Chic Bates
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Desmond Bates | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | West Bromwich, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Stourbridge | ||
| 1974–1977 | Shrewsbury Town | 160 | (45) |
| 1977–1979 | Swindon Town | 63 | (15) |
| 1979–1980 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | (4) |
| 1980–1986 | Shrewsbury Town | 134 | (19) |
| Total | 386 | (83) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1987 | Shrewsbury Town | ||
| 1997–1998 | Stoke City | ||
| 1999 | Shrewsbury Town | ||
| 2004 | Shrewsbury Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Philip Desmond "Chic" Bates (born 28 November 1949) is an English former footballer and manager.
Bates played non-league football with Stourbridge before becoming a professional with Shrewsbury Town in 1974. He had a fine debut season scoring 17 goals as the "Shrews" gained promotion to the Third Division. He continued to perform well and in 1977 he joined Swindon Town where he spent two years before joining Bristol Rovers. After a year at Rovers he re-joined Shrewsbury Town and in 1984 he became player manager.
He left in 1987 to become assistant manager to Lou Macari at Swindon Town and followed Macari to Stoke City and Celtic and back to Stoke. After Macari left Stoke in May 1997 Bates was appointed as manager and despite a decent start Stoke's form fell away and with the side destined for relegation he was sacked in January 1998. He returned to Shrewsbury and had two spells as caretaker manager.
Bates was born in West Bromwich began his career with non-league Stourbridge before joining Shrewsbury Town in 1974. He became a useful forward for the "Shrews" and in his first season as a professional he scored 17 goals helping the team gain promotion. He continued to impress for Shrewsbury and caught the eye of a number of larger clubs and eventually left for Swindon Town in 1978. He spent two years at Swindon and had a short spell at Bristol Rovers before returning to Shrewsbury Town where became player manager.
Bates was appointed player manager of Shrewsbury Town in 1984 and retired from playing in 1985 taking up full-time management a position he would keep until November 1987. He again left Shrewsbury for Swindon Town becoming assistant manager to Lou Macari and Osvaldo Ardiles. When Macari was appointed manager of Stoke City in 1991 he appointed Bates as his assistant and the pair worked together at Stoke until October 1993 when they joined Celtic. A year later they returned to Stoke and after Macari left again in May 1997 Bates was surprisingly given the vacancy in the club's first season at the Britannia Stadium.
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