John William Hollins MBE (born 16 July 1946) is a retired English footballer and manager. He was initially a midfielder who, later in his career, became an effective centre back.

Hollins' son, Chris Hollins is the main sports presenter on BBC Breakfast.

Playing career[link]

Born in Guildford, Surrey, Hollins was born into a footballing family – his father, grandfather and three brothers were all professional footballers as well. One brother, Dave, played international football for Wales.

Chelsea[link]

He joined Chelsea as a youth player and made his debut for the Blues against Swindon Town in September 1963 aged only 17. A talented and hard-running midfielder, usually wearing the number 4 shirt, he was known for his dedicated attitude to the game and went on to become a regular and eventually club captain. Hollins played 592 games, and scored 69 goals in his first spell at Chelsea, and was part of the successful Chelsea sides of the mid-1960s and early 1970s, at one point making 167 consecutive appearances, a club record.

Hollins played in both legs of the 3–2 aggregate victory over Leicester City in League Cup final in 1965 and the loss to Tottenham in the FA Cup final two years later. In 1970, he played a significant part in Chelsea's hard-fought FA Cup final win over Leeds United, supplying the cross for Ian Hutchinson's late headed equaliser at Wembley. Chelsea eventually won 2–1 in the replay at Old Trafford. They won the Cup Winners' Cup in Athens against Real Madrid a year later, again after a replay, but Hollins missed the second match due to an injury. He was Chelsea's player of the year two years running. While at Chelsea, he also won a solitary England cap, against Spain, on 24 May 1967.

He had his most prolific goalscoring season for Chelsea in the 1971–72 season, finding the net 17 times. Chelsea also reached another League Cup final in 1972, losing to Stoke City, but declined thereafter, though Hollins remained until the side's relegation to the Second Division at the end of the 1974–75 season, when he was sold to nearby QPR.

Queens Park Rangers[link]

In June 1975 he was signed by his former manager Dave Sexton for Queens Park Rangers for £80,000. He stayed at the Hoops for four seasons, playing 183 matches in total and helping them to runners-up spot in the First Division in 1975–76.

Arsenal[link]

In the summer of 1979, the 33-year-old Hollins made a surprising move to Arsenal, initially as a cover player, but he ended up becoming a regular in the Arsenal side, although by now he played more often as a defender than in midfield. He played 172 matches and scored 13 goals, and was part of the Arsenal side that lost the Cup Winners' Cup final in 1980, coming on as a substitute. He did, however, miss out on a place in the squad for the same season's FA Cup final, which Arsenal also lost.

He was awarded the MBE for services to football in 1981, and also made a memorable anti-smoking commercial for television in the same year as part of a Government campaign entitled Look After Yourself.

Back to Chelsea[link]

Hollins returned to Chelsea on a free transfer in 1983, and helped the club gain promotion back to the First Division in 1983–84, playing a further 30 times. He retired at the end of that season, having played 939 first-class matches in total.

Managerial career[link]

Chelsea[link]

Hollins was immediately appointed coach at Chelsea; a year later he became first team-manager following John Neal's retirement. Chelsea built up a strong title challenge in 1985–86 and went top in February, but they finished sixth after collecting a mere nine points from a possible 33 during their final 11 games.^[1]

His side still won the Full Members Cup in the same season, though, hanging on for a 5–4 win over Manchester City at Wembley having almost let slip a 5–1 lead. The following years were less successful, as Hollins and his assistant Ernie Walley fell out with several key players, particularly David Speedie and Nigel Spackman, team morale slumped and the side began to struggle. He was sacked in March 1988 with the club in the midst of a four month run without a league win which would see the season end in relegation.

Post-Chelsea[link]

After leaving Chelsea in February 1989 he came out of retirement to sign for Cobh Ramblers^[2] However, he only played one league game before returning to England.

He then set up his own sports promotion and agency company, before being tempted back to join the coaching staff of his old club QPR in 1993, and stepped in as caretaker manager between Stewart Houston's dismissal and Ray Harford's appointment during the 1997–98 season. He later had spells as manager of Swansea City, Rochdale and as caretaker-manager of Stockport County. After which he managed Stockport County's Chinese affiliate club Stockport Tiger Star, before becoming a pundit for BBC Radio Five Live. He was most successful in his managerial reign with Swansea City where he quickly established himself as a fan favourite and guided Swansea to the Division Three title in 1999–2000, but was sacked after they failed to sustain themselves back in Division Two. He steered Rochdale into the play-offs in 2001–02 but was notoriously sacked by fax that summer after prevaricating over a new contract.^[3]

He spent a short time as the assistant manager at Raith Rovers in 2004, under Claude Anelka—the brother of Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka. He resigned following disagreements over tactics with Anelka.^{[citation needed]}

On 21 November 2005, Hollins was announced as manager of Nationwide Conference side Crawley Town after the departure of Francis Vines. He remained with the club during the financial crisis that saw them docked ten points for going into administration, but left the club on 30 October 2006 after Crawley had been beaten by Lewes in the final qualifying round for the FA Cup.

