Bruce Rioch

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Bruce Rioch
Rioch in 2008
Personal information
Full name Bruce David Rioch
Date of birth (1947-09-06) 6 September 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth Aldershot, England
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1969 Luton Town 149 (47)
1969–1974 Aston Villa 154 (34)
1974–1976 Derby County 106 (34)
1976–1977 Everton 30 (3)
1977–1979 Derby County 41 (4)
1978 → Birmingham City (loan) 3 (0)
1979 → Sheffield United (loan) 8 (1)
1980–1981
Seattle Sounders
 46 (4)
1981–1984 Torquay United 71 (6)
Total 608 (133)
International career
1975–1978 Scotland 24 (6)
Managerial career
1982–1984 Torquay United
1985 Seattle Storm
1986–1990 Middlesbrough
1990–1992 Millwall
1992–1995 Bolton Wanderers
1995–1996 Arsenal
1996–1997 Queens Park Rangers (assistant manager)
1998–2000 Norwich City
2000–2001 Wigan Athletic
2005–2007 OB
2008 AaB
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruce David Rioch (/ˈriːɒk/; born 6 September 1947) is a football manager and former player for the Scotland national team. His last managerial post was at AaB in the Danish Superliga in 2008.

As a player, he made more than 550 appearances in

the Football League and, by virtue of his parents' birthplaces, represented Scotland in 24 matches; he became the first player born in England to captain Scotland. As a manager, he has taken charge of clubs in England, including Arsenal, where he signed the famous Dennis Bergkamp, and in the United States, and Denmark. His brother Neil, son Gregor and nephew Matty Holmes
were also professional footballers.

Playing career

Rioch was born in

League Cup runners up medal in 1971, Villa losing 2–0 to Tottenham Hotspur
.

He moved to

Seattle Sounders. While playing with Seattle Sounders in 1980 he was named to the NASL First Team All-Stars.[3][4] He returned to England in October 1980 when he joined Torquay United as player-coach, working at first under Mike Green and then under Frank O'Farrell
.

Managerial career

Torquay United

In July 1982, Rioch became player-manager of Torquay United, but left in January 1984. In February 1985, after 13 months out of the game he was appointed manager of

FC Seattle, of the US Western Soccer Alliance, but resigned in September 1985 to return to England.[5]

Middlesbrough

He was appointed as manager of

Zenith Data Systems Cup
.

Millwall

Rioch made a quick return to management the following month with Millwall and guided them to a playoff place in the 1990–91 Second Division campaign, but left in March 1992.

Bolton Wanderers

Rioch's next stop was at Bolton Wanderers, becoming manager in May 1992. In his first season they beat cup holders Liverpool 2–0 at Anfield in an FA Cup replay which many fans feel was the start of Bolton's resurgence. They finished runners-up in Division Two and won promotion to Division One. The following year Bolton finished in a respectable mid-table position as well as beating Premier League opponents Arsenal, Everton and Aston Villa in the F.A cup. In the 1994/95 season they were League Cup losing finalists to Liverpool and beat Reading 4–3 in extra time in the Division One playoff final after being 2–0 down at half time.

The playoff final victory was Rioch's last game as Bolton manager. A few weeks later he accepted the Arsenal manager's job and was replaced at Bolton by Roy McFarland. He is considered to be one of the best Bolton managers of all time by the club's supporters.[citation needed]

Arsenal

In

League Cup semi-finals, but lost on away goals to Aston Villa,[6][7] and were knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round by First Division side Sheffield United.[8][9]

Just before the beginning of the 1996–97 season, Rioch was sacked, after a dispute with the club's board of directors over transfer funds.

Rioch was also known for his intensive training methods, according to former Arsenal player Adrian Clarke.[10]

Queens Park Rangers

After leaving Arsenal, he worked as assistant manager under Stewart Houston (his former assistant at Arsenal) at Queens Park Rangers, but was sacked along with Houston after just over a year at Loftus Road.[11][12]

Norwich City

In May 1998, Rioch was appointed manager of Norwich City in Division One. He resigned after less than two seasons at the helm after failing to get the Canaries anywhere near the promotion and playoff places that the club had long been hoping for. He cited a perceived lack of ambition at the club as the main reason for his decision to resign (he correctly predicted that the club's star player Craig Bellamy would inevitably be sold), however he also acknowledged that the club's uncertain financial position meant that the transfer funds available to him were limited.

