Tony Pulis
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Tony Pulis (born 16 January 1958) is a Welsh football manager. He is currently managing Stoke City
Pulis began his managerial career at Bournemouth, where he spent two seasons (1992/93 & 1993/94). He then moved to Gillingham, whom he managed for a further four seasons, turning a team that had struggled at the very bottom of the Football League into a promotion winning one in his first season, and laying the foundations for the club's eventual elevation to the First Division for the first time in their history. After the 1999 Play-Off Final, which saw the Gills defeated by Manchester City, he was controversially sacked by the club amidst claims of gross misconduct. He later brought an unsuccessful court case against Gills chairman Paul Scally.
Pulis was appointed manager of Bristol City for the 2000/01 season, but in January left to become manager of Portsmouth. Unfortunately he was not a success at Fratton Park, lasting only 10 months in the job.
He was then out of work for two years, before the resignation of Stoke's manager Steve Cotterill early into the 2002/03 season led to Pulis being given the job that November, where he remained until parting company with the club on 28 June 2005.
His son Anthony Pulis joined his father at Stoke City during the 2004/2005 season.
After taking over as manager at Championship side Plymouth Argyle, Pulis managed to turn around a floundering team, to one that with the right investment could challenge for a top half/play off place next season. The turn-around coincided with the loan of West Ham United central defender Elliot Ward. Plymouth Argyle ended the season 14th in the Championship table.
In May 2006 he was the subject of an approach from former club Stoke, who had recently parted company with manager Johan Boskamp, following Peter Coates' takeover of the club. Plymouth reportedly turned down this approach [link]. However, on June 14th 2006 it was announced that Pulis would indeed be returning as manager of Stoke City[link].
External links
- [Tony Pulis managerial statistics] at soccerbase.com
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