Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Tommy Docherty

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Scottish footballer Tommy Docherty.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Tommy Docherty

Thomas Henderson Docherty, commonly known as The Doc, was a Scottish football player and manager. Docherty played for several clubs, most notably Preston North End, and represented Scotland 25 times between 1951 and 1959. He then managed a total of 13 clubs between 1961 and 1988, as well as the Scottish national team. Docherty was manager of Manchester United between 1972 and 1977, during which time they were relegated to the Second Division, but promoted back to the First Division as champions at the first attempt.

If that lad makes a First Division footballer, then I'm Mao Tse Tung.
You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas, Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all.
Somebody compared him to Billy McNeil, but I don't remember Billy being crap. — © Tommy Docherty
Somebody compared him to Billy McNeil, but I don't remember Billy being crap.
Cricket is the only game that you can actually put on weight when playing.
There's a hell of a lot of politics in football.
I've always said there's a place for the press but they haven't dug it yet.
Players taught to watch the man with the ball leaves them totally unprepared for the next move, which is always dictated by a player without the ball.
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