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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on September 05, 2016, 07:09:23 PM
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Just announced on the official website:
NEW MANAGER APPOINTED
Altrincham's joint Press and Media Officer, John Edwards, writes "Altrincham are delighted to announce the appointment of Jim Harvey, a coach with vast experience at international, Football League and non-League level, as their new manager.
The 58-year old former Northern Ireland assistant-manager will leave team affairs to caretaker trio Jake Moult, Shaun Densmore and Alan Goodall against Chorley at The J.Davidson Stadium in Tuesday night before launching his reign in earnest at Gloucester on Saturday.
He has still to decide on appointing a number two but was the overwhelming choice of the Altrincham board to succeed Neil Young, who resigned as manager eight days ago.
'We had a high-calibre field of applicants for the job, which again shows the stature the club has in the eyes of a lot of people,' said chairman Grahame Rowley.
'In the end, after due diligence and a lot of discussion, the board felt that Jim was the number one candidate.
'With his experience in this league, we felt he was the ideal choice to steady the ship and take us forward. He presented a long-term plan, full of good, positive ideas for progressing the club, and we are looking forward to seeing them put into practice. I would like to thank everyone who applied for the job and wish them well in their future careers.'
After leading FC Halifax Town to a Wembley triumph in the FA Trophy and almost pulling off an unlikely escape from relegation, many felt Harvey was unlucky not to be kept on at The Shay at the end of last season.
Instead, Halifax went for North Ferriby boss Billy Heath, but the Northern Irishman was more interested in looking forward than reflecting on what might have been, as he said:
'I'm absolutely delighted to be taking the job at Altrincham. The team are at the wrong end of the table at the moment, but we will be aiming to remedy that as quickly as possible.
'There is a good job in hand here, and I am really looking forward to cracking on with it. A job needs doing, but that suits me fine. I'm up for it and ready for the challenge.
'I saw Altrincham at Halifax earlier this season, and I know a few of the players, but I will have a better idea of things when I have seen them again and worked with them close up.
'I've seen how results have gone in recent weeks. Confidence is a big factor in football. Clearly something is not right, so we will come in and have a look at that and see what can be done. We will try and resolve the problems and get the club going forward again.
'I thought there was a good shape about them against Stockport on Saturday, and they were a bit unlucky. So I will leave the three lads in charge against Chorley and take the reins after that.
'It attracted me straightaway, this job. Whoever you speak to or wherever you go, it's clear Altrincham are still a big name in non-League football. The club's history speaks for itself, renowned Cup fighters and giantkillers. I would like to get that good feeling back in the club again. That's what we will be trying to achieve.'
Harvey began his playing career as a midfielder with Glenavon before joining Arsenal in 1977 and making three League appearances and one in the UEFA Cup. He made nearly 300 appearances for Hereford and almost 200 for Tranmere, prior to a move into management with Morecambe in 1994, where his decade in charge included a spell as Northern Ireland assistant-manager.
His reputation for getting the best out of teams continued to flourish at Forest Green Rovers, who were bottom of the Conference with two points from six games when he became their seventh manager in nine seasons at the beginning of September, 2006.
After steering them to safety, he followed up by producing a team that took the eye with a free-flowing passing style that earned them an eighth-place finish, the club's highest-ever at the time. In his third season, he took them to the third round of the FA Cup, where they gave Championship side Derby County a scare before losing 4-3.
After Halifax made a disastrous start to last season under Darren Kelly, they promoted Harvey from assistant to manager and saw their fortunes transformed. They went all the way in the Trophy, beating Grimsby in the final at Wembley, and came agonisingly close to beating the drop from the Vanarama National League after a marked improvement in form and results"
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A lot of peoples first choice , good news news
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Wellcome to Alty fc Jim.Good Luck.
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Great news happened quicker than I thought
Well done to the board for moving quickly and wisely
The lads and management should be proud of the last 2 games and the progress made
Happier tonight.. let's move onwards and upwards
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Very happy with this appointment,welcome to Alty Jim. Fantastic track record and likes to play nice football.
