# , scorin' ten 'oals*>2?

Second

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Paisley &as nineteen &hen the /econd World War be'an and in October he &as called up by the .rmy &ho assi'ned him to the 4oyal .rtillery in &hich he &as a 'unner in the 13rd :edium 4e'iment* Ahis re'iment &as a &arBformed battery unit utilisin' medium ran'e artillery (field 'uns% that sa& ser)ice in the 5nited Ein'dom until .u'ust !# , Forth .frica until !## and finally 0taly until !#2* >2? Paisley &as stationed at se)eral camps throu'hout Dreat Britain includin' one at 4hyl*>$? For a lon' time, he &as stationed at a camp near Aarporley in ,heshire &hich &as about thirty miles from .nfield* /tan (i)ersed'e describes one occasion &hen Paisley &as 'i)en clearance by the .rmy to play for (i)erpool a'ainst E)erton in the !#@ (i)erpool /enior ,up final* Ao 'et there, he had to use his bike and cycle nearly the &hole &ay* +e left the bike in Birkenhead and hitched a lift throu'h the :ersey Aunnel* .fter the match, he had to do the same 8ourney in re)erse to return to camp* .lthou'h it &as a relati)ely unimportant match of local interest only, Paisley recalled that Can estimated 3@,@@@ turned upC* E)erton, the rei'nin' lea'ue champions, &on the match #"2*>1?><? Ahat &as Paisley6s first encounter &ith E)erton* +e 'ot his re)en'e soon after&ards on .pril !#@ &hen he played alon'side :att Busby and Billy (iddell in a depleted (i)erpool

team &ho Cspran' a surpriseC by defeatin' E)erton 3" at Doodison Park*>!? John Eeith recounts that Paisley6s football skills sa)ed him from a postin' to the Far East &hich &ould ine)itably ha)e resulted in his becomin' a prisoner of &ar of the Japanese* +e &as captain of the 13rd6s team and, &hen his battery &as due to be posted, his commandin' officer transferred him to another battery so that he could remain in Britain and lead the re'imental team* +is old unit &as subseHuently o)errun by the Japanese*>$? .t the end of .u'ust !# , on the bank holiday, Paisley &as posted o)erseas and did not return to En'land until !#2* +e &ent in a troopship to E'ypt, the )oya'e lastin' ten &eeks because they had to sail around /outh .frica* +e spent ,hristmas in E'ypt and then recei)ed his first mail from En'land &hich turned out to be a postcard from Deor'e Eay askin' him if he &ould be a)ailable to play for (i)erpool a'ainst Preston Forth End (Bill /hankly6s team% in the season opener three months earlier*>
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While he &as

in E'ypt, Paisley became interested in horse racin' throu'h friendship &ith 8ockey 4e' /tretton and trainer Frank ,arr* Paisley learned to ride himself and he retained this interest after the &ar, often studyin' form in his spare moments*>
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+e &as stationed south of ,airo and learned to dri)e a 2 c&t* truck* :ore importantly, he had a month6s trainin' on firin' antiBtank 'uns, a skill he needed in the desert as a member of the Ei'hth .rmy inOperation ,rusader &hich relie)ed the /ie'e of Aobruk* -urin' periods of lea)e from the conflict, Paisley returned to ,airo &here he &as mostly in)ol)ed in team sports, not only football but also cricket andhockey* +e represented the ,ombined /er)ices football team as &ell as playin' for his re'iment* Paisley &as in)ol)ed in the /econd Battle of El .lamein and subseHuently fou'ht his &ay across Forth .frica until the final defeat of the .frika Eorps in !#3* +e only suffered in8ury once &hen he &as temporarily blinded by sand sprayed into his face by e7plosi)e bullets fired from an aircraft durin' a (uft&affe attack on his unit*>
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0n !#3, Paisley &ent &ith the Ei'hth .rmy into /icily and then into 0taly* Whilst he &as on acti)e ser)ice in 0taly he recei)ed the ne&s that his youn'er brother .lan, a'ed fifteen, had died at home from scarlet fe)er

