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← Sporting Memorabilia 3rd & 4th June 2019

Tommy Docherty 1967 F.A. Cup runners-up medal, official Football Association retrospective presentation in 2010 to pre-1996 F.A. Cup Final managers wh

Hammer Price:
£2,800
Estimated Price:

£1,500 - £2,000

Tommy Docherty 1967 F.A. Cup runners-up medal, official Football Association retrospective presentation in 2010 to pre-1996 F.A. Cup Final managers who at the time received no medal for steering their team to a F.A. Cup Final, the medal in 9ct. gold by Toye, Kenning & Spencer Ltd., hallmarked Birmingham 2010, inscribed THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, CHALLENGE CUP, RUNNERS-UP, the edge inscribed 1966-67, cased In 2010, and following a campaign by Lawrie McMenemy, The Football Association agreed to honour the managers who took their clubs to an FA Cup final but at the time did not receive a medal. The medals were presented by The League Managers Association at a gala dinner in London's Park Lane Hilton Hotel on 21st November 2010, with Jose Mourinho invited as a guest speaker. A total of 21 managers received either winner's or runners-up medals, or both. The list included Tommy Docherty, who won and lost at Wembley with Manchester United and was also a runner-up with Spurs in 1967. Other recipients included David Pleat, Terry Venables and many others. From 1996 managers joined the players and received medals on the day. McMenemy, who led the campaign, and was A F.A. Cup winning manager with Southampton in 1976, was quoted in the press as saying ''I wrote to the FA asking them why and was told it was an occasion for the players. I replied, if that was the case why did the match officials receive medals? 'I was delighted when the F.A. agreed to give medals and mangers before and after 1996 are now equally delighted.''