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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on August 18, 2019, 06:04:50 PM
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I note the death of the former Alty assistant manager Terry Murphy, a man whom older supporters will recall for his connections with Runcorn, Vics and Witton Albion respectively:
https://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/17844270.tributes-councillor-football-manager-terry-murphy-79/ (https://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/17844270.tributes-councillor-football-manager-terry-murphy-79/)
The then Alty manager John Williams appointed Murphy as his assistant for the start of the 1987/88 GM Vauxhall Conference season, reuniting a partnership that had enjoyed significant success at Runcorn.
However, they were dismissed after merely 10 games of the campaign (two wins; three draws and five defeats), whereupon Chairman Gerry Berman and his board of directors duly unveiled one Tommy Docherty Esq. as the Robins' new manager.