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Delighted with this.
Good luck and welcome
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Delighted with this.
Good luck and welcome
just seen your signature bravo
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Excellent appointment. The recent poll on here suggested the overwhelming favourites of those who voted was Harvey or Burr and now we've got the one who isn't an ex Macc Town legend. ;D
Very happy with this, such a big appointment and it was no time for a novice.
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Very pleased with the appointment. Welcome to Alty and good luck, Jim!
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Excellant appointment, got the management experience we need right now to bring stability back on the pitch. Lets get behind him, the players, chairman and the board and get the season going.
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Some other supporters of a certain vintage may recall the Manchester Evening News publishing an incorrect article announcing that Jim Harvey had been appointed as Alty's manager way back in May 1992...!
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Some other supporters of a certain vintage may recall the Manchester Evening News publishing an incorrect article announcing that Jim Harvey had been appointed as Alty's manager way back in May 1992...!
Visionary that paper!
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Excellent! Credit to the Chairman and the Board.......... :)
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This seems a good appointment, however we should not be getting carried away as the new manager has inherited a squad lacking in quality thanks to Mr Young's short but disastrous reign.
I would be happy to make FA cup progress and avoid relegation now at least a week or two before the end of the season :-[
Hopefully start next season in much better shape.
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I'm happy with this appointment, an experienced, knowledgeable and successful manager. I just hope his hands aren't tied too much by the possibility some of the dross we've got signed on are on season contracts. Hopefully he will be able to do some wheeling and dealing and move a good number on.
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Excellent. On our way now.
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A real turn up, great news after all of today's strife. A bloke who knows this league and the one above inside out. Am expecting great things.
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This is as good an appointment as we could have asked for. Welcome to Alty Jim.....a repeat of your Forest Green performance will do nicely please !
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Welcome - good luck - but festina lente.
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great news.
That should be the football side of the club under the right management and the board can go back to doing what they do best (and really well) in building up the off-field / community side of the club.
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Welcome - good luck - but festina lente.
Otherwise we'll be looking at "O me miserum !"
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Sounds like the stand out candidate.
Is he based locally?
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'With his experience in this league, we felt he was the ideal choice to steady the ship and take us forward.
I'm not being negative here, just really pedantic cos I like being pedantic. :)
But this experience in this league. Has he ever actually managed in the conference north? Was his last spell below conference level when he got Morecambe promoted in the late 90s?
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great news.
That should be the football side of the club under the right management and the board can go back to doing what they do best (and really well) in building up the off-field / community side of the club.
is this a serious post? After all thats been said in the press this weekend, all can just go back to normal like that?
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He moved to Wirral when playing for Tranmere and stayed over many years. May still live there.
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'With his experience in this league, we felt he was the ideal choice to steady the ship and take us forward.
I'm not being negative here, just really pedantic cos I like being pedantic. :)
But this experience in this league. Has he ever actually managed in the conference north? Was his last spell below conference level when he got Morecambe promoted in the late 90s?
If pedantry is the order of the day, then I'm sorry to inform you that Morecambe got promoted in the mid-90's (1995) :)
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'With his experience in this league, we felt he was the ideal choice to steady the ship and take us forward.
I'm not being negative here, just really pedantic cos I like being pedantic. :)
But this experience in this league. Has he ever actually managed in the conference north? Was his last spell below conference level when he got Morecambe promoted in the late 90s?
Did he not manage Stalybridge for a spell?
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'With his experience in this league, we felt he was the ideal choice to steady the ship and take us forward.
I'm not being negative here, just really pedantic cos I like being pedantic. :)
But this experience in this league. Has he ever actually managed in the conference north? Was his last spell below conference level when he got Morecambe promoted in the late 90s?
Your forgetting his spell at Stalybridge lad, although easy to do because he struggled there
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great news.