and diptheria* 0n June !##, Paisley took part in the liberation of 4ome and rode into the city on top of a tank, an e)ent he recalled 33 years later &hen (i)erpool &on the !11 European ,up Final in 4ome6s /tadio Olimpico* Paisley6s re'iment mo)ed on to Florence &here they encamped at .,F Fiorentina6s /tadio .rtemio Franchi* 0n Florence, Paisley sa& bo7in' e7hibitions by Joe (ouis and /u'ar 4ay 4obinson &hich 'enerated another sportin' interest and one for &hich he and Bill /hankly shared a passion &hile they &orked to'ether*>
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Paisley finally returned to En'land in !#2 and &as stationed at Wool&ich .rsenal until he &as demobbed* /hortly before that, he met his future &ife Jessie, a schoolteacher, on a train at :a'hull* /he recalled her father bein' unimpressed that she had met a soldier &ho &as a professional footballer in ci)ilian life so she added that Paisley had &orked as a bricklayer too* +er father said9 COh, that6s a proper 8ob so that6s alri'ht thenC* On 1 July !#$, Bob and Jessie &ere married in (i)erpool at .ll /ouls ,hurch, /prin'&ood* Ahey raised a family of t&o sons and one dau'hter9 4obert, Draham and ,hristine* Ahe family al&ays li)ed in (i)erpool and Jessie outli)ed Bob by si7teen years until she died in the early hours of < February 2@ 2 as the result of a heart infection, a'ed !$*>
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Liverpool playin! career "section inco#plete$[edit]

0n the !#2"#$ season, the Football (ea'ue decided not to re)i)e the championship pro'ramme as, &ith the &ar only recently concluded, many players &ere still in the forces and tra)el could still be difficult to arran'e* 0nstead they or'anised Forth and /outh di)isions on a 'eo'raphical basis to keep tra)el to a minimum and enable clubs to reBestablish themsel)es &ithout the pressure of official competition* Ahe F. ,up &as sta'ed but all ties up to the HuarterBfinal sta'e &ere played o)er t&o le's to increase the number of meanin'ful matches in the season* Paisley e)entually made his official debut on 2 January !#$ in (i)erpool6s first postB&ar competiti)e match, &hich &as an F. ,up 3rd round, st le' a&ay match at /ealand 4oad, the home 'round of ,hester* (i)erpool &on the 'ame 2B@* Paisley6s first 'oal didn6t come until the :ay !#< in a (ea'ue 'ame

at .nfield, a'ainst Wol)erhampton Wanderers* Paisley6s 22ndBminute strike alon' &ith a Jack Balmer 'oal in the <@th &ere enou'h to help the 4eds &in 2B * 0n the first full season after the &ar, !#$"#1, he helped (i)erpool to their first lea'ue title in 2# years, makin' 3# appearances in the #2Bmatch season* +e remained a fi7ture in the side, appearin' in 3@I matches in !#13#< and !#<3#! and 2< in !#!32@, a season of both hi'hs and lo&s for Paisley &ho scored the openin' 'oal of a 2B@ F. ,up semiBfinal &in o)er :erseyside ri)als E)erton only to be dropped for the Final a'ainst .rsenal, the club6s first appearance at Wembley* Paisley later said that the e7perience stood him in 'ood stead &hen it came to tellin' players they &ere not 'oin' to play in bi' 'ames as he kne& ho& they felt* Paisley became club captain the follo&in' season*

Coachin! career "section inco#plete$[edit]

.fter retirin' in !2#, Paisley 8oined the (i)erpool back room staff as a selfBtau'ht physiotherapist and &as said to ha)e the knack of bein' able to dia'nose a player6s in8ury 8ust by lookin' at them* >citation needed? +e later

became the reser)e team coach and then, in .u'ust !2! &hen .lbert /helley retired, first team trainer*
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Ahe arri)al of Bill /hankly as mana'er in -ecember !2! transformed the fortunes of the club and
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Paisley recalled that Cfrom the moment he arri)ed, &e 'ot on like a house on fireC* >

