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( March 2017 ) Ian Porterfield Porterfield in the 1973 Sunderland squad Full name John Porterfield Date of birth ( 1946 - 02 - 11 ) 11 February 1946 Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland Date of death 11 September 2007 ( 2007 - 09 - 11 ) ( aged 61 ) Place of death Farnham, England Playing position Midfielder Youth career Lochore Welfare Senior career * Years Team Apps ( Gls ) 1964 Cowdenbeath ( trial ) ( 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 ) Teams managed 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 2001 -- 2002 Kumasi Asante Kotoko 2003 -- 2006 Busan I'Park 2006 -- 2007 Armenia * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 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 Armenian national 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. As a manager, he has the dubious honour of being the very first manager to be sacked in the FA Premier League era, when he was fired by Chelsea. He replaced Alex Ferguson as manager of Aberdeen in 1986. Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching and management career 3 Death 4 Honours 4.1 As a player 4.2 As a manager 5 References 6 External links Playing career The 1973 English FA Cup match ball with the Golden Boot awarded to Ian Porterfield, Sunderland AFC At the age of 15, the Dunfermline - born Porterfield had a trial for Leeds United but returned, homesick, to Scotland where he joined Raith Rovers. Moving south of the border in 1967 he signed for Sunderland where he experienced his finest moment as a player when he scored the winner at Wembley in the 1973 FA Cup final, giving them a shock victory over Leeds United, who were among the finest club sides in Europe at that time. He stayed at Sunderland for ten years, with a brief loan spell at Reading in 1976, before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday in July 1977, first as a player and then as player - coach. This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( June 2008 ) Coaching and management career Upon retirement as a player he went on to manage Rotherham United winning the Third Division Championship before joining Sheffield United on 6 June 1981. He was given the task of getting the Blades, newly relegated to the Fourth Division back into the First Division in five seasons with a long - term contract exceeding that particular time - frame. Given funds by new Chairman, Reg Brealey, Porterfield strengthened the team and achieved the first step of his mission at the first time of asking, winning the Fourth Division championship in his first season. Despite huge financial losses, Brearley continued to provide transfer funds for United 's march toward the top division. However, United were never in the hunt for promotion, finishing 11th. The following season, the playing staff was cut and promotion was achieved, but only due to Hull City only beating Burnley 2 - 0. A third goal would have seen the Humberside club promoted instead. However, ground improvement required by promotion to the