Joe Mallett

Date Hired : July 1964 Resigned : December 1965 First Game : xx-xx-xxxx (H - xxxx) Last Game : xx-xx-xxxx (H - xxxx) Success Rate : xx.xx%

Comments Joe Mallett was given the job of looking after the Blues first team, following the resignation of Gil Merrick. Initially he had the title of trainer-caoch, with Walter Adams serving as seretary-adminstration manager and Don Dorman as the club's technical adviser in charge of scouting. Mallett, who was born in Gateshead in January 1916, joined Charlton Athletic as a defender when he was 19. He made only two appearances for the London club in the period leading up to World War Two and then signed for Queens Park Rangers, guesting for serveral clubs during the war. In Feburary 1947, he was transferred to Southampton for 5,000 and made 215 League appearances for the Saints. He skippered the side and played his last game for them in April 1953, at the age of 37. In July 1953, Mallett moved to Leyton Orient and in August of the following year, was appointed coach at Nottingham Forest, a position he held until joining Birmingham. Nothing went right for Mallett at St.Andrews. Seven players were transferred in his first season in charge as the Blues crashed into the Second Division for the first time in ten years. Nevertheless, he was appointed team manager in May 1965, and immediatley signed goalkeeper Jim Herriot from Dunfermline for 17,000. He then brought two experienced campaigners to St.Andrews - Ron Wylie from Aston Villa and Trevor Hockey from Newcastle. - but the situation fif not improve. There was still much discontent within the club and shortly before Christmas 1965, Stan Cullis was appointed manager. Mallett was kept on as Assistant Manager until March 1970, when both he and Stan Cullis left the Blues. Mallett returned to Southampton for a short spell as coach and scout. During the mid-1970s he managed the Greek club, Panionios, returning to the Midlands in 1978 to continue scouting for Southampton. Managerial Career Competition Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Perf % League 79 33 14 32 144 136 50.6% FA Cup xx 33 xx xx xx xx xx.x% League Cup xx xx xx xx xx xx xx.x% Other xx xx xx xx xx xx xx.x%