Two years before being appointed by City, he had been strongly linked with the manager's job at their cross city rivals Manchester United, but the job had gone to Ron Atkinson instead.
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In 1986–87, he became one of the few managers to manage two relegated teams in the same season.
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When Villa were relegated after finishing bottom of the First Division in May 1987, he stood down to make way for Graham Taylor and returned to Celtic.
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1987–88, was renowned for late goals for Celtic and in both the semi final and final, Celtic scored late goals to emerge victorious 2–1 in both games.
While a sports writer with the Daily Star, McNee had a dispute with Celtic manager Billy McNeill.
They were then relegated in 1986–87 under Billy McNeill, though Kerr escaped this fate as he left the club in January.
Billy McNeill (born 1940), former Scottish footballer and manager
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