It has come to the attention of Roberto the death of Ian Porterfield after a battle with cancer.
His family lost someone dear to them; the football world has lost a legend. It suffices to talk about his life and achievements.
Ian Porterfield was born in Dunfermline, Scotland on February 11, 1946 and started his career has a football player with the Raith Rovers. He continued to play for other teams such as Reading, Sunderland, and Sheffield Wednesday from the late 1960’s to the late 1970’s. During this period, he scored 37 goals within 457 games.
After 1979, he started managing clubs such as Rottherham United, Sheffield United, Aberdeen, Reading, Chelsea, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Oman, Trinidad & Tobago, Busan Park [South Korea], and Armenia. Armenia was his last stop in a long and distinguished career as a manager before leaving us. It was in Armenia where he managed a great draw of 1-1 against Portugal on the 22nd of August 2007.
His year in Zambia from 1993-1994 was one of his trying moments in which he managed to build moral in a country that lost its team to a plane crash. He was awarded the Freedom of Zambia award. Personalities from the nation of Zambia such as Emmanuel Munaile [former player and now an MP in Zambia], Teddy Mulonga [President of the Zambian Football Association], and Dennis Liwewe [Zambia’s Veteran Sports Commentator] have united with their country and the world in mourning this legend of legend in football.
We will miss you.
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