Peter Reid

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Peter Reid
Personal information
Date of birth	20 June 1956 (1956-06-20) (age 52)
Place of birth	Huyton, Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Thailand (manager)
Youth clubs
	Huyton Boys Bolton Wanderers
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1974–1982 1982–1989 1989–1990 1990–1993 1993–1994 1994 1994–1995	Bolton Wanderers Everton Queens Park Rangers Manchester City Southampton Notts County Bury Total	225 (23) 159 0(8) 029 0(1) 103 0(1) 007 0(0) 005 0(0) 001 0(0) 529 (33)
National team
1985–1988	England U-21s England	006 0(?) 013 0(0)
Teams managed
1990–1993 1995 1995–2002 2003 2004–2005 2008–	Manchester City England U-21s Sunderland Leeds United Coventry City Thailand
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Peter Reid (born 20 June 1956 in Huyton, Liverpool) is an English football manager, pundit and former player.

In his playing career Reid played for Bolton Wanderers, Everton and Queens Park Rangers, as well as representing his country, after which he managed Manchester City, Sunderland, Leeds United and Coventry City. He is the current manager of Thailand.^[1][2]

[edit] Playing career

Reid signed professional forms with Bolton Wanderers in 1974. He first won a medal when Bolton won the championship of the Football League Second Division in 1978, but he only enjoyed two seasons of First Division football before Bolton were relegated.

He was transferred to Everton for a cut-price fee of £60,000 in 1982 only 12 months after a much larger fee had been mooted - a succession of injuries had cut the price.

At club level his greatest achievement was as part of the Everton team which in 1984 won the FA Cup, in 1985 and 1987 the Football League championship and in 1985 the European Cup Winners' Cup. They nearly won a unique treble but lost 1–0 to Manchester United in the 1985 FA Cup final. In that game, Reid was recklessly challenged by Manchester United defender Kevin Moran who became the first player to be sent off in an FA Cup final.

At his peak Reid was rated by many as the finest midfield enforcer in Europe. He was voted PFA Footballer of the Year in 1985, the same year that he collected a Football League title and FA Cup winner's medal.

He made 167 appearances (eight as substitute) for Everton. In 2006, Peter Reid was awarded with the 'Everton Giant' accolade.

Reid won 13 caps for England. Given his chance by the injuries to other players, he became the linchpin of the England team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. In the England v Argentina quarter-final at that tournament Reid was one of the England players left behind by Diego Maradona as he burst from inside his own half to score his second goal.

Reid signed for Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer in 1989 but only stayed for one season (1989-90) before signing for Manchester City, who were managed by former Everton manager Howard Kendall.

[edit] Managerial career

[edit] Manchester City

Reid's managerial career began in November 1990 at Manchester City. Reid was appointed player-manager after Howard Kendall resigned to begin the second of his three spells at Everton. In 1990–91, Manchester City finished fifth (one place above neighbours Manchester United) and equalled this achievement the following season. In the first season of the Premier League (1992–93), City slipped into ninth place with an increasingly stale brand of 'long ball' football and Reid was sacked after a poor start to the following season.

Many have argued that Reid's dismissal was rash however his time at City contributed to the break up of a potentially excellent side.^{[citation needed]} Examples of seeming mis-management included Reid paying massively over-inflated prices for average players (such as Keith Curle and Terry Phelan who cost £2.5 million each) while selling quality players for knock down fees. This could clearly be seen when Colin Hendry was sold only to be eventually replaced by Michel Vonk. Clive Allen would also be sold for a nominal fee despite an excellent goal to game ratio seemingly because of a personal disagreement with Reid. Similar rumours surrounded the sale of youngster Michael Hughes who was sold and replaced by Rick Holden. Reid also came under criticism following Paul Lake's second major injury only two games into his comeback with some feeling that he should have been rested for the match against Middlesbrough. The charge was levelled at Reid that he was a 'Long Ball Merchant' who was totally in awe of his unpopular assistant Sam Ellis and, in time, City's style of play became far too easy to read for opposing teams and Reid seemed unable or unwilling to change his tactics.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Southampton

Following his dismissal by Manchester City, in October 1993 Reid was persuaded by Ian Branfoot to resume his playing career with Southampton who were then in the middle of a crisis, with the Saints fans calling for Branfoot to be sacked with the club at a very low ebb, having lost eight of their first nine games. Reid brought a touch of guile and stability to the Saints side and despite playing only eight games he made a major contribution to the team's fortunes as Saints' season started to come together, leading them to some important victories, most specially over Newcastle United on 24 October 1993 in which Matthew Le Tissier scored two of the most sublime goals of his career. His final game for Saints was a 3–1 victory over Chelsea on 28 December 1993.

Branfoot was sacked a few days later (after a home defeat by Norwich City). Reid was touted as a possible replacement for Branfoot, but he stated that, as Branfoot had brought him to the club, it would only be fair that he left as well. Reid then had brief playing spells with Notts County and Bury before he hung up his playing boots.

[edit] Sunderland

Reid made his return to management in March 1995 with Sunderland, who were battling against relegation in the First Division. He kept the club up and the following season they were crowned champions of the division and were promoted to the Premier League. In 1996 a group of Sunderland fans operating under the name Simply Red and White had a top 50 hit with the song Cheer Up Peter Reid – an altered version of the song Daydream Believer. The season they were relegated back to the First Division after losing their final game of the season, so their new 42,000-seat Stadium of Light would replace Roker Park initially as a second-tier stadium rather than one hosting Premier League football.

