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WHO SHOULD BE CITY MANAGER?ALAN BALL IS OUR NEW MANAGER No 1: Brian Kidd At 1/7 1995 Alan Ball agreed to become Citys new manager. Francis Lee had approached Ball already before he became chairman, and Ball manager of Southampton. This also ended the vote for new manager poll. SOME ALTERNATIVES Bruce Rioch Mick McCarthy Martin O'Neill Bryan Robson Francis Lee Mike Walker George Graham Brian Kidd Howard Kendall Colin Barlow Steve Coppell Joe Kinnear Peter Reid Sam Ellis Joe Royle Graeme SounessRESULT (Stopped 1/7 1995) No Manager 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Bruce Rioch 7 5 4 35 2 George Graham 6 3 1 25 3 Me (Kevin Mutch) 4 0 0 12 4 Steve Coppell 1 4 0 11 5 Joe Royle 2 1 0 8 6 Brian Kidd 0 2 3 7 7 Brian Horton 1 0 1 4 Bobby Robson 0 2 0 4 9 Graeme Souness 1 0 0 3 Trevor Francis 0 0 3 3 Franz Beckenbauer 1 0 0 3 Mick McCarthy 0 0 3 3 13 Dave Bassett 0 1 0 2 Colin Bell 0 1 0 2 David Pleat 0 1 0 2 Arsenio Inglesias 0 1 0 2 17 Malcom Allison 0 0 1 1 Ron Atkinson 0 0 1 1 Louis van Gaal 0 0 1 1 Mike Summerbee 0 0 1 1 Francis Lee 0 0 1 1 Ron Atkinson 0 0 1 1 FINAL RESULT OF LAST MANAGER POLL (Stopped 17/5 1995) No Manager 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Bruce Rioch 16 9 1 67 2 Brian Horton 17 5 3 64 3 Joe Royle 4 4 2 22 4 George Graham 1 7 3 20 5 Mick McCarthy 2 2 5 15 6 Brian Kidd 0 4 5 13 7 Martin O'Neill 1 3 2 11 Francis Lee 2 2 1 11 9 Joe Kinnear 2 0 3 9 10 Franz Beckenbauer 2 0 0 6 11 Steve Coppell 0 2 1 5 12 Mike Walker 1 0 1 4 13 Bobby Robson 1 0 0 3 Alan Hansen 1 0 0 3 Arthur Cox 0 1 1 3 16 Kevin Keegan 0 1 0 2 Alex Ferguson 0 1 0 2 Trevor Francis 0 1 0 2 Bryan Robson 0 0 2 2 20 Howard Kendall 0 0 1 1 Mike Walsh 0 0 1 1 Douglas Moore 0 0 1 1 Harry Redknapp 0 0 1 1 Colin Bell 0 0 1 1 Johann Cruyff 0 0 1 1 Mark McGhee 0 0 1 1 Mike Summerbee 0 0 1 1 Bobby Gould 0 0 1 1 Svenn Hanssen |