The Doc is back

Doc played either at full back or in midfield but he established himself in the right back position following the retirement of John Angus and was a regular in the side that won promotion back to the 1^st Division on 1973, that was until he was hit by injury at Huddersfield in the run in.

The bad luck didn’t end there and he was stretchered off in the first match of the new season at Sheffield United and was ruled out for well over a year with a cruciate ligament injury. He won his place back in the side but was released in 1976, along with a number of established players, following relegation and he went on to play for Manchester City and Sunderland before moving into coaching.

He managed Hartlepool, coached at various other clubs but came back to the Turf in 1989 as Frank Casper’s assistant. He stayed just over a year but this time left of his own choosing, opting to take a similar role working for Stan Ternent at Hull.

From Hull it was Rochdale as manager and then back to the Turf for a third time, this time with Stan Ternent. He was with us throughout Stan’s six year reign, coming in initially as youth coach but finally becoming the first team coach. He left following the appointment of Steve Cotterill last year.

He played over 150 league games for the Clarets in the 60s and 70s and but for the injury problems would have been able to add a few more to that. So it is welcome back to someone who spent over sixteen years with the Clarets during his career.