Sad news appeared late last year about John Robertson, passing away. He was one of the top legends of English football playing for Nottingham Forest. He also played for Scotland during his heydays. He was an icon as a player and the main man. Later in life, he served as an assistant manager at Leicester for five years. This was under the command of Martin O’Neill. His role there never really hit the headlines. The focus was solely on Martin O’Neill and his success. John Robertson was seldom mentioned for his work and contributions to the football club over those years.
David Mills has been a long serving scout at Leicester. He has not bagged the headlines, but been working for this football club for many years. As a player he was once sold from Middlesbrough to West Bromwich for a English record fee of £500.000. He was a cult hero at Middlesbrough, playing 328 league games, scoring 90 goals. He also played at Newcastle, Sheffield W and Darlington. His professional playing career lasted from 1968 to 1987. A real football hero on duty for Leicester.
Steve Hunt, Allan Evans, and John Gregory had coaching roles at Leicester. This was during Brian Little’s tenure as the club’s manager. All of them together at Aston Villa. Allan Evans had earlier played for Leicester for a short while. John Gregory and Steve Hunt were both England internationals and had good careers in the game. Steve Hunt played with Pelè, Johan Neeskens and Franz Beckenbauer at New York Cosmos.
Looking at the current coaching staff at Leicester, we are proud to see Andy King here. He got his test as a caretaker manager. To be perfectly honest he struggled to regain the momentum he had at this club as a player. A brilliant person and special man for this football club.
Kolo Tourè had the assistant manager role at Leicester during the Brendan Rodgers period. His career as a player was perfect being at Man City, Celtic, Arsenal and Liverpool. Toure was an important member of The Invincibles. He was also part of that first Premier League winning team at Man City.
John Terry is one of the real and special legends at Chelsea. This was during a fantastic period in their history. He also had his time at Leicester. He assisted Dean Smith during his interim period at the club. However, he left after their short stint in the 2022-23 season. They failed to save Leicester from relegation.
Sven Goran Eriksson appointed Dietmar Hamann as coach during his days at the club. Hamann had a short lived period at Leicester, being offerend the managers job at Stockport. He used to play for Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Man City among his clubs. Also a World Cup runners-up medalist with Germany in 2002.
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Chris Powell and Kevin Phillips are two former England internationals. They joined Leicester as player coaches. Both were legendary players at their clubs. They also had a part to play at Leicester. Moreover, they were two of very few players to retire from the game while at Leicester.
Arthur Chandler is a legendary player at Leicester, being part of that team ending runners-up in the league in 1928/29. His games and goalscoring records are well documented. He spent most of his later life at Leicester. He continued playing his part up to the Jimmy Bloomfield era. This has not been mentioned that much. However, he had jobs out of the limelight for almost a full lifetime.
Tord Grip followed Sven Goran Eriksson around and had different roles at the clubs and they worked for. He ahd earlier had the opposite role being the boss of Svennis. He was with Svennis at Leicester, then having more of an observing role. Tord Grip is a special man in Scandinavian Football. He is not much talked about but one who had a say whenever special history was made. Tord Grip was part of the Sweden national football team coaching setup during two main periods: 1977–1978: He served as an assistant manager for the men’s national team and also briefly managed the Sweden women’s national team. 1991–1997: He returned as assistant manager to Tommy Svensson, a tenure that included the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where Sweden won the bronze medal.
David Nish grew up in football at Leicester. He set the England record transfer fee when he was sold to Derby in 1972 for £225,000. He later rejoined Leicester and worked in different roles in the Academy. During the interim period after Brian Little left, he took charge of the first team for two league games. He assumed this role in December 1995, in the interim period between the departure of Mark McGhee and the appointment of Martin O’Neill. During his short tenure, he worked alongside Chris Turner, Garry Parker, and Steve Walsh.
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