Terry Dolan (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Terry Dolan


fullname = Terence Peter Dolan
nickname =
height =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1950|6|11
cityofbirth = Bradford
countryofbirth = England
currentclub =
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1967–1969
youthclubs = Bradford Park Avenue
years = 1969–1970
1970–1976
1976–1981
1981
clubs = Bradford Park Avenue
Huddersfield Town
Bradford City
Rochdale
caps(goals) = 048 0(0)
162 (14)
195 (43)
043 0(1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1987–1989
1989–1991
1991–1997
2000–2003
2006–2007
managerclubs = Bradford City
Rochdale
Hull City
York City
Guiseley

Terence Peter "Terry" Dolan (born June 11 1950 in Bradford, England) is an English former footballer and manager.

Career

Playing

Dolan excelled at both football and rugby union during his schooldays and joined Bradford City as an associate schoolboy in 1966 before signing as an amateur a year later.cite book
last = Frost
first = Terry
title = Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988
publisher = Breedon Books Sport
year = 1988
pages = pp81-72, p96
isbn = 0907969380] He signed for Bradford Park Avenue as an amateur at the age of 17 in December 1968. He signed professional terms for the club a year later. He made 49 appearances at Park Avenue until they dropped out of the Football League in 1970. He was transferred to Huddersfield Town for £7,000 in October 1970.cite news
title = Terry Dolan profile
url = http://www.rivals.net/default.asp?p=2&sid=973&stid=234224
publisher = Minstermen
accessdate = 2007-05-22] He played in all four divisions for Huddersfield. When they missed out on promotion to Division Three in 1975–76 he moved to Bradford City for £10,000 in August 1976. He earned promotion with City to Division Three the following season but the team were relegated after one season. In 1980–81 he was made club captain, but he left on a free transfer at the end of the season after 195 league games, in which time he scored 43 goals.

He joined Rochdale in 1981 and joined non-league side Brackley Town a year later.

During his 448-game career, which included 58 goals, he played at all 92 league grounds.

Managerial

Dolan became interested in coaching while he was a player and he helped to improve the fortunes of East Bowling Unity in the Bradford Amateur Sunday League, before he started his managerial career in a player-coach position at Harrogate Town. He became youth coach at Bradford City in January 1985. He was then appointed first team coach in August 1986.

Dolan became manager of Bradford City in January 1987, after the sacking of Trevor Cherry. His first game was as caretaker when City won a 5–0 against Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup. He was given the job full-time 11 days later and for the rest of the season he successfully steered the club away from a relegation battle, finishing 10th in the 1986–87 season in the Division Two. In his first full season, the club finished fourth, narrowly missing out on promotion to the top flight for the first time in 65 years.

He was sacked in 1989 and instead joined Rochdale, who were reviving in Division Four. He helped Rochdale to a record FA Cup run in 1989-90 and mid-table finish but lost support the following season when he introduced Chris Lee the son of his assistant to the side. He joined Hull City acrimoniously as manager in 1991 with Rochdale complaining that Hull City had approached their manager illegally. He spent six years with the Tigers staying at the helm despite two relegations which enraged some fans whilst others understood it was the money the club earned from Dolan's shrewd dealings in the transfer market that kept the club in the black. He became a hate figure amongst some Hull City fans along with chairman Martin Fish and majority shareholder Christopher Needler. Unbeknown to the fans, The Needler family had been trying to find a responsible buyer for Hull City for many years but the restrictions the family placed on the redevelopement of the Boothferry Park site deterred most interested parties.

In 2000, he returned to Yorkshire with York City. He was sacked as manager in 2003, with the club citing financial reasons for his departure.cite news
title = Dolan shocked at dismissal
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/2956254.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-06-02
accessdate = 2007-05-22]

He returned to management in October 2006 with Northern Premier League Premier Division side Guiseley.cite news
title = Guiseley appoint Dolan as manager
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/6087950.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-10-26
accessdate = 2007-05-22] He parted company with the club in November 2007.cite news
title = Dolan out at Guiseley
url = http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkcityfc/news/display.var.1857366.0.dolan_out_at_guiseley.php
publisher = The Press
date = 2007-11-24
accessdate = 2007-11-24]

Managerial stats

References

External links

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