Robert John Page (born 3 September 1974) is a Welsh football manager and former player who is the manager of the Liverpool U21 team. In an 18-year career in the Premier League and the English Football League, he made 550 competitive appearances for six clubs. He captained a team and scored a goal in each of the top four divisions of English football. He also gained 41 caps for Wales in a ten-year international career, captaining the side once, before he retired from international football in September 2006.
A defender, he began his career with Watford in 1993, whom he would captain to two promotions, winning the Second Division title in 1997–98 and the First Division play-off final in 1999. He went on to be voted the club's Player of the Season in their 1999–2000 FA Premier League campaign. He was sold to Sheffield United for a £350,000 fee in September 2001 and helped the club to reach the First Division play-off final in 2003, as well the semi-finals of the FA Cup and League Cup. He signed with Cardiff City in July 2004 before moving on to Coventry City in February 2005. He joined Huddersfield Town in January 2008 before moving on to Chesterfield in May 2008 and announcing his retirement in March 2011.
He worked as a coach at Port Vale for three years before he was appointed as manager, initially on a caretaker basis, in September 2014. In May 2016, he was appointed manager of Northampton Town on a three-year contract, but was sacked in January 2017. He was appointed Wales under-21 manager two months later before becoming assistant manager for the senior team, led by Ryan Giggs, in August 2019. He became the team's caretaker manager in November 2020, when Giggs was suspended from duty, and oversaw two victories in the UEFA Nations League that secured Wales promotion into League A. He coached Wales at UEFA Euro 2020, where they would reach the Round of 16. In June 2022, he led Wales to qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the country's first World Cup appearance since 1958. He was sacked in June 2024 after a series of disappointing results. He joined Liverpool as under-21s manager in June 2025.
Lire la suite...Le 3 septembre 1974 était un mardi sous le signe astral du ♍. C'était le 245ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était Gerald R. Ford.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 51 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le mercredi 3 septembre 2025, il y a 272 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le jeudi 3 septembre 2026, dans 92 jours. Vous avez vécu 18 900 jours, soit environ 453 614 heures, ou environ 27 216 891 minutes, ou environ 1 633 013 460 secondes.
Date: 04 September 1974
The Washington Star-News
Fed Govt employe union leaders vow all-out fight in Cong to overturn Pres Ford's proposed 3-mo delay of Fed white-collar pay raises; Ford's action to delay scheduled Oct 1 raise to Jan 1 can be overturned by simple majority in either HR or Sen before Sept 30 (S)
Date: 04 September 1974
By HENRY TANNERSpecial to The New York Times
Egyptian press, cleared of direct censorship by Pres Sadat, has been criticizing shortages and accusing 1st Deputy Premier Abdel Aziz Hegazi of procrastination in his econ policies; influential comunist Moussa Sabri proposed that Govt give up distributing consumer goods; Sadat, speaking before audience of leading journalists, says that neither econ difficulties nor public debate will made him go back on his basic decision to permit free discussion and to generally liberalize country s insts (S)
Date: 04 September 1974
Date: 04 September 1974