Tommy Docherty RIP

[SuperGran]

Passed away aged 92.
no idea he was so old rip Tommy

 

[Wonder Boyo]

Died at the age of 92.

Tommy Docherty: Former Man Utd and Scotland boss dies - Former Man Utd boss Docherty dies

 

[rincewind]

Not my favourite Wolves manager but always sad to see an old name pass on. RIP

 

[sedgwolf1980]

Like or (more likely) loath him, a proper football character.

Wish we still had more like him in the game tbh. Just not managing Wolves.

RIP

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Associated with very dark days for us of course, but a massive personality of his era. Sympathies to his family and all those who have lost loved ones this year.

 

[Deleted member LP 3925]

Sad news. RIP.

 

[Saltyjim]

His time at Wolves was memorable, but mainly for the wrong reasons. Went from the 24th November to 8th April without a win as we sank through Division 2 at a rate of knots. Obviously he was on a hiding to nothing given the state of the club at the time so is best remembered for his record in the 60's and 70's at Chelsea and Man Utd.
RIP

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

I liked old Tommy,ok perhaps not here,but he was a character,sadly missed

 

[Wonder Boyo]

Not my favourite Wolves manager but always sad to see an old name pass on. RIP

Some of his quotes when managing Wolves were very funny, but didn't seem funny at all to most Wolves fans. It seemed disrespectful at the time.

Still, seemed well liked throughout his career and had his moments in football. RIP.

 

[Golden Arrow]

My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Scallywolf]

I remember seeing the Doc at a sporting dinner at the Park Hall Hotel.

He recalled when he was manager of QPR in the old second division. When he was appointed chairman Jim Gregory told him ‘I want you to get us out this division’. Tommy said ‘I did. We were relegated to the Third Division’.

Not the most popular of managers when he was with us. Appointed by Derek Dougan who disliked the Doc but felt he could do a job for us. How wrong can you be.

RIP Doc.

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

RIP Doc.

 

[Wonder Boyo]

One of his quotes when we were awful in 1985:

"We don't use a stopwatch to judge our golden goal competition now, we use a calendar."

 

[donwolf]

'my doctor told me to get as far away from football as possible, so I took the Wolves job'

 

[Macman]

I remember that programme 'Moment of Truth' where he tells Steve Blackwell/Derek Ryan ... 'You get paid weekly here, very weakly'.

 

[Jonzy54]

I remember the day he was appointed and we went up to the Molineux and I was one of a small group who spoke to him on the North Bank Car Park .I asked him if he would be buying any players and he said ‘ I don’t smoke son’

 

[steve vena]

Rip but I never really liked the guy. A chancer but a character.

 

[Hsvwolf]

Remember pre Wimbledon away ( I think) , load of us in pub in Soho , when spotted Doc and a director in the bar. Went over and wished well , and as they had obviously had a few , they asked us to keep stum and even bought us a round in return for silence

 

[Liskeard wolf]

RIP Tommy. A great character from a different era. A proper football man. Condolences to his friends and family

 

[JimB]

He was on a hiding to nothing when he joined, we were a sinking ship and he had a bucket with holes in it. Can’t blame him for our plight. Anyone who followed Wolves at that time can truly consider themselves’ supported through thick and thin’.
RIP The Doc.

 

[Egga]

Just read that he has passed away aged 92. RIP

 

[Wagstaffe Was Magic]

On arrival at Molineux...

“I opened the trophy cabinet and three Japanese prisoners of war fell out !!”

You gorra laugh ..( though not at the time!)

 

[oldgolded]

He was a character alright. Good manager as well. The team he had at United with Coppell and Hill on the wings was exciting. Bit of a desperate throw of the dice to bring him to Wolves, but we were in such a mess at the time, I'm not sure anyone could have helped us. Synonymous of that era when you had personalities like Malcolm Allison and Brian Clough around. All larger than life characters and great fun to have around at the time.
RIP Doc

 

[Jonzy54]

He was on a hiding to nothing when he joined, we were a sinking ship and he had a bucket with holes in it. Can’t blame him for our plight. Anyone who followed Wolves at that time can truly consider themselves’ supported through thick and thin’.
RIP The Doc.

The problem is we ended up with most of our better players out on loan .We had a reasonable front 2 in Tommy Langley and Jim Melrose .Then it went belly up when Langley was sent out on loan and Melrose was recalled by City because we couldn’t afford the fee (£25K? £40K£)
I remember playing Wimbledon in the New Year and we were 3-1 up ,Winterburn was LB for them and it ended up 3-3.
As things got worse I don’t think we won another game before we were Relegated.It was so depressing losing week after week and I know it ultimately would get even worse ,it didn’t seem so at the time .It was horrible,

 

[IrchyWolf]

De mortuis and all that but I find it very hard to look back on his time with any fondness.
That's about as much as I'm willing to say on the matter whilst I remain sober.

 

[jrpb-3]

I got a book of various football quotes for xmas, here are a few from
Doc during his time at Wolves


We don't use a stopwatch for our golden goal competition we use a calendar.

