Stan ternent autobiography of benjamin

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Stan ternent autobiography of benjamin: Stan the Man: A Hard Life

EMBED for wordpress. Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book! Community Reviews. Search review text. Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews. Samuel Ashley. As the gentleman said below, this is an entertaining time capsule of a time that will soon be long forgotten. Stan's outspoken attitude and uncompromising behaviour have been legendary within football circles for years.

So have his punch-ups. Now, for the first time, the current Burnley manager - called "one of the greatest characters in the game" by the Scot who manages Man United - reveals his amazing exploits from four decades as a football icon. Copy and paste the code into your website.

Stan ternent autobiography of benjamin: Stan Ternent, a long

Copyright - All Rights Reserved. Born in Gateshead, Ternent signed as an apprentice for Burnley after being spotted by scout Jack Hixon. Ternent found first team opportunities limited at Burnley and was transferred to Second Division Carlisle Unitedwhere he gained a reputation as a hard tackling midfielder. Carlisle won promotion to the First Division at the end of the —74 season, but Ternent had suffered a serious knee injury earlier that season.

Despite an attempted comeback with Sunderland the following season, Ternent was forced to retire from playing later inat the age of Upon retiring, he became a coach at Sunderland, firstly, then Blackpoolassisting Bob Stokoe. Ternent himself became manager of the Tangerines inhis first such role, and Blackpool's sixth manager in a decade. Immediately upon his appointment at Bloomfield RoadTernent began to reshape the team, spending large sums on new players.

Despite the fresh faces, the Seasiders' fortunes did not improve, and by early they were in the bottom half of the Third Division. Ternent was sacked on 1 Februaryat the time becoming the club's shortest-serving manager in their history. He was part of the coaching staff at Bradford City and served as assistant manager to Steve Coppell at Crystal Palace before his next role as manager came nine years later, at Hull City from to He lost his job in Januarya few months before the club suffered relegation from the Second Division.

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From to he was assistant manager to Ian Porterfield and then David Webb at Chelsea before again being made redundant. Ternent was not out of the game for long. When Walsh quit in OctoberTernent moved up to the manager's seat, and seven months later he took them to Division Two as the third-placed team in Division Three. A year later they won the Division Two championship and survived the first season in Division One; however, Ternent left Gigg Lane at the end of the —98 season to take charge of Burnley in Division Two.

Ternent inherited a club in chaos after the ill-fated tenure of Chris Waddle, and a major clearout ensued. Despite a number of heavy defeats, Ternent gained the support of the new owner and chairman, Barry Kilby, and finished the season with an unbeaten run of eleven games to finish in 15th position. Ternent's second season as Burnley manager, — saw the club finishing as runners-up, securing automatic promotion.

Over the next two seasons under Ternent, Burnley became an established Division One club, achieving consecutive 7th-place finishes. The next two seasons were rather more disappointing as the collapse of ITV Digital hit the club's finances, and despite reaching the FA Cup quarter finals inthe club's board did not renew his contract after the —04 campaign.

At the end of his final game against Sunderland, an emotional Ternent took a lap of honour around Turf Moor to a standing ovation from the Burnley supporters. Ternent made a brief comeback in —05 with Gillinghamtaking Ronnie Jepson from Burnley to be his assistant; however, his short-term contract as manager was not renewed, as despite a heroic attempt at survival they were relegated to League One.