Scottish footballer and manager
Johnny Cochrane was a Scottish football manager .
Career
Cochrane was born in Paisley . As a player, he had a short spell with Johnstone in Scottish Division Two , records showing he also acted as the club's secretary, then was their manager in 1915.[1]
Cochrane was manager of St Mirren from 1916 until 1928.[2] He helped the club win the Victory Cup in 1919, the Barcelona Cup in 1922 and the Scottish Cup in 1926 , as the Buddies won 2–0 against Celtic at Hampden Park .[2] [3]
The Paisley -born manager arrived at Sunderland in 1928, replacing Bob Kyle . He went on to manage the Wearside club for 500 games, winning the Football League First Division in 1935–36 season. Cochrane also led Sunderland to success in the FA Cup with a 3–1 win over Preston North End in the 1937 FA Cup Final . He retired as Sunderland manager on 3 March 1939.[4] He managed Reading later in 1939, but left after just 13 days in the post.[5]
Honours
St Mirren
Sunderland
Johnny Cochrane was the first manager to manage Scottish and English FA Cup winning teams. The 2nd was Alex Ferguson!
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