Second Division meant there was no further funds for new players. Porterfield was unable to complete the final step into the First Division and finally paid the price being replaced by Billy McEwan on 27 March 1986. In November 1986, he was appointed as manager of Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier Division following the departure of Alex Ferguson to Manchester United. In his 2 years at Pittodrie, Aberdeen reached the Scottish League Cup Final, and qualified for Europe twice. After resigning in 1988, he made a quick comeback to football as assistant manager to Bobby Campbell at Chelsea and oversaw their promotion back to the First Division and Second Division champions in 1988 -- 89. In October 1989, Porterfield was named manager of Third Division side Reading but was sacked 18 months later, having failed to mount a promotion challenge. Porterfield returned to Chelsea as manager for the 1991 -- 92 season, following Bobby Campbell 's decision to resign as manager and become personal assistant to owner Ken Bates. 1991 - 92 was an uneventful season, but 1992 -- 93 began with Chelsea looking like surprise contenders for the first Premier League title. However, the good form had gone by Christmas and Porterfield was dismissed on 15 February 1993, gaining the distinction of being the first manager to be sacked by a Premier League club. Porterfield was named manager of the Zambia in the summer of 1993 and later managed Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe, all very much developing countries on the football map. He was given the task of rebuilding the Zambian team following a tragic air crash in 1993 that claimed the lives of many of the nation 's most gifted players. With the Zambia national team, he finished second at the 1994 African Nations Cup. In January 1996, he returned to British football to become the assistant manager of struggling Premier League team Bolton Wanderers. The club had been rooted to the bottom of the table for the most part of the season and Bolton 's new manager Colin Todd was looking to his former Sunderland teammate Porterfield to assist an unlikely escape from relegation, but survival was not achieved. A drink - driving charge in May 1996 prompted his hasty resignation from Bolton and he returned abroad to manage both the Oman and Trinidad & Tobago national teams. In 2003, he was appointed as the manager of Korean club side Busan I'Park and he led them to a Korean FA Cup victory in 2004. The team went on to claim the K - League first stage title, as it simultaneously continued its unbeaten run through the group stage of the AFC Champions League. Porterfield left Busan I'Park on 4 April 2006. He signed a contract to coach the Armenian national team in August 2006. Death He died, aged 61, on 11 September 2007, as a result of colon cancer, which had been diagnosed earlier that year. A minute 's silence was held before Sunderland 's next home game, by coincidence against another of his former clubs, Reading. A pub named `` The Porterfield '' is named in his honour in Sunderland. Honours As a player Sunderland 1973 F.A. Cup : winner As a manager Rotherham United Football League Third Division champions 1980 - 81 Sheffield United Football League Fourth Division champions 1981 - 82 Football League Third Division promotion 1982 - 83 Busan I'Park Korean FA Cup winners 2004 References Jump up ^ `` Ian Porterfield ''. Barry Hugman 's Footballers. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` IAN PORTERFIELD Footballer and manager ( Obituary ) ''. THE SCOTSMAN. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` Cup hero Ian Porterfield dies ''. The Telegraph. 12 September 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2017. External links Ian Porterfield at Post War English & Scottish Football League A -- Z Player 's Database Ian Porterfield management career statistics at Soccerbase Obituary from The Times Obituary from The Daily Telegraph BBC Wear - Pictures : Ian Porterfield memorial at Sunderland Minster 1973 Sunderland FA Cup hero : Tributes and on - line book of condolences Ian Porterfield international tournaments Zambia squad -- 1994 African Cup of Nations runners - up GK Mubanga GK Mwamba GK Phiri DF Chitangi DF Chongo DF Litana DF Malitoli DF Mulenga DF Musabula DF Tembo MF Bwalya MF Chilumba MF Lungu MF Makwaza MF Sakala MF Sichikolo FW Bwalya FW Bwalya FW Malitoli FW Mbasela FW Saileti Coach : Porterfield Ian Porterfield managerial positions Rotherham United F.C. -- managers Heald ( 1925 -- 29 ) Davies ( 1929 -- 30 ) Heald ( 1930 -- 33 ) Freeman ( 1934 -- 52 ) Smailes ( 1952 -- 58 ) Johnston ( 1958 -- 62 ) Williams ( 1962 -- 65 ) Mansell ( 1965 -- 67 ) Docherty ( 1967 -- 68 ) McAnearney ( 1968 -- 73 ) McGuigan ( 1973 -- 79 ) Porterfield ( 1979 -- 81 ) Hughes ( 1981 -- 83 ) Kerr ( 1983 -- 85 ) Hunter ( 1985 -- 87 ) Breckin ( 1987 ) Cusack ( 1987 -- 88 ) McEwan ( 1988 -- 91 ) Henson ( 1991 -- 94 ) Gemmill & McGovern ( 1994 -- 96 ) Bergara ( 1996 -- 97 ) Moore ( 1997 -- 2005 ) Knill ( 2005 ) Harford ( 2005 ) Knill ( 2005 -- 07 ) Robins ( 2007 -- 09 ) Moore ( 2009 -- 11 ) Scott ( 2011 -- 12 ) Evans ( 2012 -- 15 ) Redfearn ( 2015 -- 16 ) Warnock ( 2016 ) Stubbs ( 2016 ) Jackett ( 2016 ) Warne ( 2016 -- ) Sheffield United F.C. -- managers Wostinholm ( 1889 -- 99 ) Nicholson ( 1899 -- 1932 ) Davison ( 1932 -- 52 ) Freeman ( 1952 -- 55 ) Mercer ( 1955 -- 58 ) Clark ( 1958 -- 59 ) Harris ( 1959 -- 68 ) Rowley ( 1968 -- 69 ) Harris ( 1969 -- 73 ) Furphy ( 1973 -- 75 ) Coldwell ( 1975 ) Sirrel ( 1975 -- 77 ) Coldwell ( 1977 -- 78 ) Haslam ( 1978 -- 81 ) Peters ( 1981 ) Porterfield ( 1981 -- 86 ) McEwan ( 1986 -- 88 ) Bassett ( 1988 -- 95 ) Kendall ( 1995 -- 97 ) Spackman ( 1997 -- 98 ) Slade ( 1998 ) Thompson ( 1998 ) Bruce ( 1998 -- 99 ) Heath ( 1999 ) Slade ( 1999 ) Warnock ( 1999 -- 2007 ) Robson ( 2007 -- 08 ) Blackwell ( 2008 -- 10 ) Speed ( 2010 ) Carver ( 2010 ) Adams ( 2010 -- 11 ) Wilson ( 2011 -- 13 ) Morgan ( 2013 ) Weir ( 2013 ) Morgan ( 2013 ) Clough ( 2013 -- 15 ) Adkins ( 2015 -- 16 ) Wilder ( 2016 -- ) ( c ) = caretaker manager ; ( s ) = secretary Aberdeen F.C. -- managers Philip ( 1903 -- 23 ) Travers ( 1923 -- 38 ) Halliday ( 1938 -- 55 ) Shaw ( 1955 -- 59 ) Pearson ( 1959 -- 65 ) Turnbull ( 1965 -- 71 ) Bonthrone ( 1971 -- 75 ) MacLeod ( 1975 -- 77 ) McNeill ( 1977 -- 78 ) Ferguson ( 1978 -- 86 ) Porterfield ( 1986 -- 88 ) Smith & Scott ( 1988 -- 91 ) Smith ( 1991 -- 92 ) W. 