Sunderland missed automatic promotion by one place in 1997–98, and drew 4–4 with Charlton Athletic in the Division play-off final. Reid's side missed out on promotion after losing 7–6 in a penalty shoot out in one of the most dramatic games ever seen at Wembley. The following season Sunderland bounced back from this defeat, winning the First Division with a then-record breaking 105 points.

Throughout 1999–2000, Sunderland were competing for a place in European competition but in the end missed out after finishing in seventh place. Still, Reid's team had achieved one of the highest finishes ever achieved by a Premier League team in the season after promotion. Striker Kevin Phillips was the highest league scorer in England and Europe with 30 goals in the Premier League. Reid also had a brief spell as manager of the England under-21 team in this season. For a while in 2000–01, Sunderland were second in the league and it looked as though they would secure qualification for the UEFA Champions League, but their form dipped in the final stages of the season and again they finished seventh.

Reid's team suffered a downturn in the 2001–02 season ending up one place above the relegation zone and with just 28 goals from 38 games – fewer than any other team in the division. In a bid to halt the decline, Reid paid a club record £6.75million for Norwegian striker Tore André Flo from Rangers but was unsuccessful. Reid was let go in October 2002 after nearly eight years as Sunderland manager.

[edit] Leeds United

Reid was out of work until March 2003, when he was appointed interim manager of Leeds United after the dismissal of Terry Venables. The Elland Road club had been hit by £80million debts after their £100million outlay on new players in the space of five seasons had failed to land them a trophy. Reid looked to be the man to reverse the decline, especially after a 6–1 away win over Charlton Athletic and a 3–2 away win over Arsenal which ended the opposition's title hopes. After keeping Leeds up, he was awarded the job on a permanent basis.

Leeds were still in a poor financial state and Reid was forced to sell Harry Kewell and bring in cheaper signings from abroad as replacements. His new signings failed to gel and Leeds were in another relegation battle and he was fired in November 2003 after a 6–1 defeat against newly-promoted Portsmouth. Although many of his signings left Leeds after the club was relegated, Kevin Blackwell, who Reid had bought to Leeds as assistant manager, later went on to become manager in 2004.

[edit] Coventry City

Reid was appointed manager of First Division side Coventry City in May 2004 with the aim of getting the club promoted to the Premier League. His spell at Highfield Road lasted only eight months as he departed on 6 January 2005 with the club 20th in the Championship.

In the autumn of 2006, it was rumoured that Reid would be returning to Sunderland as Director of Football under new chairman Niall Quinn, who had played under Reid at Manchester City and Sunderland, but this appointment never happened.

[edit] Thailand national team

After an absence from management of nearly four years Reid became manager of Thailand in September 2008, having been linked with the position earlier in the year.^[1][2] He signed a four-year contract with an aim of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

Reid's first assignment as the new national coach of Thailand, was to take part in the T&T Cup in Vietnam. A three team round robin tournement with host's Vietnam and North Korea. Reid beat North Korea in the first game of the tournement and then went on to draw with Vietnam to clinch the championship and bring home his first ever silverware as a coach.

[edit] Punditry work

Since his days as manager of Sunderland Reid has made occasional appearances on Sky Sports and its related channels as a football pundit. With the decline of his managing career his appearances on these programmes gradually increased and as of 2007 he is a semi-regular on Sky Sports News's Saturday results programme. During the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, Reid worked for the BBC, often appearing alongside Lee Dixon in post-match analysis.^[4] He now works as a pundit and provides match analysis for the Football Channel alongside Carlton Palmer.

He also works as a football agent. He is registered with FIFA^[5] with his younger brother, Shaun, also working as a football agent.

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

Bolton Wanderers

• Second Division Title winner: 1977–78

Everton

• FA Cup winner: 1984
• First Division Title winner: 1984–85, 1986–87
• FA Cup runner-up: 1985
• European Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1985
• PFA Footballer of the Year Title winner: 1985

[edit] As a Coach

Thailand

• T&T Cup winner: 2008
• 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup runner up: 2008

[edit] Career statistics

[1]

[edit] Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Manchester City		November 1990	August 1993	131	56	44	31	42.7
England U-21s		1995	1995
Sunderland		March 1995	October 2002	353	159	99	95	45.0
Leeds United		March 2003	November 2003	22	6	12	4	27.3
Coventry City		June 2004	January 2005	31	10	13	8	32.3
Thailand		September 2008		10	6	2	2	60

[edit] References

• Peter Reid career stats at Soccerbase
• Peter Reid management career stats at Soccerbase
• Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X. 

[edit] External links

• Peter Reid career stats at Soccerbase
• Peter Reid management career stats at Soccerbase
• List of FIFA-registered agents in England
• Full Managerial Stats for Leeds United from WAFLL

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v • d • e Thailand Squad - 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup Runners-up 1 Rawangpa • 2 Sukha • 3 Phetphun • 4 Jantakam • 5 Siriwong • 6 Phanrit • 7 Thonglao • 8 Nutnum • 9 Rangsiyo • 10 Dangda • 11 Chanabut • 12 Samana • 13 Sangsanoi • 14 Winothai • 15 S. Sukha • 16 Sunthornpit • 17 Suksomkit • 18 Hathairattanakool • 19 Choeichiu • 20 Wongsa • 21 Arware • 22 Viwatchaichok • Coach: Reid