Ken Furphy

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Ken Furphy
Full name	Kenneth Furphy
Date of birth	28 May 1931 (1931-05-28) (age 78)
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1950-1951 1951-1953 1953-1962 1962-1964 1964-1968	Everton Runcorn Darlington Workington Watford	000 (0) unknown 316 (6) 105 (3) 101 (1)
Teams managed
1962-1964 1964-1971 1971-1973 1973-1975 1976 1976-1977 1977-1980 1981	Workington Watford Blackburn Rovers Sheffield United New York Cosmos Miami Toros Detroit Express Washington Diplomats
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ken Furphy (born 28 May 1931 in Stockton-on-Tees) is an English former football player and manager.

Despite being on the books at Everton between 1950-1951, Furphy was a lower league player with Runcorn (1951-53) Darlington (1953-1962) and then Workington (1962-1964).

In 1964, as Workington's player-manager, he led them into the Division 3 and left to become player-manager at Watford where he remained for several years, winning promotion to Division 2 for the first time in the club's history in 1969, and reaching the FA Cup semi-final a year later. He moved to Blackburn Rovers as manager in 1971 for two seasons before being announced as the new manager of Sheffield United on 9 December 1973.

Despite financial difficulties due to the building of the new South Stand, he led United to sixth place in the First Division, a 0-0 draw away to Birmingham City on the last day of the 1974-75 season left them just one point short of a UEFA cup place. However, the following season started disastrously with just one win from 11 games and his contract was terminated on 6 October 1975. Furphy left for America to manage the New York Cosmos (1975-76) in the NASL. He also coached the Miami Toros (1976-1977), the Detroit Express (1977-80) and the Washington Diplomats (1981). He has also managed the national team of Bermuda and the Cleveland Force.

During the 2000/01 season he was appointed as a "Technical Director" of Exeter City, to help then manager Noel Blake as the club battled against relegation, however this tenure was short lived and he left the club after just 6 days in the job.

He has also worked for BBC Radio Devon's sports department, commentating on local football matches.

Workington A.F.C. – Managers

Flatley (1950–52) · Smith (1952–53) · Shankly (1954–55) · Low (1956–57) · Jones (1957) · Harvey (1957–62) · Furphy (1962–64) · Burkinshaw (1964–65) · Aitken (1965) · Ainsley (1965–66) · Leivers (1966–67) · Brown (1967) · Upton (1967–68) · Doyle (1968–71) · Aitken (1971–74) · Wood (74) · Meldrum (1974–75) · Waugh (1975) · McNamee (1975) · Ashman (1975–77) · Meldrum (1977) · Livesey (1977) · Wilson (1977–78) · Johnstone (1978) · Foley (1978–79) · Endean (1979–80) · Gallagher (1980–81) · Wojciechowicz (1981–84) · Taylor (1984–85) · Harrison (1985–86) · Hodgson (1986–87) · Oliver (caretaker) (1987) · Meldrum (1987–1988) · Hall (1988) · Irving (caretaker) (1988) · Heaton (1988–1989) · Walsh (caretaker) (1989) · O'Neill (1989–1991) · Harris (1991–1992) · Hather (caretaker) (1992) · Norrie (1992) · Cook (1992–1994) · Sherwood (caretaker) (1994) · Harrison (1995–97) · Hunton (1997) · Clinton (1997–1998) · Cunningham (caretaker) (1998) · Hampton (1998–2001) · Mason (caretaker) (2001) · Cassidy (2001–2007) · Edmondson (2007–)

Watford F.C. – Managers

Goodall (1903–10) · Kent (1910–26) · Pagnam (1926–29) · McBain (1929–37) · Findlay (1938–47) · Bray (1947–48) · Hapgood (1948–50) · Gray (1950–51) · Green (1951–52) · Goulden (1952–55) · Paton (1955–56) · Goulden (1956) · McBain (1956–59) · Burgess (1959–63) · McGarry (1963–64) · Furphy (1964–71) · Kirby (1971–73) · Keen (1973–77) · Taylor (1977–87) · Bassett (1987–88) · Harrison (1988–90) · Lee (1990) · Perryman (1990–93) · Roeder (1993–96) · Taylor (1996) · Jackett (1996–97) · Taylor (1997–2001) · Vialli (2001–02) · Lewington (2002–05) · Boothroyd (2005–08) · Mackay (2008) · Rodgers (2008–09) · Mackay (2009–)

Blackburn Rovers F.C. – Managers

Mitchell (1884–96) · Walmsley (1896–03) · Middleton (1903–22) · Carr (1922–26) · Crompton (1926–31) · Barritt (1931–36) · Taylor (1936–38) · Crompton (1938–41) · Hapgood (1944–47) · Scott (1947–47) · Bruton (1947–49) · Bestall (1949–53) · Carey (1953–58) · Duncan (1958–60) · Marshall (1960–67) · Quigley (1967–70) · Carey (1970–71) · Furphy (1971–73) · Lee (1974–75) · Smith (1975–78) · Pickering (1978–79) · Iley (1978) · Kendall (1979–81) · Saxton (1981–86) · Parkes (1986–87) · Mackay (1987–91) · Parkes (1991) · Dalglish (1991–95) · Harford (1995–96) · Parkes (1996–97) · Hodgson (1997–98) · Parkes (1998) · Kidd (1998–99) · Parkes (1999–2000) · Souness (2000–04) · Parkes (2004) · Hughes (2004–08) · Ince (2008) · Allardyce (2008–)

Sheffield United F.C. – Managers

Wostinholm (1889–99^s) · Nicholson (1899–1932^s) · Davison (1932–52) · Freeman (1952–55) · Mercer (1955–58) · Clark (1958–59^c) · Harris (1959–68) · Rowley (1968–69) · Harris (1969–73) · Furphy (1973–75) · Coldwell (1975^c) · Sirrel (1975–77) · Coldwell (1977–78^c) · Haslam (1978–81) · Peters (1981) · Porterfield (1981–86) · McEwan (1986–88) · Bassett (1988–95) · Kendall (1995–97) · Spackman (1997–98) · Thompson (1998^c) · Bruce (1998–99) · Heath (1999) · Warnock (1999–2007) · Robson (2007–08) · Blackwell (2008–)

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v • d • e New York Cosmos – Managers

Bradley (1971–75) · Furphy (1976) · Bradley (1976–77) · Firmani (1977–79) · Klivecka (1979) · Mazzei (1980) · Weisweiler & Özdenak (1981–82) · Mazzei (1982–1983) · Firmani (1984) ·