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by Beano » Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:33 pm
RIP Billy
Was given an impossible job here, but subsequently proved his ability on the international stage
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by Stockportstag » Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:58 pm
He was a really nice guy.
My wife and I had a conversation about the Stags years ago in his wife's shop on Lord Street in Southport.
RIP Billy
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by oldweststander » Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:05 pm
Sad day, very good manager in his day.
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by Martin Shaw » Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:11 pm
RIP Billy
"Four points clear as Lincoln are McCaffreyised", CHAD headline, April 1975
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by Boza Stag » Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:22 pm
RIP .... BB
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by tinman » Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:34 pm
Sent a letter to Billy about my concerns on the pitch while with the Stags and fair play to him got a hand written personalised reply from him. Top man
First Stags Match Stags 0 Crewe 0, 14th September 1974
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by Rob » Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:57 pm
RIP Billy.
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by yellowstagsfan » Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:11 pm
R I P Billy
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by HU7stag » Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:41 pm
RIP
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by yorkshire stag » Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:47 pm
RIP Billy
Our time will come
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by Curry 9 Brace 7 » Fri Jun 10, 2022 3:59 pm
RIP Billy. Northern Ireland manager Legend
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by scotsstag » Fri Jun 10, 2022 4:06 pm
rip BB.
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by Amberheart » Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:40 pm
RIP Billy
KTF !
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by tillydog123 » Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:39 pm
Thinking of u Billy
RIP
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by MOTG » Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:10 pm
R.I.P. Billy. Vaguely remember you at Field Mill. A good manager in his day especially with Northern Ireland.
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by Amber Andy » Sat Jun 11, 2022 4:21 am
tinman wrote:Sent a letter to Billy about my concerns on the pitch while with the Stags and fair play to him got a hand written personalised reply from him. Top man
Not many managers would do that. Odds were stacked against him when he was our manager, but he gave it a go.
RIP Billy.
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by KirkbyStag2 » Sat Jun 11, 2022 7:07 pm
RIP Billy
If he had been appointed a few months earlier in Stags one and only season in the Championship (Div 2 at the time) Stags may have stayed up. In the last 9 games Stags were in the best form of the season, W4, D3, L2.
Brilliant job for Northern Ireland.
Champions 1974-75, 1976-77, 2012-13
Freight Rover Trophy Winners 1986-87
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by Sneag » Sun Jun 12, 2022 10:33 am
RIP Billy.
Wasn't Billy who brought John McClelland to the club & then later gave him his first NI caps?
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
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by NEStag » Sun Jun 12, 2022 11:35 am
That's right Sneag.
According to my MTFC book:
"John McLelland was Billy Bingham's first signing shortly after the old season finished. An £8,000 fee was enough to persuade Northern Premier League outfit Bangor City to part with the player, who had chosen to come to Field Mill despite another offer from newly promoted Wrexham...".
John McLelland made his debut for NI (as a substitute) on 17 May 1980, Billy Bingham having started as manager in March 1980.
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