Arthur Cox (footballer)

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Arthur Cox

Date of birth	14 December 1939 (1939-12-14) (age 68)
Place of birth	Southam, England
Teams managed
Years 1976–1980 1980–1984 1984–1993 2008-	Club Chesterfield Newcastle United Derby County Newcastle United (Assistant Manager)
* Appearances (Goals)

Arthur Cox (born December 14, 1939 in Southam) is a former English football manager.

Cox has managed a number of clubs including Chesterfield, Newcastle United, where he won promotion to the First division and introduced flair players such as Peter Beardsley and Chris Waddle. He later moved on to Derby County, where he won two successive promotions. Cox took Derby to 5th in 1989, but the unwillingness of Robert Maxwell to release funds for team-building contributed to Derby's relegation in 1991. The following season saw Derby miss promotion to the Premier League, despite considerable investment by Lionel Pickering. He left in 1993, having failed to get Derby near the play-offs that season.

He has also worked as assistant manager at various clubs such as Sunderland A.F.C. and Galatasaray, and often as 'right-hand man' to fellow manager Kevin Keegan. The two worked together at Fulham and then with the England national team. Keegan wanted to appoint Cox as England's assistant manager, but the FA would not allow it because he was over 60,^[1] so Cox was given a coaching position instead. Cox resigned, along with fellow coach Peter Beardsley, following the departure of Keegan in October 2000.^[2]

They linked up again at Manchester City, where Cox was promoted from chief scout to assistant manager in April 2002.^[3]

Cox retired from football in 2004.^[4]

Cox has since re-joined Kevin Keegan as assistant manager at Newcastle United following his appointment in January 2008.

[edit] References

^ "Keegan's swipe at FA", BBC Sport, 2002-04-08. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
^ "Beardsley and Cox follow Keegan", BBC Sport, 2000-10-08. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
^ "Man City promote Cox", BBC Sport, 2002-04-10. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
^ "Cox calls it a day", BBC Sport, 2004-06-12. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.

[edit] External links

Arthur Cox management career stats at Soccerbase

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Chesterfield F.C. – Managers

Russell (1891–95) • Gillies (1895–1901) • Hind (1901–02) • Hoskin (1902–06) • Furness (1906–07) • Swift (1907–10) • Jones (1911–13) • Weston (1913–17) • Callaghan (1919) • Caffrey (1920–22) • Hadley (1922) • Parkes (1922–27) • Campbell (1927) • Davison (1927–32) • Harvey (1932–38) • Bullock (1938–45) • Brocklebank (1945–49) • Marshall (1949–52) • Davison (1952–58) • Livingstone (1958–62) • McShane (1962–67) • McGuigan (1967–73) • Shaw (1973–76) • Cox (1976–80) • Barlow (1980–83) • Duncan (1983–87) • Randall (1987–88) • Hart (1988–91) • McMenemy (1991–93) • Duncan (1993–2000) • Law (2000–01) • Rushbury (2002–03) • Thompson (2003) • Richardson (2003) • McFarland (2003–07) • Richardson (2007–)

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Newcastle United F.C. – Managers

Selection committee (1892–1930) • Cunningham (1930–35) • Mather (1935–39) • Seymour (1939–47) • Martin (1947–50) • Livingstone (1954–56) • Mitten (1958–61) • N. Smith (1961–62) • Harvey (1962–75) • Lee (1975–77) • Dinnis (1977–77) • McGarry (1977–80) • Cox (1980–84) • Charlton (1984–85) • McFaul (1985–88) • J. Smith (1988–91) • Ardiles (1991–92) • Keegan (1992–97) • McDermott (1997^c) • Dalglish (1997–98) • Gullit (1998–99) • Clarke (1999^c) • Robson (1999–2004) • Carver (2004^c) • Souness (2004–06) • Roeder (2006–07) • Pearson (2007^c) • Allardyce (2007–08) • Pearson (2008^c) • Keegan (2008–)

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Derby County F.C. – Managers

Newbould (1896–1906) • Methven (1906–22) • Potter (1922–25) • Jobey (1925–41) • Magner (1944–46) • McMillan (1946–53) • Barker (1953–55) • Storer, Jr. (1955–62) • Ward (1962–67) • Clough (1967–73) • Mackay (1973–76) • Murphy (1976–77) • Docherty (1977–79) • Addison (1979–82) • Newman (1982) • Taylor (1982–84) • McFarland (1984) • Cox (1984–93) • McFarland (1993–95) • McEwan (1995) • Smith (1995–2001) • Todd (2001–02) • McEwan (2002) • Gregory (2002–03) • Lillis (2003) • Burley (2003–05) • Brown (2005–06) • Westley (2006) • Davies (2006–07) • Jewell (2007–)