Willie Reid
Personal information
Place of birth Neilston, Scotland
Date of death 1975 (aged 58)[1]
Place of death Troon, Scotland
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Ashfield
1937–1945 Cowdenbeath 55 (17)
1945–1953 St Mirren 116 (18)
Managerial career
1954–1961 St Mirren
1961–1962 Norwich City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Reid was a Scottish football player and manager;[2] he managed Norwich City from 1961 to 1962.[3][4]

Managerial career

Norwich City

After he had guided St. Mirren to a Scottish League Cup final in 1956 and Scottish Cup victory in 1959, Reid was appointed as the manager of Norwich City on 14 December 1961. He led Norwich City to the 1962 League Cup with a final win against Rochdale, 4–0 on aggregate. This was Norwich City's first League Cup and first major trophy ever won. After only being in charge for 6 months Willie decided to leave the club and return home to his family in Troon, Scotland. Although Willie enjoyed a successful stint with Norwich City he was too homesick for Scotland to stay and decided against moving his family down. [5][6]

References

  1. ^ Stark, Jim (20 April 2019). "'Happy Feet' turned down Arsenal to stay with Cowdenbeath". Central Fife Times. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Hosie, Rab. "Scottish Football Historical Archive – Scottish League appearance records – R". Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online | Cowden | The Beath". www.cowdenbeathfc.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Norwich's greatest?". Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Time to stroll down Memory Lane and pay tribute to the oft-forgot man; the first City manager to claim a cup triumph". norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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