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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Jenga on January 09, 2008, 01:24:27 PM
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I assume this is some good news?
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Come on the Grahams!
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Inspired - someone who knows both Alty and the lower leagues inside out. Congrats to the board and management.
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That was my first thought but unsure of his experience at management until i read the main site.
I wonder how many of the Alty fans remember him from his playing days?
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After his experience at Chester and Wigan, I was hoping he would get a job at a league club against whom we'd be drawn in the FA Cup. And not being funny but isn't he a more experienced manager than GH?
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What an absolutely fantastic servant he was to this club.
Also someone who has done it all in the lower regions of the League - must have a lot of contacts.
Can't help but wonder though if he's been brought in with a view to eventually taking over from GH when he's had enough of the abuse!
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very very good player ...would be in my top 11 of the golden years of late seventies / early eighties .....excellent choice of assistant coach and yes he could definitley step up and become the manager (not that i am suggesting it is a done deal !!!) great move by the board
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Good appointment,always liked the guy,got me thinking ,exactly what was said in the meeting between graham and the board.
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GB is a man that never occurred to me for GH's No2.
What an absolutely inspired choice. Congratulatios to the people behind that one.
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graham barrow was a classy as well as class player. i remember him stunning the packed anfield crowd by whizzing one over the bar in the first couple of minutes. i hadn't realised he wasn't managing anymore elsewhere.
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Given his experience at the lower end of the professional game in management terms this is an amazing appointment given the state of the BSP these days. He'll be right at home with the level of football.
Welcome back GB!
Just realised that this will suit Heathcotes temper as the partnership can now be called 'GBH'.....GET IN! :o
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re barrow as a player
i always felt that he was the one that turned a potentially great group into a great group
kingy was always the one that got the credit but i always felt that barrow was the man
(i know i only ever post about the past)
hopefully a good appointment and its onwards and upwards from here
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I remember him as a player,was not my favorite,but than as a player niether was GH,both no nonsenes players who got on with the Job.Lets hope that now he has been appointed it will give GH some breathing space and he can get on with managing the club.
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.....brrrinnnggg, bbbbrrrrinnggg...
"hello altrincham football club"
"can i speak to graham please"
"he's not in"
"in that case can i speak to graham"
"he's not here either"
"oh, then can i speak to grahame please"
"speaking"
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Welcome graham!!
I remember him playing late seventies, a good player, should be a good asset to the club
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Does the barrowload of Grahams at the Club mean the great Benno will be the next target?
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I have fond memories of the mighty presence of Graham Barrow on the right side of midfield during those halcyon days of 1979-1981.
An interesting appointment.
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can he play at left back?
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Well pleased with this!! And he's a Bruce Springsteen fan as I remember walking into the MEN alongside him for the Sunday night gig in 1999 the day after we'd won the Unibond. I'd worn my Alty shirt to the Saturday night show after going straight there from Guiseley!!
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I'll add my voice to those welcoming Graham Barrow to Alty. His experience and obvious passion for Alty should hold us in good stead.
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Great player in the great Alty side 1979-1981. If my memory is correct, did he not score the first goal in the 2-0 FA Cup win at Rotherham before Barry Hioward gem (one of the best Alty goals ever) ?.
Great midfielder - strong on the ground and in the air - and Alty through and through - would have stayed with us had we got promoted. Also was not a Scouser. :)
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Great player in the great Alty side 1979-1981. If my memory is correct, did he not score the first goal in the 2-0 FA Cup win at Rotherham before Barry Hioward gem (one of the best Alty goals ever) ?.
Great midfielder - strong on the ground and in the air - and Alty through and through - would have stayed with us had we got promoted. Also was not a Scouser. :)
Redhill, no it was Mal Bailey who got the first wasn't it?.....Graham Barrow is a great appointment, I think. I to remember him in that classic Alty midfield. Kingy was the enforcer and while Graham could (and often would!) get stuck in he added a bit of guile to that midfield. I think he was a vitally important cog in the machine that was that great team and possibly didn't get the credit he deserved at the time.
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Great player in the great Alty side 1979-1981. If my memory is correct, did he not score the first goal in the 2-0 FA Cup win at Rotherham before Barry Hioward gem (one of the best Alty goals ever) ?.
Great midfielder - strong on the ground and in the air - and Alty through and through - would have stayed with us had we got promoted. Also was not a Scouser. :)
Mal Bailey scored the other goal against Rotherham. I do recall Barrow scoring against a Man City 1st team in a testimonial match. Class player, was sad to see him go.
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Really think this is a very important appointment.
Reading his profile he's managed some relatively big clubs and seems to know the lower divisions well.
I heard last night that he has been offered an assistant manager/coaching role with a Championship 1 side in the last couple of years.
It is likely he is good friends with Graham and I think that Heathcote will listen and respect all his inputs. Some new coaching ideas are likely to be brought in and could really take us forward.
May sound like im being very optimistic but at the end of the day you have to be when you're an Alty fan!!!
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Long term replacement for GH?
(not slagging anyone off just thinking)
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Warm welcome back to Graham Barrow who will definetly be remembered as the forgotten man of our great team of the '80s.
This gives Mad-Dog hope that in 20 years time he can make a glorious return!!!! (prob as Heathcote's assistant)
This has got me thinking how many ex players have returned to join the management.
King, Heathcote, Allen, Barrow, Rowlands,Johnosn...any more? (not that many really is it?)
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Warm welcome back to Graham Barrow who will definetly be remembered as the forgotten man of our great team of the '80s.
This gives Mad-Dog hope that in 20 years time he can make a glorious return!!!! (prob as Heathcote's assistant)
This has got me thinking how many ex players have returned to join the management.
King, Heathcote, Allen, Barrow, Rowlands,Johnosn...any more? (not that many really is it?)
John Davison & John Rogers
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Warm welcome back to Graham Barrow who will definetly be remembered as the forgotten man of our great team of the '80s.
This gives Mad-Dog hope that in 20 years time he can make a glorious return!!!! (prob as Heathcote's assistant)
This has got me thinking how many ex players have returned to join the management.
King, Heathcote, Allen, Barrow, Rowlands,Johnosn...any more? (not that many really is it?)
John Davison & John Rogers
Dare I mention Mark Ward?
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Warm welcome back to Graham Barrow who will definetly be remembered as the forgotten man of our great team of the '80s.
This gives Mad-Dog hope that in 20 years time he can make a glorious return!!!! (prob as Heathcote's assistant)
This has got me thinking how many ex players have returned to join the management.
King, Heathcote, Allen, Barrow, Rowlands,Johnosn...any more? (not that many really is it?)
John Davison & John Rogers
Dare I mention Mark Ward?
Paul Cuddy managed the reserves for a while and JR was a coach during one of Kingy's management spells
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Graham
Graham, Graham
They're the greatest men in history... ;D
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At least Graham Barrow is likely to treated a lot better than he was at Chester.
Despite promotion back into division 2 in his first spell , after being relegated after conceding 102 league goals. Promotion was won with little money and with quick counter-attacking football. He left when the board didn't give any money to strengthen the squad. Chester returned back to Division 3 the following season. His second spell saw Chester win their first trophy for 30 years when they the Conference Cup at Kingstonian despite a lot of meddling by Terry Smith. He was sacked at the end of the season by the crackpot yank for Gordon Hill tactical genius. His third spell was as an Assistant Manager to Mark Wright last season. Again he was shafted by Chester City Football Club.