Howard Kendall

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Howard Kendall
Personal information
Full name Howard Kendall
Date of birth (1946-05-22)22 May 1946
Place of birth Ryton, England[1]
Date of death 17 October 2015(2015-10-17) (aged 69)
Place of death Southport, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1961–1963 Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1967 Preston North End 104 (13)
1967–1974 Everton 229 (21)
1974–1977 Birmingham City 115 (16)
1977–1979 Stoke City 82 (9)
1979–1981 Blackburn Rovers 79 (6)
1981 Everton 4 (0)
Total 613 (65)
Teams managed
1979–1981 Blackburn Rovers
1981–1987 Everton
1987–1989 Athletic Bilbao
1989–1990 Manchester City
1990–1993 Everton
1994 Xanthi
1995 Notts County
1995–1997 Sheffield United
1997–1998 Everton
1998–1999 Ethnikos Piraeus
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Howard Kendall (22 May 1946 – 17 October 2015) was an English footballer and manager. He was born in Ryton, County Durham.[3] He is most famous for managing Everton during one of their most successful periods. He was briefly chairman of the club and was also manager of Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers.[4][5]

Career statistics[change | change source]

As a player[change | change source]

Source:[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Preston North End 1962–63 Second Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1963–64 9 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 14 2
1964–65 29 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 32 8
1965–66 39 4 6 0 3 0 0 0 48 4
1966–67 25 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 28 1
Total 104 13 14 2 6 0 0 0 124 15
Everton 1966–67 First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1967–68 38 6 6 1 2 2 0 0 46 9
1968–69 29 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 36 1
1969–70 36 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 41 5
1970–71 40 2 6 2 0 0 7 3 53 7
1971–72 35 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 39 4
1972–73 40 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 43 4
1973–74 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Total 229 21 23 3 11 3 7 3 270 30
Birmingham City 1973–74 First Division 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
1974–75 39 4 6 1 1 0 6 0 52 5
1975–76 36 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 39 8
1976–77 25 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 28 4
Total 115 16 9 2 4 0 6 0 134 18
Stoke City 1977–78 Second Division 42 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 45 7
1978–79 40 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 46 3
Total 82 9 3 0 6 1 0 0 91 10
Blackburn Rovers 1979–80 Third Division 41 2 6 0 4 1 2 0 53 3
1980–81 Second Division 38 4 0 0 3 0 2 0 43 4
Total 79 6 6 0 7 1 4 0 96 7
Everton 1981–82 First Division 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Total 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 613 65 56 7 35 5 17 3 721 80
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, European Cup, FA Charity Shield and Texaco Cup.

As a manager[change | change source]

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Blackburn Rovers 1 June 1979 1 June 1981 105 48 33 24 045.7
Everton 1 June 1981 18 June 1987 338 183 78 77 054.1
Athletic Bilbao 18 June 1987 11 November 1989 102 44 29 29 043.1
Manchester City 6 December 1989 5 November 1990 39 13 18 8 033.3
Everton 5 November 1990 4 December 1993 162 63 40 59 038.9
Notts County 12 January 1995 1 April 1995 15 4 4 7 026.7
Sheffield United 12 December 1995 27 June 1997 82 34 27 21 041.5
Everton 27 June 1997 25 June 1998 42 11 13 18 026.2
Total[7] 885 400 242 243 045.2

Honours[change | change source]

Player[change | change source]

Preston North End

Everton

Stoke City

Individual

Manager[change | change source]

Blackburn Rovers

Everton

Notts County

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. Shearyadi, Eddy. "The Difference Between King Kevin Keegan and Howard Kendall". The Bleacher Report. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  2. Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 66. ISBN 0362020175.
  3. Shearyadi, Eddy. "The Difference Between King Kevin Keegan and Howard Kendall". The Bleacher Report. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  4. Statto Organisation Ltd. "Manchester City Home Page for the 1989-1990 season - Statto.com". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Wheelock, Paul (15 June 2015). "Glenn Keeley: Howard Kendall will go down as one of the great Blackburn Rovers managers". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  6. Howard Kendall at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  7. "Howard Kendall". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. Galvin, Robert. "Howard Kendall". National Football Museum. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  9. "Howard Kendall: One third of the Holy Trinity". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  10. Groom, Andy (2014). 101 Interesting Facts on Everton: Learn About the Boys From Goodison Park. Apex Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781910295212. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  11. "verton v West Bromwich Albion, 18 May 1968". 11 v 11.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Stoke City Heroes - Howard Kendall". The Oatcake Archive. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Howard Kendall, Everton FC manager - obituary". The Telegraph. No. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  14. "How Howard Kendall saved his job at Everton and won the FA Cup in 1984". The Guardian. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  15. "Howard Kendall". Toffee Web. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. 16.0 16.1 "Managers - Howard Kendall". Everton FC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  17. "Love Affairs & Marriage". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  18. Lacey, David (4 October 2013). "Everton's league winners in 1986-87 were worthy of 'unstinted praise'". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  19. "Manager profile: Howard Kendall". Premier League. Retrieved 15 September 2018.