Kinnear: “I’ve been manager of the year three times…” The truth: Won LMA manager of the year in 1994 and was voted manager of the month three times that season. Kinnear: “I signed Dean Holdsworth for £50,000 and sold him for £3m.” The truth: Signed him for £650,000 from Brentford and sold him to Bolton for £3.5m. Related Articles Kinnear: “I’ve never been sacked in my life.” The truth: Was reportedly sacked by Luton Town in May 2003. Kinnear: “There are a lot of players still there (at Newcastle) that I worked with. I bought the goalkeeper Tim Krul there and he is a very good goalkeeper.” The truth: Tim Krul signed for Newcastle when Graeme Souness was manager and made his debut against Palermo in the Europa League for Glenn Roeder in 2006. Kinnear: “Perch is still there.” The truth: James Perch did not sign for Newcastle United until July 2010 when Chris Hughton was manager. Kinnear: “I only signed the contract (to be Director of Football) last night, (but) it’s been on going for three weeks. Derek Lambeeze [managing director Derek Llambias] resigned and the job became available." The truth: Derek Llambias was never in the Director of Football role and remains as the club’s managing director. Kinnear: "I had over 400 games for Tottenham Hotspur." The truth: Kinnear made 196 Tottenham appearances. Kinnear: I sold Robbie Earle for x y z." The truth: Earle remained at Wimbledon and retired a year after Kinnear left. On standing up to journalists for criticising his appointment as manager back in September 2008. Kinnear: "A lot of the supporters up there are influenced by the media set….because I stood up to about a 100 journalists that night they have a grudge. I remember it, it was after we had beaten Tottenham 2-1. I was asked the question, how do you feel about the whole stadium chanting the name of Alan Shearer? They were gutted we had won." The truth: His infamous clash with the North-East press pack came in his unveiling press conference in front of less than 25 people ahead of a game against Everton at the training ground. In his Sky Sports interview on Sunday there were other notable flaws in Kinnear’s argument. Kinnear: “In the two years I was at Newcastle, I got to know the place inside out.” The truth: He was there for six months, a month of which was spent on sick leave. Kinnear: “When I had my heart attack we were flying… we were 12th.” The truth: Newcastle hadn’t won for six games and were 15th in the table Kinnear: “Geordies are Geordies and they want Geordies working at the club. I suffered because of that.” The truth: There has been one Geordie manager since 1985, Sir Bobby Robson and, although a Newcastle fan, he was actually from Durham. -declan 30Like · · Share
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