Joe Jordan (footballer)

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Joe Jordan
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Jordan
Date of birth	15 December 1951 (1951-12-15) (age 56)
Place of birth	Carluke, Scotland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Portsmouth (Head Coach)
Youth clubs
	Blantyre Victoria
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1968–1970 1970–1978 1978–1981 1981–1983 1983–1984 1984–1987 1987–1988	Greenock Morton Leeds United Manchester United A.C. Milan Hellas Verona Southampton Bristol City	008 0(1) 170 (35) 109 (37) 052 (12) 012 0(1) 048 (12) 057 0(8)
National team
1973–1982	Scotland	052 (11)
Teams managed
1988–1990 1990–1993 1993–1994 1994–1997 2005	Bristol City Heart of Midlothian Stoke City Bristol City Portsmouth (Caretaker)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Joseph "Joe" Jordan (born 15 December 1951 in Carluke, Scotland) was a centre-forward in the Leeds United team of the 1970s. He is the only Scottish player to score in three World Cups (1974, 1978 and 1982). He is currently first team coach at Portsmouth.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Early Career At Leeds United 1.3 1974 World Cup Appearances 1.4 Later Career At Leeds United 1.5 1978 World Cup Appearances 1.6 Manchester United 1.7 1982 World Cup Appearances 1.8 Later career 1.9 International goals 2 Coaching and management career 3 Managerial stats 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Early career

Jordan commenced playing lower league football for Blantyre Victoria at the age of 15. As an apprentice, Jordan combined playing with working as a draughtsman. Jordan eventually moved to Greenock Morton, where he was spotted by a Leeds scout. Jordan moved to Leeds for £15,000 in 1970.

Jordan was an imposing figure throughout his career, as his four upper front teeth had been knocked out whilst playing football for Leeds. He subsequently had dentures fitted which, for safety reasons, he would remove prior to every game, therefore giving him a fearsome toothless grin.

[edit] Early Career At Leeds United

Initially, there was little prospect of Jordan getting first team football, as the partnership of Allan Clarke and Mick Jones was a well established and successful duo.

In 1973, he appeared in the first team on a regular basis, managing 16 League starts and scoring nine goals. However, he was left out of the team which contested the FA Cup final against Sunderland which Leeds lost 1–0. Days later, Don Revie selected him for the European Cup Winners Cup final on 16 May against A.C. Milan, which again ended in a 1–0 defeat. In the same month, Jordan played his first game for Scotland, a 1–0 defeat to England at Wembley on 19 May.

Jordan was a regular in the following season, as Leeds coasted to the League title. He scored seven goals in 25 League games and earned nine more Scotland caps by the end of the season, scoring two goals on the way (including one against England at Hampden Park). This ensured his inclusion in the Scotland squad for the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany.

[edit] 1974 World Cup Appearances

At the World Cup, Jordan scored the second goal in a 2–0 win over Zaire in the first group game, and a last minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Yugoslavia. Scotland finished the group unbeaten, but went out of the competition at the group stage on goal difference.

[edit] Later Career At Leeds United

At Leeds, Mick Jones was fighting a losing battle with a knee injury, and in the 1974–75 season Jordan was finally able to establish himself as the club's main target man. He was in the Leeds team which contested the 1975 European Cup, which Leeds lost 2–0 to Bayern Munich. The match signalled the end of Revie's side; older players began to leave the club, and Jordan found himself at a club in slow decline.

[edit] 1978 World Cup Appearances

Jordan was still a regular for Scotland, and in 1977 he caused controversy during the decisive World Cup qualifying match between Scotland and Wales. Late in the game, with the scores level, Scotland were attacking in the Wales penalty area when Jordan allegedly handled the ball. The referee, believing the ball to have been handled by a Welsh player, awarded a penalty, from which Scotland scored. The victory meant that Scotland qualified for the World Cup at Wales' expense.

He was selected by Ally MacLeod in the Scotland squad for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, scoring in the opening 3–1 defeat against Peru. Scotland again failed to qualify beyond the group stage.

[edit] Manchester United

In 1978, Leeds agreed a £350,000 pounds fee from rivals Manchester United, and Jordan left for Old Trafford. Jordan had made 135 League appearances and scored 39 goals for Leeds.

