Joe Kinnear

Joe Kinnear
	Joe Kinnear
Personal information
Full name:	Joseph Patrick Kinnear
Date of birth:	27 December 1946
Place of birth:	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death:	7 April 2024 (aged 77)
Place of death:	Mill Hill, London, England
Playing position:	Defender
Youth clubs
1964–1965	St Albans City
Senior clubs
National team
Teams managed
1983; 1984; 1987; 1989; 1992–1999; 2001–2003; 2004; 2008–2009; 2013–2014	Al-Shabab (assistant manager); India; Nepal; Doncaster Rovers (caretaker); Wimbledon; Luton Town; Nottingham Forest; Newcastle United; Newcastle United (Director of Football)

General

Joseph Patrick Kinnear (27 December 1946 – 7 April 2024) was an Irish professional football manager and player. As a defender, Kinnear spent the majority of his career spanning ten seasons with Tottenham Hotspur and one with Brighton & Hove Albion. With Tottenham he won the FA Cup, the League Cup twice, the Charity Shield, and the UEFA Cup. After Spurs, Kinnear played for Brighton for the 1975–76 season. Having been born in Dublin, Kinnear played and was capped 26 times for the Republic of Ireland national team. After his playing career, he managed India, Nepal, Doncaster Rovers, Wimbledon, Luton Town, Nottingham Forest, and Newcastle United.

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Luton Town Football Club - Managers
Thompson (1925) · McCartney^s (1927–29) · Kay^s (1929–31) · Wightman^s (1931–35) · Liddle (1936–38) · McBain (1938–39) · Martin (1939–47) · Duncan (1947–58) · Owen (1959–60) · Bartram (1960–62) · Crompton (1962) · Harvey (1962–64) · Watkins^c (1964–65) · Martin (1965–66) · Brown (1966–68) · Stock (1968–72) · Haslam (1972–78) · Pleat (1978–86) · Moore (1986–87) · R. Harford (1987–90) · Mancini^c (1990) · Ryan (1990–91) · Pleat (1991–95) · Westley (1995) · Lawrence (1995–2000) · Hill (2000) · Fuccillo (2000–01) · Kinnear (2001–03) · Newell (2003–07) · Stein^c (2007) · Blackwell (2007–08) · M. Harford (2008–09) · Neilson^c (2009) · Money (2009–11) · Brabin (2011–12) · Neilson^c (2012) · Buckle (2012–13) · Neilson^c (2013) · Still (2013–15) · Awford^c (2015–16) · N. Jones (2016–19) · M. Harford^c (2019) · G. Jones (2019–20) · N. Jones (2020–22) · M. Harford^c (2022) · Edwards (2022–25) · Bloomfield (2025) · Jack Wilshere (2025–)

Nottingham Forest Football Club - Managers
Radford (1889–97) • Haslam (1897–(1909) • Earp (1909–12) • Masters (1912–25) • Baynes (1925–29) • Hardy (1930–31) • Watson (1931–36) • Wightman (1936–39) • Walker (1939–60) • Beattie (1960–63) • Carey (1963–68) • Gillies (1969–72) • Mackay (1972–73) • Brown (1973–75) • Clough (1975–93) • Clark (1993–96) • Pearce (1996–97) • Bassett (1997–99) • Adams (1999) • Atkinson (1999) • Platt (1999–2001) • Hart (2001–04) • Kinnear (2004) • Harford (2004–05) • Megson (2005–06) • Barlow & McParland (2006) • Calderwood (2006–08) • Pemberton (2008–09) • Davies (2009–11) • McClaren (2011) • Kelly (2011) • Cotterill (2011–12) • O'Driscoll (2012) • McLeish (2012–13) • Davies (2013–14) • Brazil (2014) • Pearce (2014–15) • Freedman (2015–16) • Williams^c (2016) • Montanier (2016–17) • Brazil^c (2017) • Warburton (2017) • Brazil^c (2017–18) • Karanka (2018–(19) • Ireland^c (2019) • O'Neill (2019) • Lamouchi (2019–20) • Hughton (2020–21) • Reid^c (2021) • Cooper (2021–23) • Santo (2023–25) • Postecoglou (2025) • Dyche (2025–)

Newcastle United Football Club - Managers
Cunningham (1930–35) • Mather (1935–39) • Seymour (1939–47) • Martin (1947–50) • Seymour (1950–54) • Livingstone (1954–56) • Seymour (1956–58) • Mitten (1958–61) • N. Smith (1961–62) • Harvey (1962–75) • Lee (1975–77) • Dinnis (1977) • McFaul (1977^c) • McGarry (1977–80) • Cox (1980–84) • Charlton (1984–85) • McFaul (1985–88) • Suggett (1988^c) • J. Smith (1988–91) • Saxton (1991^c) • Ardiles (1991–92) • Keegan (1992–97) • McDermott (1997^c) • Dalglish (1997–98) • Gullit (1998–99) • Clarke (1999^c) • Robson (1999–2004) • Carver (2004^c) • Souness (2004–06) • Roeder (2006–07) • Pearson (2007^c) • Allardyce (2007–08) • Pearson (2008^c) • Keegan (2008) • Hughton (2008^c) • Kinnear (2008–09) • Hughton & Calderwood (2009^a) • Shearer (2009) • Hughton (2009–10) • Beardsley (2010^c) • Pardew (2010–14) • Carver (2015ⁱ) • McClaren (2015–16) • Benítez (2016–19) • Bruce (2019–21) • Jones (2021ⁱ) • Tindall (2021ⁱ) • Howe (2021–) • Tindall (2025ⁱ) • (c) = caretaker manager; (a) = acting in regular manager's absence; (i) = interim

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Personal information
Joe Kinnear

Full name:	Joseph Patrick Kinnear
Date of birth:	27 December 1946(1946-12-27)
Place of birth:	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death:	7 April 2024(2024-04-07) (aged 77)
Place of death:	Mill Hill, London, England
Playing position:	Defender
Youth clubs
1964–1965	St Albans City
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1965–1975 1975–1976 Total	Tottenham Hotspur Brighton & Hove Albion	196 00(2) 016 00(1) 212 00(3)
National team
1967–1975	Republic of Ireland	026 00(0)
Teams managed
1983 1984 1987 1989 1992–1999 2001–2003 2004 2008–2009 2013–2014	Al-Shabab (assistant manager) India Nepal Doncaster Rovers (caretaker) Wimbledon Luton Town Nottingham Forest Newcastle United Newcastle United (Director of Football)