I just opened the trophy cabinet. Two Japanese solders came out.

plus a few others

After the match an official asked for two players to take a dope test. I offered the ref.

Football wasn't meant to be run by linesman and air traffic control.

I've always said there is a place for the press, but they haven't dug it yet.

I was guest speaker as Sunderland's end of season dinner. That was in October.

People ask me what makes a great manager and I say it's good players. Crap players get you the sack , it's as simple as that.


RIP Tommy

 

[JimB]

The problem is we ended up with most of our better players out on loan .We had a reasonable front 2 in Tommy Langley and Jim Melrose .Then it went belly up when Langley was sent out on loan and Melrose was recalled by City because we couldn’t afford the fee (£25K? £40K£)
I remember playing Wimbledon in the New Year and we were 3-1 up ,Winterburn was LB for them and it ended up 3-3.
As things got worse I don’t think we won another game before we were Relegated.It was so depressing losing week after week and I know it ultimately would get even worse ,it didn’t seem so at the time .It was horrible,

Melrose was scoring for fun, I remember we couldn’t afford him and he wanted to stay. Didn’t he go to Charlton and scored loads?

 

[Jonzy54]

Melrose was scoring for fun, I remember we couldn’t afford him and he wanted to stay. Didn’t he go to Charlton and scored loads?

He did

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Wrong man at the wrong time for Wolves, but not sure anyone else would have fared any better. The club was already in a terrible state, and The Doc could do nothing to arrest the slide.

R.I.P to one of the characters of the game.

 

[Elvis Wolf]

Remember being at the Brighton game, with our youngest daughter, when we lost and confirmed our relegation to Div 3.
There were only a few hundred of us in the corner of their old ground. We were all very upbeat and singing away, despite our impending demise .
Shouting across to Tommy, sitting in the away dug out: "Tommy, Tommy give us a wave etc etc"
To which of course he duly obliged.
Fond memories, despite our perilous state at that time .
RIP Tommy.

 

[Hazza]

I remember the away game at Brighton, Tim Flowers saved Frank Worthington penalty and it broke his wrist, think it was re taken anyway. We lost 5-1 to blooming Brighton (I lived in Sussex at time) but The Doc came over at end ... I was only 16/17 at time so all a bit vague

 

[Hazza]

Remember being at the Brighton game, with our youngest daughter, when we lost and confirmed our relegation to Div 3.
There were only a few hundred of us in the corner of their old ground. We were all very upbeat and singing away, despite our impending demise .
Shouting across to Tommy, sitting in the away dug out: "Tommy, Tommy give us a wave etc etc"
To which of course he duly obliged.
Fond memories, despite our perilous state at that time .
RIP Tommy.

Spooky how we posted similar time

 

[Boss Hogg]

Whilst the club was in a terrible state and he faced an uphill task he was always making jokes at the clubs expense which I never agreed with and so I didn’t have much time for him

But he was certainly a character and obviously had some talent as a manager as demonstrated at Man Utd.

RIP, with condolences to his friends & family

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

On arrival at Molineux...

“I opened the trophy cabinet and three Japanese prisoners of war fell out !!”

You gorra laugh ..( though not at the time!)

Hadn't heard that one before

RIP Tommy, he was a real character and the king of quips

He also signed Ricki Herbert for Wolves which thrilled me as a kid

 

[Deleted member 7862Bler]

RIP Doc
I remember as a kid going to watch wolves train when he was manager. He was very friendly and let me and my dad into changing rooms to get autographs.
On the way to the training ground we stopped to ask a guy who was running the way to training ground. Turns out It was Sammy Troughton. I can’t imagine many players run to training these days.

Just read up on Doc on Wikipedia and found out he managed Porto.

Will always be remembered for the song “Tommy Docherty. He’s up Mary Brown” to the tune of “knees up mother Brown”.

 

[Mugwump]

RIP Doc.

 

[Lawndog]

another quote of his (apparently).....

"this is the MONTH of the goal!".......

 

[Elvis Wolf]

I remember the away game at Brighton, Tim Flowers saved Frank Worthington penalty and it broke his wrist, think it was re taken anyway. We lost 5-1 to blooming Brighton (I lived in Sussex at time) but The Doc came over at end ... I was only 16/17 at time so all a bit vague

Yes that's the one.
As you rightly say, spooky that we posted at the same time, about the same match that we attended, without us knowing that the other was there.
The Wolves Family moves in mysterious ways, its wonders to perform!
All the best for 2021 Hazza.

 

[Hazza]

Yes that's the one.
As you rightly say, spooky that we posted at the same time, about the same match that we attended, without us knowing that the other was there.
The Wolves Family moves in mysterious ways, its wonders to perform!
All the best for 2021 Hazza.

I remember a conga on the terrace that day

 

[Hazza]

Yes that's the one.
As you rightly say, spooky that we posted at the same time, about the same match that we attended, without us knowing that the other was there.
The Wolves Family moves in mysterious ways, its wonders to perform!
All the best for 2021 Hazza.

Looking back ..... good times