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According to Facebook, on this day (Thursday) in 1971, Jimmy Bloomfield was appointed Manager.
In spite of all the success we’ve seen in recent years, Jimmy remains my favorite City Manager. I think it’s a combination of the players that he signed that have gone on to become icons, and who dominated my childhood, and his style of football, which I was lucky enough to enjoy both at Orient and at Leicester.
It remains a source of regret that he left us in ‘77, and of considerable sadness that he would be dead six years later at the stupidly young age of 49. But this day in 1971 was the dawn of a great era in City history.
In spite of all the success we’ve seen in recent years, Jimmy remains my favorite City Manager. I think it’s a combination of the players that he signed that have gone on to become icons, and who dominated my childhood, and his style of football, which I was lucky enough to enjoy both at Orient and at Leicester.
It remains a source of regret that he left us in ‘77, and of considerable sadness that he would be dead six years later at the stupidly young age of 49. But this day in 1971 was the dawn of a great era in City history.