That should be the football side of the club under the right management and the board can go back to doing what they do best (and really well) in building up the off-field / community side of the club.
is this a serious post? After all thats been said in the press this weekend, all can just go back to normal like that?
yes - unless you think that the club as a whole will be better off by dragging this latest episode out further and continuing the infighting - what do you think it will actually achieve?
We have a manager who a good number of the fans wanted as first choice and most are very happy with, we have a board who have built up the junior and community side of the club, attracted a decent level of sponsorship and overseen the arrival of a significant long term asset (CSH) mainly through grant funding. I can forgive the odd misjudgement in PR (and yes a couple of articles in the last 6 months still counts as the odd one now and then), no one is perfect but the current board have the club at heart and are pretty good at most of what they do behind the scenes.
But no you're right the team has been woeful, (but it's got a bit better recently), the board appointed a manager 4 months ago who turned out to be a disaster (although his appointment was broadly welcomed at the time) and there have been some shocking mistakes recently so lets keep focusing on those rather than getting behind the new manager and the club and trying to go forward in a positive attitude, that will really help. ::)
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Wasn't it during their ill-fated full time experiment?
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'With his experience in this league, we felt he was the ideal choice to steady the ship and take us forward.
I'm not being negative here, just really pedantic cos I like being pedantic. :)
But this experience in this league. Has he ever actually managed in the conference north? Was his last spell below conference level when he got Morecambe promoted in the late 90s?
Your forgetting his spell at Stalybridge lad, although easy to do because he struggled there
Hmm, is that the spell when he took them over when they were going well and derailed them by signing Danny Adams and Michael Twiss?
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great news.
That should be the football side of the club under the right management and the board can go back to doing what they do best (and really well) in building up the off-field / community side of the club.
is this a serious post? After all thats been said in the press this weekend, all can just go back to normal like that?
yes - unless you think that the club as a whole will be better off by dragging this latest episode out further and continuing the infighting - what do you think it will actually achieve?
We have a manager who a good number of the fans wanted as first choice and most are very happy with, we have a board who have built up the junior and community side of the club, attracted a decent level of sponsorship and overseen the arrival of a significant long term asset (CSH) mainly through grant funding. I can forgive the odd misjudgement in PR (and yes a couple of articles in the last 6 months still counts as the odd one now and then), no one is perfect but the current board have the club at heart and are pretty good at most of what they do behind the scenes.
But no you're right the team has been woeful, (but it's got a bit better recently), the board appointed a manager 4 months ago who turned out to be a disaster (although his appointment was broadly welcomed at the time) and there have been some shocking mistakes recently so lets keep focusing on those rather than getting behind the new manager and the club and trying to go forward in a positive attitude, that will really help. ::)
Yes, all forgiven until the next debacle. No chance of an apology or acceptance of accountability? A lot of fans now feel rightly embittered, it won't pass quickly.
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Can I be the first to say...Jimout :))))
Just kidding
No really..honestly...serioously kidding....was a joke...didn't mean it lol
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Jim Harvey's red and white army were not mad were f**king barmy
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Can I be the first to say...Jimout :))))
Just kidding
No really..honestly...serioously kidding....was a joke...didn't mean it lol
admins an instant ban is needed please
There will be a Chris senior post at this rate soon
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Welcome Jim, we need you at your best, big job on your hands here!
Good luck!
Now let's get this bloody season going!
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Can I be the first to say...Jimout :))))
Just kidding
No really..honestly...serioously kidding....was a joke...didn't mean it lol
admins an instant ban is needed please
There will be a Chris senior post at this rate soon
Doubt it we don't know where he is again
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Well done to the board in promptly securing Jim's services, especially as there are quite a few vacancies in local non league management at the mo.
Welcome to Alty and good luck Jim!
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great news.
That should be the football side of the club under the right management and the board can go back to doing what they do best (and really well) in building up the off-field / community side of the club.
is this a serious post? After all thats been said in the press this weekend, all can just go back to normal like that?
yes - unless you think that the club as a whole will be better off by dragging this latest episode out further and continuing the infighting - what do you think it will actually achieve?