In 2007 when Kenny Jackett left Swansea City, Hollins re-applied to become the manager of Swansea City for the second time. He did not get the job as it went to Spaniard, Roberto Martínez.

In January 2008, Hollins took over as manager of Conference National side Weymouth. He was joined just days later by Alan Lewer who filled the role of Hollins' assistant for the second time as they were together at Crawley Town.

On 13 November 2008, Hollins was suspended from his duties by Weymouth, while The Blue Square Premier launched an investigation into whether there had been a breach of contract.^[4]

On 3 December 2008, Weymouth announced that Hollins had been sacked.^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• John Hollins' management career stats at Soccerbase

Marvin Hinton

Marvin Hinton
Personal information
Full name	Marvin Hinton
Date of birth	(1940-02-02) 2 February 1940 (age 72)
Place of birth	Norwood[disambiguation needed ], London, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1957–1963	Charlton Athletic	131	(2)
1963–1976	Chelsea	265	(3)
National team
1962	England U23	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marvin Hinton (born 2 February 1940) is an English former footballer who made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Charlton Athletic and Chelsea.^[1]

Hinton was born in Norwood^{[disambiguation needed ]}, London. He began his football career with his local club, Charlton Athletic, making his debut in the Second Division in the 1957–58 season.^[2] While a Charlton player he won three caps for the England under-23 team.^[3] After scoring twice from 131 appearances in the Football League, Hinton was signed for Chelsea by Tommy Docherty in August 1963 for £30,000.^[2] He made his Chelsea debut on 12 October 1963 in a 3–1 win at Ipswich Town.^[2]

Hinton could play at full back or in central defence and was a stylish, accomplished figure in both positions.^{[citation needed]} Playing as part of a richly-talented team including the likes of Charlie Cooke, Alan Hudson, Bobby Tambling, John Hollins, Peter Bonetti and Peter Osgood he was part of the successful Chelsea side of the 60s and early 70s, earning his first winners' medal with the League Cup in 1965.^[4]

Though a member of Alf Ramsey's provisional 40-man squad for the 1966 World Cup,^[5] he never won a full cap. An appearance in the 1967 FA Cup Final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur earned him a runners-up medal and further success was to follow with victory in the 1970 FA Cup Final, where Chelsea defeated Leeds United, the reigning League Champions and one of the strongest teams of the era, in a replay at Old Trafford; Hinton came on as a substitute in both games.^[6]

The following season, again in a replay, he celebrated his final winners' medal after Chelsea's victory over Real Madrid in the Cup Winners' Cup. Hinton continued to play for Chelsea until 1976, although further success eluded the club. After his League career he had a spell with Barnet before retirement.^[7]

In all, he made 344 appearances for Chelsea between 1963 and 1976, scoring 4 goals.^[8]

References[link]

Persondata
Name	Hinton, Marvin
Alternative names
Short description	English footballer
Date of birth	2 February 1940
Place of birth	Norwood[disambiguation needed ], London, England
Date of death
Place of death

Lionel Hollins

Lionel Hollins during an interview with CITR-FM in Vancouver, Canada.
No. 14, 9
Point guard
Personal information
Born	(1953-10-19) October 19, 1953 (age 58) Arkansas City, Kansas
Nationality	American
High school	Rancho
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College	Dixie CC (1971–73) Arizona State (1973–75)
NBA Draft	1975 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Pro career	1975–1985
Career history
As player:
1975–1980	Portland Trail Blazers
1980–1982	Philadelphia 76ers
1982–1983	San Diego Clippers
1983–1984	Detroit Pistons
1984–1985	Houston Rockets
As coach:
1985–1986	Arizona State (asst.)
1987–1988	Arizona State (asst.)
1988–1995	Phoenix Suns (asst.)
1999–2000	Vancouver Grizzlies
2000–2001	Las Vegas Silver Bandits (IBL)
2002	Saint Louis Skyhawks (USBL)
2004	Memphis Grizzlies
2008–2009	Milwaukee Bucks (asst.)
2009–present	Memphis Grizzlies
Career highlights and awards
NBA Champion (1977) NBA All-Star (1978) NBA All-Defensive First Team (1978) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1979) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1976) #14 Retired by the Portland Trail Blazers
Career statistics
Points	7,809 (11.6 ppg)
Assists	3,006 (4.5 apg)
Steals	1,053 (1.6 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Lionel Eugene Hollins (born October 19, 1953) is a retired American professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association.