On his first day in

char'e, /hankly held a meetin' &ith the coachin' staff &hich consisted of Paisley, 4euben Bennett and Joe Fa'an to tell them that he &as not brin'in' in his o&n coaches* +e &anted to &ork &ith them and so 'uaranteed them their 8obs* /hankly pointed out that he &ould decide the trainin' strate'y and they must all &ork to'ether &ith absolutely loyalty to each other and to the club* >
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5nder Phil Aaylor,

trainin' had been the traditional slo' of physical e7ercise and road runnin'* /hankly insisted on trainin' &hich &as Cbased on speed and usin' the ballC*>
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Fi)eBaBside 'ames &ere introduced as a key part of the

strate'y* Paisley had al&ays been keen on trainin' &ith the ball and &as, like Fa'an and Bennett, deli'hted to implement /hankly6s methods*>
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Fa'an is credited &ith con)ertin' a stora'e area at .nfield into a

Ccommon roomC for the coaches and it became the no&Ble'endary Boot 4oom* /hankly be'an a (i)erpool tradition, later upheld by Paisley, of holdin' daily meetin's in there to discuss strate'y, tactics, trainin' and players*>
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Arainin' strate'y &as key to (i)erpool6s success in the !$@s and after&ards* Ahere &as more to it than usin' the ball and playin' fi)eBaBside matches* 0nfluenced by Paisley, Fa'an and Bennett, /hankly cottoned on to the importance of allo&in' players to cool do&n after trainin' before ha)in' a bath or sho&er* Paisley as a trained physiotherapist ar'ued that a person needs to cool do&n for about forty minutes after hea)y e7ercise because, if they 'o into a bath &hile still s&eatin', their pores remain open and they are more susceptible to chills and strains* Fa'an had ad)ocated 'ettin' chan'ed at .nfield before 'oin' )ia team bus to the club6s trainin' comple7 at :el&ood* Ahey &ould return to bath, chan'e and eat* Ahis routine satisfied the need for a coolin' do&n period and had the added ad)anta'es of encoura'in' team bondin' durin' the t&o 8ourneys and ensurin' familiarity &ith .nfield, an important need for them as home team* E)erton, by contrast, did e)erythin' at their Bellefield trainin' comple7 and their players only &ent to Doodison Park for home matches e)ery t&o &eeks or so* /hankly claimed that the coolin' do&n period resulted in Can astonishin' lack of in8uries o)er many seasonsC* For e7ample, in !$2"$$ &hen (i)erpool &on the lea'ue title and reached the European ,up&inners ,up final, they only used fourteen players in the entire season*
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/hankly6s bio'rapher /tephen F* Eelly describes Paisley as Cthe perfect number t&o9 ne)er a threat to /hankly but al&ays offerin' &ise counselC* >
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Paisley &as an unassumin' character and Chappy to play

second fiddleC, but Eelly reco'nises his influence because althou'h /hankly &as Cthe 'reat moti)atin' force behind (i)erpool, it &as Paisley &ho &as the tacticianC*>
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5nder /hankly6s mana'ement o)er the ne7t fifteen years &ith Paisley as his assistant, (i)erpool &on three lea'ue titles, t&o F. ,ups and one 5EF. ,up*

%ana!e#ent career "section inco#plete$[edit]

Follo&in' )ictory in the !1# F. ,up Final, /hankly surprisin'ly announced his retirement and the (i)erpool directors appointed Paisley as his replacement in the hope of maintainin' continuity* Ahou'h initially