We have a manager who a good number of the fans wanted as first choice and most are very happy with, we have a board who have built up the junior and community side of the club, attracted a decent level of sponsorship and overseen the arrival of a significant long term asset (CSH) mainly through grant funding. I can forgive the odd misjudgement in PR (and yes a couple of articles in the last 6 months still counts as the odd one now and then), no one is perfect but the current board have the club at heart and are pretty good at most of what they do behind the scenes.
But no you're right the team has been woeful, (but it's got a bit better recently), the board appointed a manager 4 months ago who turned out to be a disaster (although his appointment was broadly welcomed at the time) and there have been some shocking mistakes recently so lets keep focusing on those rather than getting behind the new manager and the club and trying to go forward in a positive attitude, that will really help. ::)
Yes, all forgiven until the next debacle. No chance of an apology or acceptance of accountability? A lot of fans now feel rightly embittered, it won't pass quickly.
for some of us it will never pass
Jim Harvey sounds a decent appointment, and good luck to him
But this club is only heading in one direction whilst the current chairman is in post. The NLP comments will never be forgiven or forgotten and nor should they, the good name of this club and its supporters has been forever tarnished
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ye gods - many years of loyal service, all unpaid and hundreds of thousands of hours put in is great, thanks very much, but make one phone call to specialist paper and you're "never forgiven". A degree of balance is perhaps required?
If this was some new bloke who had been here for ten minutes then yes, we'd all be livid and upset that the club was in the hands of such a bloke, but it's not, it's a long serving fan of the club who many people on here know well (me not amongst them) and he has made a mistake - get over it.
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So hard to do this game cos of lack of fitness and low confidence of so many but ive had a stab at this!
Keepers - deasy, dawber
Def - hall, cyrus, hannigan, patterson, densmore
Mid - lawrie, moult, richman, cain, lynch, miller, goodall
For - reeves, sinclair
Loan out heathcote and billy hg
Loanees to go back
Others to go
Need 4
Left back
Centre mid
Winger
Striker
Squad of 20 job done.
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Welcome Mr Harvey..
Good luck in your new post. Hope you can put us back in the top echelon able to be competitive and get us playing a nice style of football.
Rome wasn't built in a day and you will find that the Alty fans are a pretty patient lot and will enjoy the journey
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great news.
That should be the football side of the club under the right management and the board can go back to doing what they do best (and really well) in building up the off-field / community side of the club.
is this a serious post? After all thats been said in the press this weekend, all can just go back to normal like that?
yes - unless you think that the club as a whole will be better off by dragging this latest episode out further and continuing the infighting - what do you think it will actually achieve?
We have a manager who a good number of the fans wanted as first choice and most are very happy with, we have a board who have built up the junior and community side of the club, attracted a decent level of sponsorship and overseen the arrival of a significant long term asset (CSH) mainly through grant funding. I can forgive the odd misjudgement in PR (and yes a couple of articles in the last 6 months still counts as the odd one now and then), no one is perfect but the current board have the club at heart and are pretty good at most of what they do behind the scenes.
But no you're right the team has been woeful, (but it's got a bit better recently), the board appointed a manager 4 months ago who turned out to be a disaster (although his appointment was broadly welcomed at the time) and there have been some shocking mistakes recently so lets keep focusing on those rather than getting behind the new manager and the club and trying to go forward in a positive attitude, that will really help. ::)
Yes, all forgiven until the next debacle. No chance of an apology or acceptance of accountability? A lot of fans now feel rightly embittered, it won't pass quickly.
for some of us it will never pass
Jim Harvey sounds a decent appointment, and good luck to him
But this club is only heading in one direction whilst the current chairman is in post. The NLP comments will never be forgiven or forgotten and nor should they, the good name of this club and its supporters has been forever tarnished
This is unlikely to be factually correct and most of us who have a fully-formed character, who don't get out of bed on the wrong side every day, and are not embittered by the rising of the sun will forgive and be happy that we now have a better manager than we did at the start of the season.
