ian1964 10,724 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaBoy 2,441 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Respect to the Doc. Modernised an ageing Chelsea team that had lost Jimmy Greaves with youngsters such as Terry Venables, Charlie Cooke, George Graham , John Hollins and Peter Bonetti. Funnily enough, he was also responsible for changing the kit from an eton blue shirt, white shorts and black socks (no red tops though) to blue, blue with stripe and white socks - I wonder why he didn't like the former!!!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,294 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, ChelseaBoy said: I wonder why he didn't like the former According to a quick Google search: "Tommy Docherty changed the kit again, switching to blue shorts and white socks, believing it made the club's colours more modern and distinctive, since no other major side used that combination.". 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSocksRedTops 3,752 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 14 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said: According to a quick Google search: "Tommy Docherty changed the kit again, switching to blue shorts and white socks, believing it made the club's colours more modern and distinctive, since no other major side used that combination.". Doesnt quite make it into the top 3 drastic kit changes... 1. Brazil dropping their all white strip after the shame of losing the 1950 WC "final". They then went onto adopt their famous yellow shirts from 1954 after a newspaper competition. 2. Aberdeen going from yellow and black stripes to all red and white in 1940. 3.Leeds Utd changing from blue and yellow combinations to all white in 1960. Anyhoo...RIP Doc. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Will always be remembered for his "Carthorse v the thoroughbred" quote IMO. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,016 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 50 minutes ago, BlackSocksRedTops said: Doesnt quite make it into the top 3 drastic kit changes... 1. Brazil dropping their all white strip after the shame of losing the 1950 WC "final". They then went onto adopt their famous yellow shirts from 1954 after a newspaper competition. 2. Aberdeen going from yellow and black stripes to all red and white in 1940. 3.Leeds Utd changing from blue and yellow combinations to all white in 1960. Anyhoo...RIP Doc. Cardiff City - blue to red controversially in 2012 but back to blue a couple of years later. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,294 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 43 minutes ago, MacK1950 said: Will always be remembered for his "Carthorse v the thoroughbred" quote IMO. 'Knees up mother Brown' might be your answer if you ask a Liverpool fan. He seemed like a decent, down to Earth bloke in my limited knowledge of him. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Gonzo79 said: 'Knees up mother Brown' might be your answer if you ask a Liverpool fan. He seemed like a decent, down to Earth bloke in my limited knowledge of him. Re my post I was at Rangers Club(Edmiston House) the night of his quote and Andy Cameron,who was on stage,gave us "breaking news Tommy Docherty was to be next Scotland Coach!!!) we all gasped he told us "they are taking his teeth out and putting seats in",true story. Happy 2021 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,328 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 He once said of a player (can't remember who) that there was a place for him, but they hadn't dug it yet! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,054 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 He was what football lacks these days he was a character and a very good coach 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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