Wigan Athletic

Rioch made a swift return to management with Wigan Athletic for the 2000–01 season. He won the Manager of the Month award for November 2000,[13] but left the club the following February, as they occupied the Division Two play-off zone.[14] The club said that Rioch had resigned, but he said he was dismissed.[citation needed]

Odense Boldklub (OB)

Rioch was intent on returning from management, and was linked with the Derby County manager's job after John Gregory was sacked at the end of the 2002–03 season. But it was four years before he made his return to management. He was appointed as head coach of Danish Superliga side OB in June 2005. He led OB to a third place in his first season in charge, but decided to leave the club on 12 March 2007 due to his wife's illness, as the official explanation. The media, however, reported that the actual cause was a dispute between Rioch and the management of OB.[citation needed]

Aalborg BK (AaB)

In June 2008, Rioch returned to management with Danish champions

UEFA Cup. Rioch, however, did not witness this victory from the bench: On 23 October 2008 he was dismissed as AaB had only two victories from ten games and were second from bottom of the Danish league.[16]

Later career

In November 2009, Rioch was linked with a return to football as manager of the

Falmouth Town, near his home.[18] He later became involved with coaching at another Cornish club, Penryn Athletic of the South West Peninsula League.[19][20]

Honours

Player

Luton Town

Aston Villa

Derby County

Scotland

Manager

Bolton Wanderers

Middlesbrough

Managerial statistics

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Torquay United[23] England 1 July 1982 14 January 1984 78 28 17 33 35.9
Seattle Storm United States February 1985 February 1986 13 6 1 6 46.15
Middlesbrough[23] England 2 February 1986 9 March 1990 205 82 52 71 40
Millwall[23] England 1 April 1990 17 March 1992 100 36 24 40 36
Bolton Wanderers[23] England 29 May 1992 8 June 1995 172 83 42 47 48.26
Arsenal[23] England 8 June 1995 12 August 1996 47 22 15 10 46.81
Norwich City[23] England 1 July 1998 13 March 2000 93 30 31 32 32.26
Wigan Athletic[23] England 26 June 2000 27 February 2001 43 19 15 9 44.19
Odense Boldklub (OB)[24] Denmark July 2005 March 2007 52 27 12 13 51.92
Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB)[24]
 Denmark June 2008 October 2008 10 2 2 6 20
Total 813 335 211 267 41.21

See also

References

  1. ^ Bruce Rioch at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Interview: Bruce Rioch on why he shouldn't have played against Peru". The Scotsman. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ^ "NASL-Bruce Rioch". nasljerseys.com.
  4. ^ "NASL All-Star Teams, all-time". homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  5. ^ "FC Seattle puts Rioch in as head mentor". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  6. ^ Moore, Glenn (15 February 1996). "Yorke is equal to Bergkamp's best". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  7. ^ Moore, Glenn (22 February 1996). "Villa hold out to book place at Wembley". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  8. ^ Tench, Matt (8 January 1996). "Whitehouse exposes Arsenal". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  9. ^ Hodgson, Guy (18 January 1996). "Veart veers past static Arsenal". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  10. ^ "Bruce Rioch: The One Before Wenger". 15 January 2015.
  11. ^ "A potted history of QPR (1882–2011)". Queens Park Rangers F.C. 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Football: Queen's Park Rangers dismiss Houston and Rioch". The Independent. 11 November 1997. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Megson bags award". BBC Sport. 30 November 2000. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  14. ^ "Rioch's resignation rocks Wigan". BBC Sport. 27 February 2001. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  15. ^ "Bruce Rioch præsenteret i AaB". Bold.dk. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  16. ^ "Danish side Aalborg sack Rioch as coach". CNN. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  17. ^ Fisher, Stewart (29 November 2009). "RIOCH SOLID CASE FOR AN OLD HEAD SCOTLAND". The Sunday Herald.
  18. ^ "Bruce Rioch at Falmouth Town". Falmouth Packet. 10 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  19. ^ Thorpe, George (7 August 2014). "FOOTBALL: Penryn ready thanks to Rioch". Falmouth Packet. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  20. ^ "Football: Penryn line up friendlies". West Briton. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ "1975/76 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Bruce Rioch". SFA. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g "Managers". managerstats.co.uk.
  24. ^ a b "danskfodbold.com - DBU's Officielle Statistikere". danskfodbold.com.

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