reluctant to take on the role, Paisley became a hu'e success and, apart from his first season, &on at least one ma8or trophy in each of his nine years as mana'er* +u'ely disappointed by finishin' second in !1#" 12, the team &ent on to &in the lea'ue title and 5EF. ,up in !1$* Ahis period marked the be'innin' of (i)erpool6s dominance of En'lish and European football, as the team &ent on to become champions on si7 occasions B finishin' second t&ice B as &ell as &innin' three (ea'ue ,ups, one 5EF. ,up, one 5EF. /uper ,up, si7 ,harity /hields and, most si'nificantly, three European ,ups* .part from a fifth place finish in !< , (i)erpool ne)er finished lo&er than runnersBup in the lea'ue &ith Paisley as mana'er* (i)erpool6s dominance of the era in En'lish and European football &as primarily challen'ed by Fottin'ham Forest under Brian ,lou'h, and .ston Jilla under 4on /aunders and Aony Barton bet&een !11 and !<2* Ahere &ere brief challen'es from a number of other clubs, notably :anchester 5nited under Aommy -ocherty in !12"1$ and !1$"11, and a'ain in Paisley6s final season as (i)erpool mana'er, &hen 5nited &on the F. ,up* +o&e)er, (i)erpool6s local ri)als E)erton failed to make much of an impact in the lea'ue or pose a serious threat to (i)erpool6s dominance durin' the Paisley era, althou'h they &ould 'o on to en8oy four seasons of sustained success immediately after Paisley6s retirement* Paisley remains the only man in history to mana'e three European ,upB&innin' sides* +e also &on an unprecedented si7 :ana'er of the ;ear .&ards* Ahe only trophy that Paisley failed to &in as mana'er &as the F. ,up, althou'h (i)erpool &ould be runnersBup in the !11 final* Paisley &as the sub8ect of This Is Your Life in !11 &hen he &as surprised by Eamonn .ndre&s on board a coach in central (ondon*

Retire#ent fro# Liverpool "section inco#plete$[edit]

Paisley retired as (i)erpool mana'er at the end of the !<2"<3 season, ha)in' spent ## years at the club in )arious capacities* +e &as replaced by Joe Fa'an, &ho &ould &in (i)erpool their fourth European ,up* Paisley &orked informally as a consultant and ad)isor to Eenny -al'lish for t&o years after the latter6s appointment as playerBmana'er in !<2, before bein' appointed as a club director* 0n early !<$, then a'ed $$, he &as inter)ie&ed by the Football .ssociation of 0reland &ith a )ie& to takin' char'e of the 0reland football team* Jack ,harlton &as e)entually 'i)en the 8ob instead*

Later years and death "section inco#plete$[edit]

Paisley continued to ser)e (i)erpool as a director until he retired in early !!2 due to ill health, ha)in' been dia'nosed &ith the early sta'es of .l=heimer6s -isease, somethin' &hich had become apparent in his early se)enties &hen he &as unable to remember his &ay home &hen dri)in' back from .nfield* +e died on # February !!$ at the a'e of 11 and &as honoured by the club &ith the openin' of the Paisley Dates at one of the entrances to .nfield, complementin' the e7istin' /hankly Dates* +e &as buried in the churchyard of /t Peter6s ,hurch in Woolton, (i)erpool*>2@?

Personality "section inco#plete$[edit] &onours[edit]

As a player[edit]
Liverpool

Football (ea'ue First -i)ision ( %9 !#$"#1

As a #ana!er[edit]
Liverpool

Football (ea'ue First -i)ision ($%9 !12"1$, !1$"11, !1<"1!, !1!"<@, !< "<2, !<2"<3 (ea'ue ,up (3%9 !<@"< , !< "<2, !<2"<3 F. ,harity /hield ($%9 !1#, !1$, !11, !1!, !<@, !<2 European ,up (3%9 !1$"11, !11"1<, !<@"< 5EF. ,up ( %9 !12"1$ 5EF. /uper ,up ( %9 !11

%ana!erial statistics[edit]
'ecord !eam From !o % ( D ) (in *

2iverpool $0 7ugust '(1. ' &uly '(9% !%! %89 '%' (0 !1.!1

As an individual[edit]

<3 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE%9 !<3 0nau'ural 0nductee to the En'lish Football +all of Fame9 2@@2 Football :ana'er of the ;ear .&ard ($%9 !12"1$, !1$"11, !1<"1!, !1!"<@, !< "<2, !<2"

See also[edit]

(ist of European ,up and 5EF. ,hampions (ea'ue &innin' mana'ers (ist of 5EF. ,up and Europa (ea'ue &innin' mana'ers

'ootnotes[edit]
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and left% played outside the centre half in the middle three* .lthou'h some &in' hal)es &ere more creati)e than defensi)e, Paisley6s 8ob &as to &in the ball and mo)e it for&ard, so he &as the eHui)alent of &hat is called a holdin' midfielder in 2 st century football*

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