Remember him once saying that a big guffaw went out from the crowd when Dave Bennett got the ball - think he had the wrong word there.

Did a great job in 82/83 to get us promoted with no sort of budget at all and deserved his chance to manage the Sunderland side that he played so many times for.

Hsd a thankless task in his second spell with us, but did a better job than many of our other managers would have done in such circumstances.

RIP