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Think the time for arguing is over now. We've got a bloody decent manager and experienced centre half in one day. Chorley might be more fun now.
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Red white red white
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We're on the March with Harvey's army were on the March with Harvey's army were on the March with Harvey's army all the way to wembley
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We're on the March with Harvey's army were on the March with Harvey's army were on the March with Harvey's army all the way to wembley
He's been there and done that. He'll be bored with it. Cheshire Cup perhaps?
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A big well done to the board?? How hard is it to say 'yes Mr Harvey you have the job'? Well done and thanks Jim Harvey for applying more like. All the best and good luck.
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ye gods - many years of loyal service, all unpaid and hundreds of thousands of hours put in is great, thanks very much, but make one phone call to specialist paper and you're "never forgiven". A degree of balance is perhaps required?
If this was some new bloke who had been here for ten minutes then yes, we'd all be livid and upset that the club was in the hands of such a bloke, but it's not, it's a long serving fan of the club who many people on here know well (me not amongst them) and he has made a mistake - get over it.
Well, let's hope that the chairman helps some of us to "get over it" by duly acknowledging his recent lapses in judgment and issuing a sincere apology.
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Fair play to Jim Harvey for signing up to attempt our resurrection on the field.
Best wishes.....but please be very careful about exactly who you give your mobile phone number to...!
Many apologies.....but I just couldn't resist dredging up this photograph from August 1978:
(http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/jim-harvey-of-arsenal-at-highbury-august-1978-picture-id118216166)
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Delighted to take advantage of social media to welcome Jim Harvey to the club and congratulate the board on their decision. ;D
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great news.
That should be the football side of the club under the right management and the board can go back to doing what they do best (and really well) in building up the off-field / community side of the club.
is this a serious post? After all thats been said in the press this weekend, all can just go back to normal like that?
well said babs
yes - unless you think that the club as a whole will be better off by dragging this latest episode out further and continuing the infighting - what do you think it will actually achieve?
We have a manager who a good number of the fans wanted as first choice and most are very happy with, we have a board who have built up the junior and community side of the club, attracted a decent level of sponsorship and overseen the arrival of a significant long term asset (CSH) mainly through grant funding. I can forgive the odd misjudgement in PR (and yes a couple of articles in the last 6 months still counts as the odd one now and then), no one is perfect but the current board have the club at heart and are pretty good at most of what they do behind the scenes.
But no you're right the team has been woeful, (but it's got a bit better recently), the board appointed a manager 4 months ago who turned out to be a disaster (although his appointment was broadly welcomed at the time) and there have been some shocking mistakes recently so lets keep focusing on those rather than getting behind the new manager and the club and trying to go forward in a positive attitude, that will really help. ::)
Yes, all forgiven until the next debacle. No chance of an apology or acceptance of accountability? A lot of fans now feel rightly embittered, it won't pass quickly.
for some of us it will never pass
Jim Harvey sounds a decent appointment, and good luck to him
But this club is only heading in one direction whilst the current chairman is in post. The NLP comments will never be forgiven or forgotten and nor should they, the good name of this club and its supporters has been forever tarnished
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A big well done to the board?? How hard is it to say 'yes Mr Harvey you have the job'? Well done and thanks Jim Harvey for applying more like. All the best and good luck.
Fully agree
This is the type of appointment I expect as a minimum for this club. No pats on the back for the board for appointing what looks on the face of it a fair appointment for once
Pat on the back for Jim Harvey though for taking the job despite all the negative publicity surrounding the club. Brave man
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Fair play to Jim Harvey for signing up to attempt our resurrection on the field.
Best wishes.....but please be very careful about exactly who you give your mobile phone number to...!
Many apologies.....but I just couldn't resist dredging up this photograph from August 1978:
(http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/jim-harvey-of-arsenal-at-highbury-august-1978-picture-id118216166)
Cracking
Your Shoot Magazine collection is coming in handy
Nothing wrong with that photo though............he is in an Arsenal shirt and not an Alfreton Miners Welfare shirt.......respect