Frank McLintock great player awful manager

[davieG]

FRANK MCLINTOCK INTERVIEW: Liz Taylor kept looking over... I'm sure she fancied me! Former Arsenal and Leicester defender discusses 1961 FA Cup final appearance

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[Webbo]

He was the manager when I first started going down. It's a wonder I ever went again. Didn't realise he was a painter and decorator, good lad.

[Vacamion]

I had just got into football when he was our boss. Sigh.

Illustrates the one of the dangers of a young manager who was a decent player. He brought in a load of ageing players he knew and trusted.

Failed utterly.

[suffolk fox]

Never forget the game away at qpr we went onto lose 4 0 he gave the half time team talk to the team as they all sat in the centre circle.

Granted, great player, shite manager of the highest order.

[surrifox]

Getting him was Kharma for the shameful way that Jimmy Bloomfield was treated

[john ridley]

Remember when he signed Roger Davies to save us,the next season though when Jock came in was fantastic ,great times.

[Jacnah]

What a Godawful season that was.

Had been steady, if unspectacular in 'pre-season' and were unbeaten in the first 3 League games.....False dawn, won only one of the next 25 or so games. Think we had something like 8 goals scored by Christmas. Added to the fact that, the end of the Bloomfield era the season before had seen us score 4 in the last 10 games meant that, in all we saw about a dozen goals netted in 9 months!

Some of his signings were spectacularly poor: (Robertson, Waddle, Webb etc)....Embarrassingly poor for most of the season and, in the games where the performance was better, suffered some appalling luck in front of goal.

Think this shades the Taylor/Bassett/Adams season, (01-02), as our worst ever!

 

did you expunge 2004-2008 from your memory completely when you were thinking about worse seasons? Quite understandable if you did

[Fox92]

 

 

'I was working away until about midday,' said McLintock. 'Then I cycled back to my digs, washed, showered and shaved, got my blazer and flannels on, put my bicycle clips on and cycled down to the ground at Filbert Street.

 

 

... And nowadays players complain about potentially three games in a week.

[notnow john]

Lammie Robertson,the Junior Lewis prototype.

[Captain...]

I had just got into football when he was our boss. Sigh.

Illustrates the one of the dangers of a young manager who was a decent player. He brought in a load of ageing players he knew and trusted.

Failed utterly.

That quote and the title just makes me think of Neil Lennon.

[ThaiFox]

Remember when he signed Roger Davies to save us,the next season though when Jock came in was fantastic ,great times.

Davies was dreadful for us. I thought he was going to be a good signing, but he was clumsy and only scored a handful of goals before we got shot of him. The number of clubs he played for showed he was thought of as a good player, only for him to be found out after he signed! After the great Jimmy Bloomfield era, McLintock was a disaster. I loved the Bloomfield years, fabulous football, really good flair players and could give any team a real game. After he was sacked I was stunned for a while, but then I remember feeling quite pleased McLintock was appointed as he'd been a great player and seemed a good leader. How wrong I was!! Then came along the great Jock Wallace and the match at Orient to gain promotion is still my favourite Leicester City match. I'll never forget that day.

[Guest]

Antone who didn't live through the short McClintock era doesn't know how bad it can get - and that's saying something considering some of the managers we've had here since.

[Keyworth63]

This thread gives me chance to relive a fond boyhood memory that illustrates more of Frank's personality.  In 1963 or 1964, I decided to look up addresses of City players in the local phone book. Not too far from where I lived, was Jimmy Walsh and Frank McLintock (Wyngate Drive/Wescotes Drive area).  A friend and I went to Jimmy Walsh's newsagent shop, but he wasn't in the shop when we stopped by.  However, when we knocked on Frank McLintock's door, his wife answered and invited us in.  We chatted with Frank for a while, then he took us to his back lawn and we passed a ball around for a while.  He juggled the ball for us, and taught us a couple of moves.  After a while his wife came out and complained that we were making a mess of the lawn (it was getting pretty muddy).  So that ended the games, but my friend and I were each given a glass of milk and sent on our way.  

[suffolk fox]

Never forget a game think it was against possibly Derby, but some things are always etched in the memory we had scored early doors at the kop end Roger Davis putting it away with aplomb. Just before half time he had a golden chance to make it two and possibly game over he rounded the keeper all good he had an open goal, he then inexplicably slipped fell over his own gangly feet they retrieved the ball went straight down the other end and scored. Roger frigging Davis.

Better still all in the Mclintock era we played the then great West Brom at home with the Cunningham, Regis, and another Black player at the time, rare in the league to see One Black player in a team let alone three. Could have been Brendan Batson? Anyway, we lost at home 5 0 they ran rings around us every time they attacked it looked as though they would score yes, we were that bad. I remember Steve Kember standing on the kop wall behind the goal acting as conductor as the kop sang out "what a load of rubbish". Jees made the Pleat, Mcghee, Levein days seem very lame in comparison. Mclintock what a prat.

[melrose]

Never forget a game think it was against possibly Derby, but some things are always etched in the memory we had scored early doors at the kop end Roger Davis putting it away with aplomb. Just before half time he had a golden chance to make it two and possibly game over he rounded the keeper all good he had an open goal, he then inexplicably slipped fell over his own gangly feet they retrieved the ball went straight down the other end and scored. Roger frigging Davis.

Better still all in the Mclintock era we played the then great West Brom at home with the Cunningham, Regis, and another Black player at the time, rare in the league to see One Black player in a team let alone three. Could have been Brendan Batson? Anyway, we lost at home 5 0 they ran rings around us every time they attacked it looked as though they would score yes, we were that bad. I remember Steve Kember standing on the kop wall behind the goal acting as conductor as the kop sang out "what a load of rubbish". Jees made the Pleat, Mcghee, Levein days seem very lame in comparison. Mclintock what a prat.

 

Roger Davis made an habit of missing open goals!

 

[1972 Fox]

Better still all in the Mclintock era we played the then great West Brom at home with the Cunningham, Regis, and another Black player at the time, rare in the league to see One Black player in a team let alone three. Could have been Brendan Batson? Anyway, we lost at home 5 0 they ran rings around us every time they attacked it looked as though they would score yes, we were that bad.

I remember that 5-0 home defeat to WBA but I'm pretty sure that it was at the end of the season before when Broomfield was still in charge. Can remember the Broomfield out chants.

The Mclintock season was a disaster. Davies was awful and was our joint top scorer with just 4 goals I think which underlines how poor it was.

[fuchsntf]

Frank, I just forget his time as a Foxes manager.

The player in a city Shirt, although it hurts to say it, also in Arsenal colours was a true great.

If we could of kept him for one more season.

Mclintock, D.Gibson, K.Weller, Lineker, F Worthington,D.Nish M.Elliot, S.Walsh, G.Cross, Izzet...different generations

but what a bunch of memories...Then again other older posters could exchange those out for other legends.

GKs, are so obvious so not mentioned.