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Clarets Legend: Jimmy Hogan

Committee members of the Turf Moor Memorial Garden have recently discovered the location of the unmarked grave of one of the greatest coaches of football in European history. Jimmy Hogan , who hailed originally from Nelson and played for Burnley between 1903 and 1905 before moving on to Fulham, Swindon and Bolton Wanderers. However, it wasn’t Jimmy’s playing career that marked him out as being a pioneer in European football. Jimmy’s greatest attributes lay in coaching and his understanding of how football could be played differently to how the English game was typically played, which was seen as the dominant force in world football at the time. Jimmy was hugely influential to teams that would dominate European football, especially in Austria, Hungry, Switzerland and Germany. Jimmy used a variant of the Scottish game at the time, short passes, team work and technique over power and individual direct play, he took his ideas to Holland originally, where he managed the national side, beating the German National team 2-1. Jimmy then travelled throughout Europe coaching for Young Boys Berne, Lausanne Sports, Celtic, Dresdner SC, Aston Villa, MTK Budapest RC Paris and Austria Wien as well as the national sides of Austria and Switzerland. Jimmy’s understanding of football coaching and tactics also attracted the attention the German Football authorities where he would travel the country to inform their coaches of his tactics and training regimes. Jimmy was so influential that when Hungary beat England at Wembley in 1953, ushering in a new era of European football, the then Hungarian player and coach and later President of the Hungarian Football Association, Gustav Sebes stated, “We played football as Jimmy Hogan taught us. When our football history is told, his name should be written in gold letters.” Jimmy eventually retired from coaching and did some work as a scout for both Burnley and Aston Villa, however he had returned to Burnley to live out his days, often attending Burnley home games. On one such occasion Jimmy was guest of honour at the Clarets home game against Watford game in 1973, whilst on their way to winning the Second Division title, where it was said that he “watched Burnley win, which always made his face and his pipe light up.” The then Burnley FC Chairman, Bob Lord stated, “Football in the World has certainly gained from the illustrious career of Jimmy Hogan. We in Burnley are proud that, in his twilight days, he has returned to nest where he was born, having left his true mark throughout the whole sphere of world football. Well done Jimmy.” Jimmy passed away on 30 January 1974, aged 91. Turf Moor Memorial Garden Chairman, Peter Briggs and his father and Memorial Garden Committee member, Charles Briggs have completed the research along with Burnley Borough Council to establish the location of the grave and it’s inhabitants, which are the immediate family of Mrs Ellen Melia, Jimmy Hogan’s sister. The grave resides in Burnley Cemetery on Rossendale Road. Peter Briggs stated “I have been interested in Jimmy Hogan’s story since reading ‘Inverting the Pyramid’, a book on the origins of football tactics, which has an entire chapter devoted to Jimmy, I was so surprised that one of the greatest coaches in English and world football was a local lad, who played for and eventually died in Burnley. I know the town meant a lot to him, as it does influence everyone that comes from here. I found his story to be a tragic one especially when at first I failed to find his grave, however after about a year my dad came through with the information we needed, but then we found that it wasn’t even marked. We also didn’t know who he was buried with or why. Eventually Angela Broughton at the Burnley Borough Council Green Spaces and Amenities team came through for us and found everyone we were looking for, so special thanks goes out to her.” Jimmy has often been associated with being one of the greatest coaches/managers in football history, he was named the 24th Greatest Manager of all time by World Soccer in 2013, along with often being cited in the top ten greatest English managers of all time in numerous polls. The project is being financed by the Turf Moor Memorial Garden, the Burnley FC Supporters Group, the Burnley Former Players Association (BFPA), Aston Villa Football Club, former Burnley Football Club Directors Clive Holt, Martin Hobbs, Terry Crabb and Barry Kilby, along with current Burnley Football Club director John Banaszkiewicz, which will create a lasting marker on Jimmy’s grave which is to be made by Stevenson Memorial, to ensure that the future generations know and understand that a boy from Nelson changed European and world football so considerably. Turf Moor Memorial Garden will also be mounting a plaque next to Jimmy’s beloved Turf Moor within their Memorial Garden.