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Jim Iley RIP

malcolms

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Not a roaring success, but still deserves to be remembered and acknowledged as a City manager
 

Red Devon

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He was a very likeable chap from what I remember although results didn’t go his way on the pitch.
 

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Took over after the Gerry Francis 'experiment', which sadly ended in relegation IIRC.
Likewise, I think he only lasted a season too before being replaced by Colin Appleton. We're talking mid eighties, so my memory is a bit hazy but I think his sacking came as a bit of a surprise as he was fairly popular with the fans & was making the best of a bad job, as we had spent heavily, by our standards, under Francis, & he had limited resources to play with.
RIP.
 

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In RaWZ we trust....Amen.
Not a roaring success, but still deserves to be remembered and acknowledged as a City manager
Indeed..Came In after the clusterfkcu season 1983/84..He was given the push towards the end of the 84/85 season with the club in the lower reaches of the 4th Division,a position that was not entirely unexpected by supporters given the small playing budget(reported as 100k iirc)

There was a bit of controversy when he was sacked,but I can’t remember the full details.
 

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Took over after the Gerry Francis 'experiment', which sadly ended in relegation IIRC.
Likewise, I think he only lasted a season too before being replaced by Colin Appleton. We're talking mid eighties, so my memory is a bit hazy but I think his sacking came as a bit of a surprise as he was fairly popular with the fans & was making the best of a bad job, as we had spent heavily, by our standards, under Francis, & he had limited resources to play with.
RIP.
Seem to remember unfortunately his tenure came to an end after a pitch demonstration against him.
 

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In RaWZ we trust....Amen.
Seem to remember unfortunately his tenure came to an end after a pitch demonstration against him.
Ha...It got worse the next season under Colin Appleton,we ended up having to apply for re election..Perhaps the demonstrators had learned their lesson.No demos against him from what I recall.
 

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Seem to remember unfortunately his tenure came to an end after a pitch demonstration against him.
Your memory is clearly better than mine. Not that that says much!
Thanks for the update.
 

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Ha...It got worse the next season under Colin Appleton,we ended up having to apply for re election..Perhaps the demonstrators had learned their lesson.No demos against him from what I recall.
Appleton came in with a good reputation after doing a good job at Hull City....a bit of a Roy Hodgson type character.
 

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Seem to remember unfortunately his tenure came to an end after a pitch demonstration against him.
Fans were on Jim’s side and there was a petition for him to be reinstated, it was the directors they were demonstrating
against I think they invaded the directors box .
He even offered to buy out Clifford Hill .
 

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Seem to remember unfortunately his tenure came to an end after a pitch demonstration against him.
Are you sure about that? I seem to recall he organised a public fans meeting at St Sidwells Church Methodist Hall, so he could put forward his side of the 'sacking' story. I think he wanted to buy in or even take over the club!
 
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