Howard Kendall is an English football manager and former player. He is most famous for his connection to Everton F.C., a club that he both played for and managed. His uncle Harry Taylor played for Newcastle United and Fulham in the 1950's. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Everton Football Club are an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. ... Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) are an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne. ... Fulham Football Club (FFC) are an English football team based in Fulham, London. ...

Playing career

Kendall joined Preston North End as an apprentice in 1961. He turned professional in May 1963 and played in the 1964 FA Cup Final against West Ham United. At the time the youngest player to appear in the final, his place in the side coming due to the regular left-half Ian Davidson being suspended by the club for an unauthorised trip to Scotland. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The 1964 FA Cup Final was contested by West Ham and Preston North End at Wembley. ... West Ham United F.C. are an English football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London and play their home matches at The Boleyn Ground. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km...

Originally a defender, Kendall joined Everton for £80,000 in March 1967 where he was moved into midfield with Alan Ball and Colin Harvey. This famous trio (given the nickname The Holy Trinity) were a major component of the Everton team that won the Football League First Division in the 1969-70 season. In the next three seasons, Kendall captained Everton. He was transferred to Birmingham City in February 1974 and later to Stoke City in August 1977 for a fee of £40,000. Kendall was made player-coach at Stoke in February 1978 and played a pivotal role in the 1978-79 season when Stoke won promotion to the First Division. The Bolton player in white closest to the camera is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Alan James Ball, MBE (born May 12th 1945 in Farnworth, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer and football club manager. ... James Colin Harvey was born in Liverpool on 16 November 1944. ... From 1889 until 1992, this was the highest division overall of organized football in England. ... Birmingham City Football Club is an English football club based in Birmingham, and currently plays in the Football League Championship. ... Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England. ...

To the amazement of many, Kendall never played for England at senior level, but won caps at Schoolboy, Youth and Under-23 level, captaining the England Youth side to victory in the 1964 Little World Cup Final. First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...

Career in management

In June 1979 Kendall was appointed player-manager of Blackburn Rovers taking that team into the Second Division in 1980 and missing out on promotion to the First Division on goal difference the following season. In May 1981 Kendall returned to Everton as player-manager, although he only played four games before finally retiring as a player. Initially he struggled and was on the verge of being sacked in January 1984 when results began to pick up with Everton reaching the Milk Cup final (losing to Liverpool) and winning the FA Cup (beating Watford) later that season. From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. ... Liverpool Football Club is a football club based in Liverpool, in the north west of England. ... The 1984 FA Cup Final was contested by Everton and Watford at Wembley. ... Watford Football Club are an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. ...

In 1984/85 Everton won the League Championship, finishing 13 points clear of runners-up Liverpool and the European Cup-Winners' Cup and reached the final of the League Cup. Everton narrowly failed to win both the League and the FA Cup in 1985-86 – second in both to Liverpool, but in 1986-87 won the League again., nine points of clear of Liverpool as Merseyside continued it's stranglehold on the English game. The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ... Liverpool Football Club is a football club based in Liverpool, in the north west of England. ... Arms of the former Merseyside Metropolitan County Council Merseyside is a county, located in the North West of England. ...

Kendall left Everton in 1987, frustrated by the ban from Europe of English clubs, to manage Athletic Bilbao in Spain. He was not a great success at Bilbao, not helped by limitations on the players he could sign for the Basque club. He turned down an offer to manage Newcastle United to remain in Spain, but was sacked in November 1989 after a poor run of results. Athletic Club is a Spanish football club from Bilbao in Biscay (in Basque, Bizkaia), Spain. ... Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) are an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne. ...

The following month he returned to England as manager of Manchester City, before returning to Everton in November 1990. He was less successful the second time around, resigning in December 1993 after a row about money for a signing. He was appointed manager of Notts County in 1995 but was sacked after less than three months. Manchester City Football Club are an English football club based in the city of Manchester. ... Notts County Football Club are a football club based in Nottingham, England and is the oldest professional football team in the world. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He became manager of Sheffield United on December 13,1995, replacing Dave Bassett who had resigned the day before. He inherited a team next to bottom but proceeded to change the team personnel so drastically that a record number of players represented the Blades that season. The style of play was changed too and United pulled away from the relegation zone. Sheffield United Football Club are a professional English football club based in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Harry Bassett born 4 September 1944, Stanmore, London is an English football manager. ...

The following season started with new optimism and Chairman Mike McDonald gave Kendall around £3 million to spend but injuries to key personnel meant that the dream of promotion died in the play-off final. Kendall left on June 24, 1997, returning to Everton for an unprecedented third time as manager but only managed to avoid relegation on the last day of the season. He resigned from Everton in 1998 and in November that year was set to take over as manager of Spanish side Jerez. However, the move was put on hold due to a ban on foreign coaches in Jerez's division. Kendall instead joined Greek side Ethnikos Piraeus, but was sacked in March 1999 after only four months in charge and with Ethnikos 8 points adrift at the bottom of the Greek First Division. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... see: Jerez de la Frontera Jerez was a small independent emirate created c. ... Ethnikos Piraeus - team crest The second great team of Piraeus, as they were once known, may have fallen into hard times recently but they boast of a great history. ...

Kendall was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of his contribution as a manager to the English game. The Hall of Fame is housed at The National Football Museum in Preston, England. ...

To date, Howard Kendall remains the last English manager to win a European trophy with an English club.

Honours

• England Schoolboy International
• England Youth International
• England Under-23 International (6 caps)
• Football League Representative

• Football League Champion: 1969-70 (with Everton), 1984-85 and 1986-87 (as Everton manager)
• Football League Runner-up: 1985-86 (as Everton manager)
• FA Cup: 1984 (as Everton manager)
• FA Cup Runner-up: 1964 (with Preston), 1968 (with Everton), 1985 and 1986 (as Everton manager)
• Football League Cup Runner-up: 1984 (as Everton manager)
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1985 (as Everton manager)
• Zenith Data Systems Cup Runner-up: 1991 (as Everton manager)
• Little World Cup: 1964 (with England Youth Team)

External links

• English football Hall of Fame 2005 inductees
• Howard Kendall managerial statistics at soccerbase.com