brian clough was the last british manager to win the fa cup.
brian clough was the last british manager to win the fa cup.
last british manager to win the fa cup?
brian clough
the 1998 final marked the third meeting between arsenal and newcastle united in cup final history. newcastle were victorious on both occasions: the first match in 1932 ended 2–1 in their favour, while the second, staged twenty years later, was a much tighter affair and george robledo's goal settled the game. the recent head-to-head record between the clubs was vastly different. in dalglish's first full season at newcastle, his team struggled for consistency and spent much of the premier league campaign hovering in mid-table. they lost both matches against arsenal, 1–0 at home in december 1997 and 3–0 away in april 1998. it marked a turnaround in fortune as newcastle for the past two seasons had competed intensely with manchester united for the league title. arsenal on the other hand hit their stride in the final months of the season. the team, managed by arsène wenger, had made up a sizable gap on manchester united to win the title. in doing so, wenger became the first non-british manager to win the league championship in england.
1998 fa cup final
first-team coach ronnie moran took charge of team affairs for several weeks before graeme souness was named as dalglish's successor. under souness, liverpool won the fa cup in 1992, but nothing else. he made way for roy evans, who also won just one trophy, the league cup, before gérard houllier was appointed joint manager with evans in 1998. this arrangement lasted only 18 games before evans resigned, leaving houllier—liverpool's first non-british manager—in sole charge. houllier won nothing until a treble in 2001, consisting of the fa cup, league cup and uefa cup. houllier underwent major heart surgery during the 2001–02 season, but the squad was unaffected and managed to hold on to a second-place finish. although phil thompson stepped in as temporary manager while houllier was recovering from heart surgery, the matches played under thompson are included in houllier's record. another league cup was won in 2003, but this was to be houllier's last trophy as liverpool manager as he and the club parted by mutual consent at the end of the 2003–04 season, to be replaced by valencia manager, rafael benítez.
list of liverpool f.c. managers