Porterfield (bottom row, third from right) in the 1973 Sunderland squad
Personal information
Full name
John Ian Porterfield
Date of birth
(1946-02-11)11 February 1946[1]
Place of birth
Dunfermline, Scotland
Date of death
11 September 2007(2007-09-11) (aged 61)[1]
Place of death
Farnham, England
Position(s)
Midfielder
Youth career
Cowdenbeath Royals
Mary Colliery Juveniles
Lochgelly Albert
Lochore Welfare
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1964
Cowdenbeath (trial)
1
(0)
1964–1967
Raith Rovers
117
(17)
1967–1977
Sunderland
230
(17)
1976
→ Reading (loan)
5
(0)
1977–1979
Sheffield Wednesday
106
(3)
Total
459
(37)
Managerial career
1979–1981
Rotherham United
1981–1986
Sheffield United
1986–1988
Aberdeen
1989–1991
Reading
1991–1993
Chelsea
1993–1994
Zambia
1996–1997
Zimbabwe
1997
Oman
2000–2001
Trinidad and Tobago
2002
Kumasi Asante Kotoko
2003–2006
Busan I'Park
2006–2007
Armenia
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Zambia (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up
1994
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
John Ian Porterfield (11 February 1946 – 11 September 2007) was a Scottish professional footballer, and an experienced football coach who worked at both club and international level for almost 30 years. At the time of his death, he was the coach of the Armenia national football team.
As a player, Porterfield scored the only goal of the 1973 FA Cup Final as Sunderland memorably overcame the odds to beat Leeds United. He was the first manager to be sacked in the FA Premier League era, when he was fired by Chelsea. He had earlier succeeded Alex Ferguson as manager of Aberdeen in 1986.
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