Tottenham are in mourning after learning of the death of Joe Kinnear who won the FA Cup (1967), two League Cups (1971, 1973) and a UEFA Cup (1972) with Spurs as a player. He later started his coaching career and mainly managed Wimbledon and Newcastle as a coach. He is 77 years old.
“We are saddened to announce that Joe passed away peacefully this afternoon surrounded by his family,” his family announced Sunday. Kinnear’s wife, Bonnie, He revealed in 2021 that he has been suffering from dementia since 2015.
Ange Postecoglou’s tribute
Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham manager, paid tribute to Kinnear after his side’s 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. “He will be remembered at this club forever. A true gentleman, a tough loss,” the Greek-Australian coach said.
As well as Wimbledon and Newcastle, Kinnear also managed Luton Town and Nottingham Forest, among other clubs. As a defender, he played 26 games for the Irish national team and signed for Tottenham as a teenager, aged 17, in 1963 and played 258 games until his departure in 1975.
“The thoughts of everyone at the Club are with his family and friends at this incredibly sad time,” Tottenham said in a statement.
After starting work in the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, India and Nepal, in 1992 he was appointed coach of Wimbledon, which he led to sixth place in the top flight of English football in the 1993-94 season and to the semi-finals. of the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup. League in 1997.
Health problems
Kinnear suffered a heart attack in March 1999 before a league match against Sheffield Wednesday and resigned from the position in June of that year.
He returned to football in 2000 with a brief spell as director of football at Oxford before taking up a similar role at Luton, where he appointed himself manager and led them to promotion to the Third Division in the 2001–02 season. . .
He took over at Nottingham Forest in February 2004 and thereafter replaced Kevin Keegan in Newcastle in 2008. In February 2009 he was taken to hospital after feeling unwell before a match and it was later announced that he needed a heart bypass operation, which led to Alan Shearer to accept the job until the end of the season.
Source: La Verdad
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