Kidd's alright for Man City
Brian Kidd has a wealth of coaching experience
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Manchester legend Brian Kidd has been named technical development manager of Manchester City's academy.
Kidd is fondly thought of in Manchester, having played over 200 games for United and almost 100 matches for City in the 1970s.
In more recent years he has become well known in the coaching world, having been Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant from 1991 until 1998.
He left the Red Devils to take up the managerial post at Blackburn Rovers, but was sacked 11 months later with Rovers sitting 19th in Division One having been relegated from the Premier League.
Kidd returned to the more familiar role as a number two with Leeds United and then briefly with England.
The 60-year-old had to quit his England duties when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but sufficiently recovered to become assistant manager at Sheffield United, and most recently Portsmouth.
Man City's football administration officer Brian Marwood believes that the capture of Kidd represents a significant coup.
"Brian has vast experience at both club and international level and will help maintain the excellent development programme we have in place at the academy," said Marwood.
"As a top class coach he was much in demand when it became clear he wasn't going to stay at Portsmouth and we are delighted that Brian has chosen to come and work with us. I know he scored nearly 50 goals in his playing days at Maine Road and is greatly admired and respected amongst our fans."
Andy Welsh, the academy manager for City, is delighted to see Kidd join the staff.
"I have worked with Brian before and he is both an innovative and forward thinking coach who is amongst the best around. The players and the coaches here are looking forward greatly to working with him. Brian will be a huge asset to us," he explained.