Eddie Lever
Encyclopedia
Eddie Lever was the manager of the English
football club Portsmouth F.C.
from 1952-1958. Lever took over at Pompey in 1952 after championship
-winning manager Bob Jackson
joined Hull City
. He is credited with discovering a 16-year old Jimmy Dickinson
in the early 1940s.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
football club Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
from 1952-1958. Lever took over at Pompey in 1952 after championship
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
-winning manager Bob Jackson
Bob Jackson (footballer)
Bob Jackson was the manager of the English football club Portsmouth F.C. from 1947-1952. Jackson led Pompey to the only two top league titles in their history in the 1948/49 and 1949/50 seasons. He departed in the summer of 1952 to take over at ambitious second division club Hull City, but could...
joined Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
. He is credited with discovering a 16-year old Jimmy Dickinson
Jimmy Dickinson
James William 'Jimmy' Dickinson was an English football player.Dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances for Portsmouth...
in the early 1940s.