What would United have gone on to had they not sacked him we will never know but the exciting football they played we will never forget! RIP Tommy!

R.I.P. Tommy Doc 😢

@no1wasgeorgiebest

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

Tommy Docherty was a very good football Manager. Docherty had built a good Manchester United team. Good enough to beat the greatest football team of all time. Yes, I’m a Liverpool fan. Docherty robbed us of winning the treble 22 years before Ferguson’s team.

@TheJohhnyrotten

4 жыл бұрын

And it was the flukiest goal in FA Cup history. Made my year though.

@DavCaz1964

4 жыл бұрын

And it still festers away at you after all these years🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@vantheman1244

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavCaz1964 😂😂😂

@JackJack-zq6hz

2 жыл бұрын

He was a crap manager

@vantheman1238

Жыл бұрын

@@JackJack-zq6hz he was very good

Many older reds say that had Tommy Docherty kept his job,United would have had an assault on the transfer market and probably would have won the title in either 79 or 80.Instead it took United 9 years to find the true successor to Tommy Docherty and 7 years nearly to get that elusive title.

RIP Tommy. Had you stayed we would have won the lot with that young exciting team of yours. Great days.

You know you're in love when you're ready to tell the board of directors

Morgan has sour grapes because Docherty found a better right winger in Steve Coppell and couldn't get his place back. He also bought gordon Hill who was superb too so he found some great players to replace the old brigade, who were brilliant in their time but age always catches up.

Green&Gold ... what a fantastic posting, this very accurately summed up the situation at the time ... great choice of music as well ... absolutely brilliant! I would love to see part 2 if it exists!

Manchester United have a track record of sacking Managers winning the FA Cup. 1977 and 2016.

@Robbiewa-bg4lu

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Hall Yes history did repeat itself in 2016 and as much as I wanted Van Gaal gone,I was wrong with hindsight and he should have had at least been given until the Christmas period to try to get things right.

@markhall7117

4 жыл бұрын

@@Robbiewa-bg4lu at least the physio's wife was safe that time!

@Robbiewa-bg4lu

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Hall Yes she was safe. As I said I think with the benefit of hindsight the sacking of both Docherty and Van Gaal after winning the FA Cup set the club back. Older reds suggest that had the Doc been allowed to carry on,there would have been a major assault by United on the transfer market and many say that we would have won the title in either 78,79 or 80. As for Van Gaal the man had his faults but had he have been allowed to carry on and got the transfer window then we probably would have been solid at the back and middle of the park which could have in a logical way laid the foundations for a damned good attack which could have seen the fruits of it emerge after say another window or two. And we all know the mess that happened under the watch of Mourinho which was starting to be dealt with prior to this Coronavirus crisis.

@ice843

3 жыл бұрын

I think it depends how and when u win it

@geoffpoole483

3 жыл бұрын

Writing this in 2021 it seems odd that a football manager could be sacked for an issue in his private life. I'm surprised the board stuck with Docherty for so long. Manchester United were relegated in 1974 (!) and lost the 1976 FA Cup final to Southampton. I can't imagine the manager of a relegated Manchester United keeping his job these days.

If he stayed united would have won the league in 78

As an Oldham fan, I remember Docherty's Man Utd being beaten at Boundary Park in December 1974 in the old 2nd Division. After the game, he was clearly rattled and castigated the Oldham players as 'animals' because of their commendably competitive approach. Still, I always liked the guy and enjoyed watching the performances of the team he rebuilt around players such as Coppell, Hill, Greenhoff and Pearson. Was very taken aback by his sacking, and would have liked to see him finish the project he had embarked upon at Old Trafford.

@TheJohhnyrotten

4 жыл бұрын

I was behind the goal in that game when the ball bounced back off the top of the inside of the post. Oldham won 1-0 from a penalty, but it really should have been 2-0. It was a cold and miserable trip home that day, and I only lived in Middleton.

The things we do for love

Interesting to hear Tommy say, in an interview posted on here, how some board members couldn't keep their tackle in the trousers while away on club trips.