Jordan helped Manchester United reach the FA Cup final in 1979, which they lost 3–2 to Arsenal. He remained at Old Trafford until 1981, when he moved to A.C. Milan.

[edit] 1982 World Cup Appearances

In 1982, Jordan was again in the Scotland squad for the World Cup. Scotland once again failed to progress beyond the group stages; however, a personal milestone was achieved when he scored in the 2–2 draw against the USSR. Unfortunately he was injured in the same match, missed the rest of the tournament and never played for his country again. His international career ended with 52 appearances and 11 goals. As a player with more than 50 caps, he holds a permanent place in the Scotland Hall of Fame.

[edit] Later career

After leaving Milan, he went on to play for Hellas Verona before returning to England to join Southampton in 1984.

He spent three years there as his career wound down, finishing his playing days at Bristol City, for whom he was briefly player-manager.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	September 26, 1973	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Czechoslovakia	2–1	2–1	WCQG8
2	May 18, 1974	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	1–0	2–0	BHC
3	June 6, 1974	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	1–1	2–1	Friendly
4	June 14, 1974	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund	Zaire	2–0	2–0	WCG2
5	June 22, 1974	Waldstadion, Frankfurt	Yugoslavia	1–1	1–1	WCG2
6	February 5, 1975	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia	Spain	1–0	1–1	ECQG4
7	September 21, 1977	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Czechoslovakia	1–0	3–1	WCQG7
8	June 3, 1978	Córdoba	Peru	1–0	1–3	WCG4
9	June 7, 1979	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	1–0	4–0	ECQG2
10	September 9, 1981	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Sweden	1–0	2–0	WCQG8
11	June 22, 1982	Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga	USSR	1–0	2–2	WCG6

[edit] Coaching and management career

After an impressive spell at Bristol City which saw the club reach the semi-finals of the League cup, Jordan returned to Scotland afterwards to coach Hearts. He then worked for a time at Celtic, before returning for a second spell in charge of Bristol City, and from there Huddersfield Town and Stoke City. From December 2000 until May 2002, he was assistant to his former Manchester United team-mate Lou Macari at Huddersfield Town.

Jordan was part of Harry Redknapp's backroom team at Portsmouth and continued to coach the team under the management of Velimir Zajec and Alain Perrin. He took over as caretaker manager for 2 games in November 2005 after Perrin's departure, before Redknapp returned after resigning from Southampton.

His son, Tom plays for Havant and Waterlooville.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Bristol City		March 16, 1988	September 1, 1990	134	68	36	30	50.74
Heart of Midlothian		September 10, 1990	May 3, 1993	143	69	31	43	48.25
Stoke City		November 10, 1993	September 8, 1994	40	13	14	13	32.50
Bristol City		November 15, 1994	March 24, 1997	130	42	51	37	32.30
Portsmouth		November 24, 2005	December 7, 2005	2	0	2	0	00.00

[edit] External links

• Joe Jordan profile at scottishfa.co.uk
• Joe Jordan's (incomplete) career stats at Soccerbase
• Joe Jordan management career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup 1 Harvey • 2 Jardine • 3 McGrain • 4 Bremner • 5 Holton • 6 Blackley • 7 Johnstone • 8 Dalglish • 9 Jordan • 10 Hay • 11 Lorimer • 12 Allan • 13 Stewart • 14 Buchan • 15 Cormack • 16 Donachie • 17 Ford • 18 Hutchison • 19 Law • 20 Morgan • 21 McQueen • 22 Schaedler • Coach: Ormond

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Rough • 2 Jardine • 3 Donachie • 4 Buchan • 5 McQueen • 6 Rioch • 7 Masson • 8 Dalglish • 9 Jordan • 10 Hartford • 11 Johnston • 12 Blyth • 13 Kennedy • 14 Forsyth • 15 Gemmill • 16 Macari • 17 Johnstone • 18 Souness • 19 Robertson • 20 Clark • 21 Harper • 22 Burns • Coach: MacLeod

