Doug Livermore
| Doug Livermore | ||
 Livermore (1993)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Douglas Ernest Livermore | |
| birthday | December 27, 1947 | |
| place of birth | Prescot , England | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Bolton Wanderers | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1965-1970 | Liverpool FC | 16 (0) |
| 1970-1975 | Norwich City | 114 (4) |
| 1975 | → AFC Bournemouth (loan) | 10 (0) |
| 1975-1977 | Cardiff City | 88 (5) |
| 1977-1980 | Chester City | 71 (6) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1983 | Swansea City (interim) | |
| 1987 | Tottenham Hotspur (interim) | |
| 1992-1993 | Tottenham Hotspur (interim) | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Douglas Ernest "Doug" Livermore (born December 27, 1947 in Prescot ) is a former English football player and coach . The midfielder was best known as a Norwich City player. The rise with the "Canaries" in 1972 in the highest English box office was his greatest sporting success.
Athletic career
Active career
Livermore began his active career as a teenager with the Bolton Wanderers . Before he could play a significant role there, he moved to Liverpool in November 1965 . With the "Reds" he was mostly a reservist in five years and only played 18 competitive appearances in the first team. As a midfielder at a top first division club, he had to fend off high-profile competition in midfield, which included the formally strong Ian Callaghan and Peter Thompson . In late April 1968 he made his debut as a substitute for Tony Hateley against West Ham United , but the next appearance was a long time coming until the second half of the 1969/70 season . Although he was now in the starting line-up 13 times, the engagement ended after just one appearance in the 1970/71 season in November 1970.
The next station was the second division Norwich City . The best time in Livermore's active career followed, as he was a key player in midfield and led the "Canaries" to championship and promotion to the top English division in the 1971/72 season . There he and his men not only managed to stay in the league the following year ; he reached the final in 1973 in the League Cup , which was lost 0-1 against Tottenham Hotspur . This was followed by the sporting crash as bottom of the table in the First Division in 1974 and a one-year injury break as a result of a wrist fracture and two cartilage damage operations.
After he had already been loaned to the third division AFC Bournemouth in the 1974/75 season , Livermore joined Cardiff City in the same division . With the club, who had just been relegated from the second division, he succeeded at first attempt of resurgence . He later ended his active career in Chester and gained his first experience in the coaching business as an assistant in Cardiff. Between November 1980 and August 1981 he oversaw the reserve selection of Norwich City and was also active for the Welsh national team at the side of Mike England .
Coaching activities
After leaving Norwich, he worked on the Swansea City coaching staff under John Toshack before moving to Tottenham Hotspur. At the Spurs he also worked on the extended staff, as the person in charge of the reserve team, as a direct assistant head coach and in November 1987 after the resignation of David Pleat as an interim manager. Even during this time he remained loyal to the Welsh selection. Other stations included Liverpool again under Roy Evans (1994-99) and Nottingham Forest , which was then looked after by Ron Atkinson . At the beginning of the 21st century he was Nigel Worthington's cotrainer before being replaced by Jim Duffy in February 2007, when Peter Grant was the new coach . He continued the collaboration with Worthington at Leicester City in April 2007 and together the two managed to stay in the second division . The engagement came to a quick end, however, as Leicester's then owner Milan Mandarić went into the 2007/08 season with Martin Allen as the new head coach.
Livermore later began working as a player advisor for the Base Soccer agency.
Web links
- Doug Livermore in the barryhugmansfootballers.com database
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
- Sporting Heroes statistics
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Doug Livermore (ex-canaries.co.uk)
- ^ A b Doug Livermore: Midfielder (1967-1970), Assistant manager (1994-1999)
- ↑ a b Players - Doug Livermore (LFCHistory.net)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Livermore, Doug |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Livermore, Douglas Ernest (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prescot |