Joe Fagan

Joe Fagan was an English football manager best known for being manager of Liverpool from 1983 to 1985. He died at the age of 80 in July 2001 after a long illness.

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Fagan began his managerial career at Nelson in the Lancashire Combination as player-manager, where he led the club to two Championships in 1950 and 1952. However, the club narrowly missed out on re-election to the Football League. He moved on to become Rochdale manager in 1954, before joining Liverpool as a coach in 1958.

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When Bill Shankly retired as Liverpool manager in 1974, his assistant and then successor Bob Paisley appointed Fagan as his assistant in turn. Following Paisley's retirement in 1983, Fagan finally took over.

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Fagan was particularly notable for buying Jan M?lby, a Danish midfielder who became an outstanding player for Liverpool, and for winning three competitions in his first season as manager (he was the first manager to do this with a British side, and only Alex Ferguson and Gerard Houllier have also managed this feat). Following the Heysel disaster at the 1985 European Cup Final, Fagan opted to retire, and was succeeded by leading Scottish and Liverpool forward Kenny Dalglish.

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