Keith Burkinshaw
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harry Keith Burkinshaw | ||
Date of birth | 23 June 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Higham, Barnsley, England | ||
Position(s) |
Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Wolves | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1953 | Denaby United | ||
1953–1957 | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
1957–1965 | Workington | 293 | (9) |
1965–1968 | Scunthorpe United | 108 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
1964–1965 | Workington | ||
1966–1967 | Scunthorpe United (caretaker) | ||
1976–1984 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
1984–1986 | Bahrain | ||
1987–1988 |
Sporting Clube de Portugal | ||
1988–1989 | Gillingham | ||
1991 |
Pahang | ||
1993–1994 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
1997 | Aberdeen (caretaker) | ||
2005–2007 | Watford (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Harry Keith Burkinshaw (born 23 June 1935) is an English former professional footballer and football manager. He is one of the most successful managers of Tottenham Hotspur, winning three major trophies for the club as manager there.
Playing career
Burkinshaw was born in Higham, Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, and began his footballing career with Midland League side Denaby United while working at Dodworth Colliery. He had a brief spell as an amateur with Wolverhampton Wanderers before joining Liverpool in November 1953. He spent a period in the British Army, serving alongside Duncan Edwards in Wales.[1]
Burkinshaw played just once for Liverpool, against Port Vale in April 1955, moving to Workington in December 1957 for a fee of £3,000. He was player-manager of Workington between November 1964 and March 1965, leaving to join Scunthorpe United in May 1965, having played 293 league games for Workington. He played a further 108 league games for Scunthorpe, and had a short spell as caretaker manager before retiring from playing in May 1968.
Coaching and managerial career
Shortly after announcing his retirement, Burkinshaw moved to
In his final game in charge, Spurs won the
In June 1984 he was appointed as coach to the
Burkinshaw took charge of big-spending Malaysian state team
Burkinshaw was later Chief Scout for Glenn Hoddle and Ossie Ardiles at Swindon Town and in May 1992 became assistant to Ardiles at West Bromwich Albion. When Ardiles moved to manage Tottenham in the summer of 1993, Burkinshaw was promoted to Albion manager.[7] His career as Albion manager lasted just one season (1993–94) and he was sacked after they narrowly avoided relegation back to Division Two.[8]
He was later Director of Football at Aberdeen[9] before briefly taking charge as caretaker-manager at Pittodrie when Roy Aitken was sacked in 1997, he left when Alex Miller was appointed as the club's new manager.
In March 2005 Burkinshaw was appointed assistant manager at Watford.[10] He left this position in December 2007 due to a serious family illness,[10] having helped the club reach promotion to the Premier League in 2006.
Honours
As a manager
- 1981–82
- 1983–84
- FA Charity Shield: 1981(shared)
- 1981-82
See also
- List of UEFA Cup winning managers
References
- ^ Jackson, Jamie (29 May 2020). "Workington raise funds reliving day they stunned Manchester United". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Jones, Ken (2 April 2003). "Ken Jones: Let's not forget: football is meant to be a game, not a business". The Independent.
- ^ Jones, Ken (9 August 1995). "In sport, history certainly gets distorted in the re-telling. Often what we have come to regard as fact turns out to be pure fiction". The Independent.
- ^ "Bahrain release Burkinshaw". New Straits Times. 16 April 1986. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ "England is fired after seven years". The Herald. Glasgow. 4 February 1988. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ "Keith turns team of stars into title-contender". The Straits Times. 11 July 1991. p. 29.
- ^ Slot, Owen (20 June 1993). "Ardiles lured back to manage Tottenham". The Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Shaw, Phil (18 October 1994). "Buckley in line after Burkinshaw sacking: West Brom dismiss manager". The Independent. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ "Burkinshaw for Dons". The Independent. 31 May 1997. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Burkinshaw gives up Watford job". BBC Sport. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2020.