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Douglas Ernest Livermore (born 27 December 1947) is a former professional footballer and manager.


Playing career

Livermore began his career with
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where he came through the youth system to eventually sign professional forms on 1 November 1965 as an 18-year-old. However, he didn't make his debut for another 3 years. It came when he appeared as a second-half substitute for Tony Hateley on 20 April 1968 in the 1–0 league defeat to West Ham United at Upton Park. Livermore's rival for the right sided midfield role was Ian Callaghan. Callaghan's form was of such a high level it was virtually impossible for Livermore to replace him. Realising this, and although sad to have leave his hometown club, he decided to pursue his career elsewhere. After just 18 first team appearances for the Reds, he moved to
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club Norwich City on 26 November 1970. Doug had a fairly successful time at
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where he helped the club to win the 1971/72 2nd Division championship, thus gaining promotion the top flight of English football. He was also part of the City side that lost 1–0 to
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in the 1973 League Cup final, the first time the Canaries had reached a
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showpiece final. During his spell at Norwich the creative midfielder played 139 times, scoring 6 goals, which would have been a higher figure but for the injuries he endured whilst at Carrow Road. Livermore spent time at
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(10 appearances on loan) before he signed for
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in August 1975. Whilst at Ninian Park he played 88 times scoring 5 goals. Livermore then joined
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in October 1977 and was a regular until the end of the 1978–79 season, appearing 71 times and scoring six goals. Livermore was a key part of the Chester side that finished fifth in Division Three (now League One) in 1977–78, their highest finish in the last 60 years. Chester would prove to be the final port of call in his playing career, as he retired and took up his first position in coaching back at Ninian Park with Cardiff.


Coaching and management career

After two years at Cardiff City, Livermore returned to another of his former clubs Norwich, where he became the Reserve team manager in 1980. Whilst at Norwich he also took a job on the coaching staff of
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, a job where he had some success at as he helped to guide them to the 1980 Home International title. In August 1981, he moved onto
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to take up a similar role to the one he had just left. He had joined up with another former Liverpool player John Toshack. During his time at Swansea, he had a two-month spell as caretaker manager in 1983 when Toshack left the club. He was also an assistant of Mike England with the
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during the 1980s. He then moved onto Spurs where again he was Reserve team manager and also took the role of first team coach in July 1991, when manager Terry Venables became chief executive and first team coach
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became Team Manager. 1991–92 was a disappointing season for defending
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winners Tottenham. Despite reaching the European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals and having striker Gary Lineker score 28 league goals in his final season for the club, their league form was dismal as they suffered 20 defeats and finished 15th in the First Division – below much less favoured teams including
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, Crystal Palace and Sheffield United. Shreeves was axed, and Livermore was promoted to the role of Team Manager for the 1992–93 season – the first season of the
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. They finished eighth in the Premier league thanks largely to the efforts of 21-goal striker
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as well as promising youngsters including
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and
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, but their hopes of silverware were ended by local rivals
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, who beat them in the
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semi-final and went on to win the trophy. Chairman Alan Sugar dismissed Venables at the end of the 1992–93 season, and this also meant the end of the Livermore-Clemence managerial partnership, as
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was appointed manager. On 28 January 1994, Livermore made a football comeback as assistant to
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at
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. He helped Evans guide Liverpool to League Cup glory in 1995 and to runners-up spot in the
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in 1996, and remained at the club following the appointment of Gérard Houllier as joint manager alongside Evans for the 1998–99 season. But Evans did not enjoy his partnership with Houllier, and resigned in November 1998, with Livermore following him out of the
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exit door. Livermore returned to football early in 1999 as joint assistant alongside
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at Premier League strugglers
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, where he worked under Ron Atkinson. The management team were unable to save Forest from relegation to Division One, and were axed in favour of former
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captain David Platt for the 1999–2000 season. Livermore then became assistant manager to Bruce Rioch at Norwich City, and was retained for the 2000–01 season, when Rioch resigned to make way for
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. Hamilton quit in January to be succeeded by
Nigel Worthington Nigel Worthington (born 4 November 1961) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City. He played a defender and a midfielder, playing his club football for Ballymena United, Notts County, ...
, and Livermore was part of the management team which secured Norwich's promotion to the Premier League as Division One champions in 2004. However, Norwich's Premier League comeback lasted just one season before they were relegated. Worthington was sacked in the autumn of 2006 after failing to get Norwich back into the Premier League, but Livermore remained at
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as assistant to new manager Peter Grant, until finally leaving on 9 February 2007 after nearly eight years on the club's coaching staff. He then linked up with
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during the final weeks of the 2006–07 season as assistant to Worthington in his role as caretaker manager of Leicester City. The pair steered Leicester to survival in the
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but were not rewarded with long-term contracts and left the club.


Sources

*''Canary Citizens'' by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001),


External links


Official past players at Liverpoolfc.tv

Player profile at LFChistory.net




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