Premier League - Portsmouth hire Kidd

Eurosport - Wed, 11 Feb 19:03:00 2009

Portsmouth have brought in former Manchester United and England number two Brian Kidd to assist caretaker manager Paul Hart.

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Kidd, 59, has been hired to work alongside Hart in first-team affairs while the club search for Tony Adams's permanent replacement.

Pompey sacked Adams on Monday following a run of nine Premier League matches without a win that has left the FA Cup-holders 16th in the table, two points off the bottom.

Hart told the club's official website: "Brian's a fantastic coach with a great track record.

"We've known each other for an awfully long time and I'm delighted he's coming here to assist me."

Portsmouth's next three matches will see them play Manchester City at home and face Stoke away before hosting Chelsea on March 3.

Following a brief spell in charge of Preston North End in 1986, Kidd returned to Manchester United - the club for which he scored in the 4-1 victory over Benfica in the 1968 European Cup final - as a youth team coach, and was installed as Alex Ferguson's assistant in 1991.

After winning four championships and two FA Cups, Kidd left Old Trafford to take up the manager's position at Blackburn Rovers in 1998 - the season United won their historic treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League titles.

However, it proved to be another ill-fated and short-lived tenure, and Kidd lasted just 11 months at the Ewood Park helm.

In 2003, following a spell at Leeds, he was hired by Sven-Goran Eriksson as England assistant manager, but ill health forced him to quit the position the following year.

Kidd returned to work in 2006 as number two at Sheffield United, but left last year after Bryan Robson was sacked.

Tony Mabert / Eurosport

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  1. Good signing..not recycled coach Sven Ericson who is­ struggling at Mexico

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Thu 12 Feb 8:15AM

  2. i pity pompey if they get sven, after what he did for­ england it can only really get worse for you

    From teddy.houlgate, on Thu 12 Feb 1:29AM

  3. wasnt kidd working along sven with england, maybe hes­ going to work alongside him again at the park,
    Bring it­ on and lets get back to winning ways, the reason some­ teams want to see us go down is because there scared of­ us on and off the pitch.
    blue Army

    From Mart, on Wed 11 Feb 6:10PM
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    Wenger will be out of a job soon, maybe he can join you­ in the championship...

    From Pax Psychosis, on Wed 11 Feb 5:32PM

  5. Kidd he didn't do well at Blackburn...so good luck­ then!!

    From bamber300, on Wed 11 Feb 5:22PM

  6. Ha Ha Sven... not a chance!!!

    From bamber300, on Wed 11 Feb 5:21PM

  7. all d best kidd...

    From Bali Tenno, on Wed 11 Feb 5:17PM

  8. Agreed ... However The first team still need to go out­ and fight for Survival.

    From furnitureorigins, on Wed 11 Feb 5:01PM

  9. good signing

    From Frosty, on Wed 11 Feb 4:51PM
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