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Smith ( 1952 -- 55 ) May & Carter ( 1955 ) Johnston ( 1955 -- 63 ) Bentley ( 1963 -- 69 ) Henderson ( 1969 ) Mansell ( 1969 -- 72 ) Wallbanks ( 1972 ) Hurley ( 1972 -- 77 ) Evans ( 1977 -- 84 ) Branfoot ( 1984 -- 89 ) Chatterley ( 1989 ) Porterfield ( 1989 -- 91 ) Niedzwiecki ( 1991 ) Haselden ( 1991 ) McGhee ( 1991 -- 94 ) Gooding & Quinn ( 1994 -- 97 ) Bullivant ( 1997 -- 98 ) Pardew ( 1998 ) Burns ( 1998 -- 99 ) Pardew ( 1999 -- 2003 ) Dillon ( 2003 ) Coppell ( 2003 -- 09 ) Rodgers ( 2009 ) McDermott ( 2009 -- 13 ) Dolan ( 2013 ) Adkins ( 2013 -- 14 ) Clarke ( 2014 -- 15 ) Kuhl ( 2015 ) McDermott ( 2015 -- 16 ) Stam ( 2016 -- ) ( c ) caretaker manager Chelsea F.C. -- managers Robertson ( 1905 -- 06 ) Lewis ( 1906 -- 07 ) Calderhead ( 1907 -- 33 ) Knighton ( 1933 -- 39 ) Birrell ( 1939 -- 52 ) Drake ( 1952 -- 61 ) Docherty ( 1961 -- 67 ) Suart ( 1967 ) Sexton ( 1967 -- 74 ) Suart ( 1974 -- 75 ) McCreadie ( 1975 -- 77 ) Shellito ( 1977 -- 78 ) Blanchflower ( 1978 -- 79 ) Hurst ( 1979 -- 81 ) Gould ( 1981 ) Neal ( 1981 -- 85 ) Hollins ( 1985 -- 88 ) Campbell ( 1988 -- 91 ) Porterfield ( 1991 -- 93 ) Webb ( 1993 ) Hoddle ( 1993 -- 96 ) Gullit ( 1996 -- 98 ) Vialli ( 1998 -- 2000 ) Rix & Wilkins ( 2000 ) Ranieri ( 2000 -- 04 ) Mourinho ( 2004 -- 07 ) Grant ( 2007 -- 08 ) Scolari ( 2008 -- 09 ) Wilkins ( 2009 ) Hiddink ( 2009 ) Ancelotti ( 2009 -- 11 ) Villas - Boas ( 2011 -- 12 ) Di Matteo ( 2012 ) Benítez ( 2012 -- 13 ) Mourinho ( 2013 -- 15 ) Holland ( 2015 ) Hiddink ( 2015 -- 16 ) Conte ( 2016 -- ) ( c ) = caretaker manager ; ( i ) = interim ; ( p ) = player - manager Zambia national football team -- managers Tiler ( 1978 -- 80 ) Dumitru ( 1981 -- 82 ) Ndhlovu ( 19xx -- xx ) McGarry ( 19xx -- xx ) Figge ( 1992 -- 93 ) Chitalu ( 1993 ) Mwila ( 1993 ) Porterfield ( 1993 -- 94 ) Chama ( 1994 ) Poulsen ( 1994 -- 97 ) Mungwa ( 1997 ) Kapita ( 1997 ) Ziese ( 1997 -- 98 ) Mungwa ( 1998 ) Kapita ( 1998 ) Bamfuchile ( 1998 -- 2000 ) Mungwa ( 2000 ) Brouwer ( 2000 -- 01 ) Poulsen ( 2002 ) Bwalya ( 2003 -- 06 ) Phiri ( 2006 -- 08 ) Renard ( 2008 -- 10 ) Lwandamina ( 2010 ) Bonetti ( 2010 -- 11 ) Renard ( 2011 -- 13 ) Beaumelle ( 2013 -- 14 ) Janza ( 2014 -- 15 ) Lwandamina ( 2015 -- 16 ) Nyirenda ( 2016 -- ) Zimbabwe national football team -- managers McLennan ( 1965 -- 69 ) Asprey ( 1975 -- 78 ) Koufie ( 1988 -- 92 ) Fabisch ( 1992 -- 95 ) Gutendorf ( 1995 -- 96 ) Porterfield ( 1996 -- 97 ) Grobbelaar ( 1997 ) Barreto ( 1997 -- 98 ) Grobbelaar ( 1998 ) Westerhof ( 1998 -- 2000 ) Marimo ( 2000 -- 02 ) Grabowski ( 2002 ) Marimo ( 2003 -- 04 ) Gumbo ( 2004 ) Mhlauri ( 2004 -- 07 ) Chidzambwa ( 2007 ) Mapeza ( 2007 ) Valinhos ( 2008 ) Chidzambwa ( 2008 -- 10 ) Mapeza ( 2010 ) Saintfiet ( 2010 ) Ndlovu ( 2010 -- 11 ) Mapeza ( 2011 -- 12 ) Gumbo ( 2012 ) Pagels ( 2012 -- 13 ) Gorowa ( 2013 -- 14 ) Pasuwa ( 2015 -- 17 ) Chidzambwa ( 2017 -- ) ( c ) = caretaker manager Oman national football team -- managers Technical commission ( 1965 -- 74 ) Al - Khafaji ( 1974 -- 76 ) Technical commission ( 1976 -- 79 ) Smith ( 1979 ) El - Dhiab ( 1980 -- 82 ) El - Meliti ( 1982 ) Technical commission ( 1982 -- 84 ) Heiki ( 1984 ) Clemente ( 1986 ) Vitório ( 1986 -- 88 ) Heddergott ( 1988 -- 89 ) Patzke ( 1990 -- 92 ) Mohajerani ( 1992 -- 94 ) Al - Yafi'i ( 1995 -- 96 ) El - Gohary ( 1996 ) Vengloš ( 1996 -- 97 ) Porterfield ( 1997 ) Shahrokhi ( 1997 -- 98 ) Vieira ( 1998 -- 99 ) Torres ( 2000 -- 01 ) Máčala ( 2001 ) Stange ( 2001 ) Al - Yafi'i ( 2002 ) Máčala ( 2003 -- 05 ) Juričić ( 2005 -- 06 ) Al - Azani ( 2006 ) Máčala ( 2006 -- 07 ) Calderón ( 2007 -- 08 ) Ribas ( 2008 ) Al - Azani ( 2008 ) Le Roy ( 2008 -- 10 ) Al - Azani ( 2010 -- 11 ) Le Guen ( 2011 -- 15 ) Caro ( 2016 ) Verbeek ( 2016 -- ) ( c ) = caretaker manager Trinidad and Tobago national football team -- managers Chambers ( 1964 ) Brunner ( 1965 -- 66 ) Braithwaite ( 1965 -- 67 ) Laing ( 1968 ) Smith ( 1969 ) Verity ( 1972 -- 73 ) Gutendorf ( 1976 ) Vidale ( 1976 ) Al. 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Corneal ( 2008 ) Maturana ( 2008 -- 09 ) Latapy ( 2009 -- 11 ) Pfister ( 2011 -- 12 ) Charles ( 2012 -- 13 ) Shabazz ( 2012 -- 13 ) Hart ( 2013 -- 16 ) Saintfiet ( 2016 -- 17 ) Lawrence ( 2017 -- ) Busan IPark -- managers Chang Woon - soo ( 1983 ) Cho Yoon - ok ( 1984 ) Chang Woon - soo ( 1985 -- 86 ) Lee Cha - man ( 1987 -- 89 ) Kim Hee - tae ( 1989 ) Engel ( 1990 ) Bicskei ( 1990 -- 91 ) Lee Cha - man ( 1992 ) Cho Kwang - rae ( 1992 -- 94 ) Chung Hae - won ( 1994 ) Kim Hee - tae ( 1994 -- 95 ) Shin Woo - sung ( 1995 ) Šekularac ( 1996 ) Kim Tae - soo ( 1996 ) Lee Cha - man ( 1996 -- 99 ) Shin Yoon - gi ( 1999 ) Chang Woe - ryong ( 1999 ) Kim Tae - soo ( 2000 ) Kim Ho - kon ( 2000 -- 02 ) Park Kyung - hoon ( 2002 ) Porterfield ( 2002 -- 06 ) Kim Pan-gon ( 2006 ) Egli ( 2006 -- 07 ) Kim Pan-gon ( 2007 ) Park Sung - hwa ( 2007 ) Kim Pan-gon ( 2007 ) Hwang Sun - hong ( 2008 -- 10 ) An Ik - soo ( 2011 -- 12 ) Yoon Sung - hyo ( 2013 -- 15 ) Denis Iwamura ( 2015 ) Choi Young - jun ( 2015 -- 16 ) Cho Jin - ho ( 2017 ) Lee Seung - yub ( 2017 -- ) ( c ) = caretaker manager Armenia national football team -- managers Markarov ( 1992 -- 94 ) Darbinyan ( 1995 -- 96 ) Oganesian ( 1996 -- 97 ) Barseghyan ( 1998 -- 99 ) Sukiasyan ( 2000 -- 01 ) Adamyan ( 2002 ) López ( 2002 -- 03 ) Adamyan ( 2003 ) Stoichiță ( 2003 -- 04 ) Casoni ( 2004 -- 05 ) Wisman ( 2005 -- 06 ) Porterfield ( 2006 -- 07 ) Minasyan & Jones ( 2007 ) Poulsen ( 2008 -- 09 ) Minasyan ( 2009 -- 13 ) Challandes ( 2014 -- 15 ) Hovsepyan ( 2015 ) Sukiasyan ( 2015 -- 16 ) Petrosyan ( 2016 -- ) ( c ) = caretaker manager Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 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Question: who was the first premier league manager to be sacked
Answer: John "Ian" Porterfield