Never to the dark side Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 very sad news 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 RIP John. Thanks for all you did for us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) RIP Mr Sillet, 85 was a great innings. Edited November 30, 2021 by CiderJar 6 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) Edited November 30, 2021 by exAtyeoMax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) I had no idea he was with us. Remember him from that famous Coventry cup win. RIP John. Edited November 30, 2021 by Super 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elruliri Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Very sad, rip John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 25 minutes ago, Super said: I had no idea he was with us. Remember him from that famous Coventry cup win. RIP John. Yeah i didnt know that RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 He use to drink with my dad down at a men's club in Backwell, top man. RIP John. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Sad news. RIP JS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) Alan Dicks brought him here in the late 60s, around the time Tony Collins was appointed as assistant manager. Dicks and Sillett had been at Chelsea at the same time in the 50s then Coventry. Sillett was brought in to coach our Youth team, producing Gow, Ritchie, Collier, Rodgers and so on - a team that did very well in the FA Youth Cup for a while, getting to semis and finals. When Tony Collins left for Leeds United in the early 70s, Sillett moved up to assistant manager. A lot of the young uns he'd coached were now in the first team and that's why Sillett is in the photos of the FA Cup win at Leeds in 1974. He left not long after this to become a manager himself. Marvellous. Most of the young local boys and young Scots who combined to form the heart of our best ever team were coached and brought through by John Sillett. His fingerprints are all over the team that returned us to the top flight of English football in 1976. RIP Mr Sillett and thank you. Edited November 30, 2021 by Merrick's Marvels 13 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barry Sheene Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Won the Title with Chelsea in 1955 as a player. Took Hereford and Coventry to their highest league positions ever and of course won the FA cup for Coventry as a Manager. RIP big man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 How odd. I was just thinking that Alan Dicks and John Sillett could probably do a better job than the current shower even in their 80s, so I looked him up and unwittingly stumbled across the sad news. I think John should be credited for even more of our success in the 70s than Alan TBH, though there can be no denying how much they achieved with us. RIP John, I will forever be grateful for what you did whilst you were with the City. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 RIP John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 A nice guy. RIP John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverRed Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 RIP John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) Far too young to remember him with us but the Coventry cup win sticks with me as one of my earliest vivid memories of football and how much ‘cup final day’ meant as a young ‘un! He was great on the recent Jimmy Greaves doc - they were great mates and Greaves came up with his ‘Snoz’ nickname. RIP. Edited November 30, 2021 by lenred 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 RIP John. Together with George Curtis they signed my mate for Coventry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneCity Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Very sad to hear. Sillett was proper old school. Used to have the players running laps around the pitch until they threw up. Would love to see him cracking the whip on this sorry bunch! He'd get their arses moving in a hurry. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 https://photos.google.com/u/1/photo/AF1QipOWl4CqtDLEBGsPJzMD9LzeAi1n-m2NK-wJGrQ https://photos.google.com/u/1/photo/AF1QipNjyNef4qUv3iaSsdBAsm4WIIdpLy7Dgea4nmg https://photos.google.com/u/1/photo/AF1QipMR07kKh2ttTMiG0JNOkq227mnqWYEZUYx-2Xk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3_RED Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 6 hours ago, Super said: I had no idea he was with us. Remember him from that famous Coventry cup win. RIP John. Same here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Sad news indeed. Most of what he achieved at City was just before my time so I remember him best for the Coventry FA Cup win. IIRC he was also the studio pundit for the famous TV 3-4 game at Derby and raised some laughs (different times then!) for his description of what Sutton was trying to do to Gary Shelton! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eardun Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 13 hours ago, CiderJar said: RIP Mr Sillet, 85 was a great innings. Sad news. Great picture that I’ve not seen before - thanks for posting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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