The Steve Coppell/Phil Neal months

[MaineStandMoaner]

What happened those three months with both above managers quitting so soon after taking the reins?? Was already living in the States so didnt get much City news back then. Am I remembering right ...did Coppell have some kind of nervous breakdown?

 

[Bill]

What happened those three months with both above managers quitting so soon after taking the reins?? Was already living in the States so didnt get much City news back then. Am I remembering right ...did Coppell have some kind of nervous breakdown?

no but the kid he tried to bum did.

 

[Roger Ringpiece]

Phil Neal didnt quit, he was only the caretaker manager after Coppell left until he got the sack when Frank Clark took over as the new management team didnt want him, I think Tony Book went at the same time?

 

[Lomas has a lob on]

What happened those three months with both above managers quitting so soon after taking the reins?? Was already living in the States so didnt get much City news back then. Am I remembering right ...did Coppell have some kind of nervous breakdown?

I wouldn't dig to deep to into the Coppell era if I were you. Its a Taboo subject to say the least.

 

[mat]

What happened those three months with both above managers quitting so soon after taking the reins?? Was already living in the States so didnt get much City news back then. Am I remembering right ...did Coppell have some kind of nervous breakdown?

I wouldn't dig to deep to into the Coppell era if I were you. Its a Taboo subject to say the least.

It is bit of a sore point....

 

[charliebigspuds]

I thought it was Michael Frontzec who Coppell was fond of

 

[stony]

I've heard all the stories about Coppell and Frontzec and some City fans swear blind it's true while others will tell you that it's just an urban myth.

I've heard that many conflicting tales on here I haven't got a fucking clue what really happened.

 

[Blue Punter]

I saw Phil Neal at a football tournament a few years ago. I was wearing a City shirt and asked him how he found life at Maine Road. He was very complimentary about the club and said if any set of fans deserved a bit of success, it was us.

However 11 years on, he was still absolutely seething about Coppell. The first he knew about Coppell leaving was when he turned up at the club and a journalist stuck a microphone under his nose asking for his reaction.

I even ribbed him about his part in the Graham Taylor documentary and he took it in good spirits.

 

[foley87]

coppell and frontzeck? what rumours?

 

[charliebigspuds]

coppell and frontzeck? what rumours?

it was just a shower of shit mate ;)