Johnny Cochrane Explained

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. 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

• Victory Cup

1919

• Barcelona Cup

1922

• Scottish Cup

1925–26

Sunderland

• Football League First Division

1935–36

• FA Charity Shield

1936^[6]

• FA Cup

1936–37

Johnny Cochrane was the first manager to manage Scottish and English FA Cup winning teams. The 2nd was Alex Ferguson!

See also

• List of English football championship winning managers
• List of Scottish Cup winning managers

References

• Web site: Johnny Cochrane . The Stat Cat . 30 June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704203213/http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mmanagers/MMG22.asp . 4 July 2008 .

Notes and References

1. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
2. Web site: Club Managers. www.stmirren.info. 6 April 2018. 1 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100301010459/http://www.stmirren.info/id81.html. dead.
3. News: European dream over, but we will always have Barcelona . Jeff . Holmes . Paisley Daily Express . Scottish & Universal Newspapers . 28 May 2012 . 1 October 2012.
4. Web site: On this Day . www.safc.premiumtv.co.uk . Sunderland AFC . 1 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161125105003/http://www.safc.premiumtv.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/OnThisDay/0%2C%2C10281~1730461%2C00.html . 25 November 2016 . dead .
5. Book: Callow . Nick . Fantastic Football Facts . 30 June 2013 . Random House . 9780753549902 . 2 October 2020.
6. News: 1936/37 F.A. Charity Shield . footballsite.co.uk. 29 November 2021.