I wrote to Mick Docherty via Burnley College at the beginning of the month and received my cards back signed.
Michael Docherty is the elder son of famous manager Tommy Docherty.Docherty was a full-back for Burnley, Manchester City and Sunderland, before an injury brought an early end to his playing career. He subsequently joined Sunderland's coaching staff. In the 1980-81 season, Docherty took over as caretaker manager of Sunderland with four games of the season to go. He managed to save the club from relegation with a 1-0 victory over Liverpool at Anfield on the last day of the season. They finished 17th, two points clear of relegation. Since then he has consistently managed to find work in the game, although rarely as a manager. He was briefly manager of Hartlepool United between June and December 1983, a spell chiefly noted for the signing of the ailing Ray Kennedy from Swansea City. He later assisted Dave Sutton and succeeded him in 1994 as manager at Rochdale. In 1994/95, he led Dale to the Northern Final of the Auto Windscreens Trophy. In his only full season in charge, 1995/96, a bright start led to an FA Cup third round match at Liverpool. Thereafter the team went into a steep decline and shortly after the end of the season, Docherty was dismissed. Docherty was coach at Burnley where he worked alongside Ronnie Jepson and Stan Ternent. He was released alongside them at the end of the 2003-04 season, but rejoined Jepson,at Gillingham, as his assistant in January 2006. When Jepson resigned in September 2007, he was named as joint caretaker manager with Iffy Onuora, but Docherty left Gillingham on 8 October 2007.On May 14, 2008, he again teamed up with Stan Ternent and Ronnie Jepson in a coaching role at Huddersfield Town. He left the club on November 4, following Ternent's departure as manager.
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