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First summer

Cherry Ghost · 2010-09-01T20:08:35+0000

What did our managers do in their first summer (Shankly excepted) Paisley 1974.Terry McDermott Newcastle 1974 Phil Neal Northampton Town Neither strictly summer because no transfer window and bought in Autumn Fagan 1983 Michael Robinson Brighton 200.000 1983 Gary Gillispie Coventry 325.000 Dalglish (Again not strictly summer) 1985 Mike Hooper Wrexham 40.000 1985 Steve McMahon AstonVilla 350.000 Souness 1991 Mark Walters Glasgow Rangers 1.25m 1991 Mark Wright Derby 2.2m 1991 Dean Saunders Derby 2.9m Evans 1994 john Scales Wimbeldon 3.5m 1994 Phil Babb Coventry 3.75m 1994 Michael Stensgaard Hvidovre 300.000 Houllier (little bit different, this is his first summer 'alone' 1999 Ditmar Hamann Newcastle 8m 1999 Erik Meijer Leverkusen Free (Wondrous) 1999 Vladimir Smicer Lens 3.75m 1999Sander Westerveld Willem 2 4m 1999 Stephane Henchoz Blackburn 3.5m 1999.Titi Camara Marseille 2.6m 1999 Sami Hyypia Willem 2 2.65m Benitez 2004 Luis Garcia Barcelona 6m 2004 Xabi Alonso Real Sociedad 10.7m 2004.Antonio Nunez Real Madrid 3m “swop owen” 2004.07.28 Josemi Malaga 2m Houllier had a good summer, let down by a tragic one in 2002