Bob Jackson was the manager of the English
football
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club
Portsmouth F.C. from 1947 to 1952. Jackson led Pompey to two top
league titles in the 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons, the only in their history. He departed in the summer of 1952 to take over at ambitious second division club
Hull City
Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...
, but could not replicate the success he had at
Fratton Park
Fratton Park is a football ground in Portsmouth, England, which is the home of Portsmouth F.C. Fratton Park remains as the only home football ground in Portsmouth FC's entire history.
The early Fratton Park was designed by local architect A ...
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Honours
Portsmouth
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Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
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1948–49,
1949–50
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FA Charity Shield
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1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
(Shared)
See also
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List of English football championship winning managers
This is a list of managers of championship winning teams in English football.
Managers
Key
* Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote secretary managers.
By individual
Bold: Manager is still a ...
References
English football managers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Worcester City F.C. managers
Portsmouth F.C. managers
Hull City A.F.C. managers
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