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Rough • 2 McGrain • 3 Gray • 4 Souness • 5 Hansen • 6 Miller • 7 Strachan • 8 Dalglish • 9 Brazil • 10 Wark • 11 Robertson • 12 Wood • 13 McLeish • 14 Narey • 15 Jordan • 16 Hartford • 17 Evans • 18 Archibald • 19 Sturrock • 20 Provan • 21 Burley • 22 Leighton • Coach: Stein

v • d • e Heart of Midlothian F.C. – Managers Fairley (1901–03) • Waugh (1903–08) • McGhee (1908–09) • McCartney (1910–19) • McCartney (1919–35) • Pratt (1935–37) • Moss (1937–40) • McLean (1941–51) • Walker (1951–66) • Harvey (1966–70) • Seith (1970–74) • Hagart (1974–77) • Ormond (1977–80) • Moncur (1980–81) • Ford (1981) • MacDonald (1982–90) • Jardine (1986–88) • Jordan (1990–93) • Clark (1993–94) • McLean (1994–95) • Jefferies (1995–2000) • Houston (2000) • Levein (2000–04) • Houston (2004) • Robertson (2004–05) • Burley (2005) • McGlynn (2005) • Rix (2005–06) • Ivanauskas (2006) • Malofeyev (2006) • Riabovas (2006) • Ivanauskas (2006–07) • Korobochka & Frail (2007–08) • Frail (2008) • Banks (2008–)

v • d • e Stoke City F.C. – Managers Slaney (1874–83) • Cox (1883–84) • Lockett (1884–90) • Bradshaw (1890–92) • Reeves (1892–95) • Rowley (1895–97) • Austerberry (1897–1908) • Barker (1908–14) • Hodge (1914–15) • Schofield (1915–19) • Shallcross (1919–23) • Rutherford (1923) • Mather (1923–35) • McGrory (1935–52) • Taylor (1952–60) • Waddington (1960–77) • Eastham (1977–78) • A'Court (1978) • Durban (1978–81) • Barker (1981–83) • Asprey (1984–85) • Mills (1985–89) • Lacey (1989) • Ball (1989–91) • Macari (1991–93) • Jordan (1993–94) • Macari (1994–97) • Bates (1997–98) • Kamara (1998) • Durban (1998) • Little (1998–99) • Megson (1999) • Thordarson (1999–2002) • Cotterill (2002) • Kevan (2002) • Pulis (2002–05) • Boskamp (2005–06) • Pulis (2006–)

v • d • e Portsmouth F.C. – Managers Brettell (1898–1901) • Blyth (1901–04) • Bonney (1904–08) • Brown (1911–20) • McCartney (1920–27) • Tinn (1927–47) • Jackson (1947–52) • Lever (1952–58) • Cox (1958–61) • G. Smith (1961–70) • Tindall (1970–73) • Mortimore (1973–74) • St. John (1974–77) • Dickinson (1977–79) • Burrows (1979–82) • Campbell (1982–84) • Ball (1984–89) • Gregory (1989–90) • Burrows (1990–91) • J. Smith (1991–95) • Fenwick (1995–98) • Waldonc (1998) • Ball (1998–99) • McNabc (1999–00) • Pulis (2000) • Claridge (2000–01) • Rix (2001–02) • Redknapp (2002–04) • Zajec (2004–05) • Perrin (2005) • Jordanc (2005) • Redknapp (2005–) (c) caretaker

v • d • e Bristol City F.C. – Managers Hollis (1897–99) • Campbell (1899–1901) • Hollis (1901–05) • Thickett (1905–10) • Bacon (1910–11) • Hollis (1911–13) • Hedley (1913–15) • Hamilton (1915–19) • Palmer (1919–21) • Raisbeck (1921–29) • Bradshaw (1929–32) • Hewison (1932–49) • Wright (1949–50) • Beasley (1950–58) • Doherty (1958–60) • Ford (1960–67) • Dicks (1967–80) • Houghton (1980–82) • Hodgson (1982) • Cooper (1982–88) • Jordan (1988–90) • Lumsden (1990–92) • Smith (1992–93) • Osman (1993–94) • Jordan (1994–97) • Sweeney (1997) • Ward (1997–98) • Lennartsson (1998–99) • Pulis (1999–2000) • Fawthrop & Burnside (2000) • Rosenior (2000) • Wilson (2000–04) • Tinnion (2004–05) • Millen (2005) • Johnson (2005–)