@Robbiewa-bg4lu

4 жыл бұрын

MrAlwaysBlue As a red I have no doubt that is absolutely true.

@user-uk7pp8ic7u

4 жыл бұрын

@@Robbiewa-bg4lu THATS WHY THEY LET THE CLUB GET RELEGATED IN 1974 AND THAT'S WHY THEY WON JUST A CUP IN THE 70s

@danw1374

22 күн бұрын

That's the 70s for you lol

Willie Morgans still got the same hairdo only in grey

Not a Utd. fan but his teams were always attractive to watch.

He wasnt sacked for falling in love, he was sacked for abuse of his position, no different to taking a bung and if he'd done that no one would have said a word.

Docherty should not have been sacked for that. Utd got what they deserved...3 years of that boring bastard Dave Sexton, while Liverpool marched on. United 1968 - 1986 the lost years and Busby was massively to blame.

@scherben8870

7 жыл бұрын

Who was to blame is irrelevant... possibly. The few years after '86 were total shite as well. Fergie took his time getting to grips with English football. We should have let Jock Stein do what he wanted in '71. Though he could have had the same adjustment issues as Fergie. But imagine, Dalglish and Jimmy Johnstone could have been in United red.

Was it right or was it wrong to sack Tommy Doc in 1977? Answer not sure

Bob Paisley and Liverpool let off the biggest sigh of relief seen in the north west 😂

Fergie who started on shaky ground thought Norman Whiteside & Paul McGrath owned the dressing room regardless but kept Bryan Robson on. MU were a good cup side & you,d assume cup winning sides go on to win the league but we,ll never know. The reason for his sacking THEN was ridiculous & an indication someone high up didn't like him but in THIS age of social media ,where looking good is everything, whose to say it,d never happen now.

I remember Mick, Tommy's son playing for Sunderland at our place and we began to chant " Who's your father, Who's your father, Who's your father shagging now" 😂🤣

Who's up Mary Brown Who's up Mary Brown Tommy Tommy Docherty Tommy Tommy Docherty

this is litterallt the first ive heard of this ! ok it was 3 years before i was born but i tought i was up on my football .... oh well lives and learns

It wouldn't be a problem today .society's morals have taken a big dive .

I didn't care what he did outside the club he got us playing some exciting football after Frank o Farrell and then we got the boring football of Dave Sexton

Terry Christian compares sending someone to front line of a battle to die with sending someone off to watch the reverses for a couple of hours?

It happens to ever great team...they cling to memories and then get left behind for years. Come come back but most never do

loved utd under doc great era 70s footy n youth culture followed them but to young to go.

@britishuk_yrg577

5 жыл бұрын

Oh

I'm with the consensus. the Doc was a great manager and surely would have gone on to greater things with the club. But you can't steal another man's wife if you work with him. If they didn't sack Doc, they'd have had to sack Laurie Brown, which they never would have done.

So, how did it end? Did he marry the girl or was she just a passing fancy?

@geod2296

4 жыл бұрын

He was married to her for over 30 years.

T-rex what a band.

who's up mary brown who,s up mary brown tommy tommy tommy doc sang the kop

My Grandfathers brother Frank O' Farrell...who Busby hand picked to b his successor...Frank was Godfather to 1 of Docs Kids...

@gordontaylor5373

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Frank O' Farrell is your great uncle? That's really cool, Patricio! He must be very elderly by now! Respect mate! He was a good guy.

@Patrico6297

4 жыл бұрын

@@gordontaylor5373 Thank you my Friend. He must be near 90 now, I would meet him when he'd return during Holidays. I was only a nipper, and though my Grandfather has passed, I have not Seen or heard from since. I was always in awe, he was known as "A Gent", there is a documentary "In the Shadow of Busby", which is handy to look up.. But thank you very much for your interest.

One thing they don't touch, Granada Reports killed Louis Edwards

Frank O'Farrell and Tommy Doherty were both badly treated

Just a shame it happened...scousers history may of been different? A great team ruined by love...and dull Dave!!! Out went Daly and Hill to Derby...in came Mallet McQueen and Big Joe...hmmmm???