Editing Geoff Hurst (section)

==Managerial career==
Upon his retirement from playing, Hurst moved into management and coaching. He spent three years as player-manager of [[Telford United F.C.|Telford United]] in the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] before being recruited by [[Ron Greenwood]] in the [[England national football team|England]] coaching set up in 1977.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=265}}</ref> He travelled with England to help Greenwood at [[UEFA Euro 1980]] and the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]], where England failed to make it past the group stages on both occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=How England blew their chances as Euro 80 turned ugly |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/england-euro-1980-italy-thatcher-crowd-violence-a9447131.html |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A legend of the game: Sir Geoff Hurst |url=https://www.ucfb.ac.uk/news/ucfb-news-hub/a-legend-of-the-game-sir-geoff-hurst/ |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=Ucfb.ac.uk |date=8 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

===Chelsea===
Hurst joined [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], then in the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]], before the [[1979–80 in English football|1979–80]] season, initially as assistant manager to [[Danny Blanchflower]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=288}}</ref> When Blanchflower was sacked, Hurst was appointed manager.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=292}}</ref> He hired [[Bobby Gould]] as his assistant.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=296}}</ref> Things initially went well, and for much of the season Chelsea were on course for promotion, but two wins from their final seven league games ensured the club finished fourth; missing out on third place and promotion on goal difference. He raised £250,000 through the sales of [[Eamonn Bannon]], [[David Stride]] and [[Trevor Aylott]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=295}}</ref> He then spent £300,000 on [[Colin Lee]], [[Dennis Rofe]] and [[Colin Viljoen]]; he later acknowledged Viljoen as a mistake whilst bemoaning Lee's bad luck with injury.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=302}}</ref>

The following season again began well, with the "Blues" among the early promotion pace-setters before a dismal run set in, with Chelsea winning just three of their final 23 league matches, culminating in Hurst being sacked and Chelsea finished 12th in the league.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=306}}</ref>

===Kuwait SC===
After being sacked from Chelsea on 23 April 1981, Hurst worked as an insurance salesman for [[Abbey Life]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=313}}</ref> The next year he was tempted back into management after being offered a generous salary by [[Kuwait SC]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=320}}</ref> He controversially disciplined and dropped club captain [[Saad Al-Houti]], but was unable to challenge [[Dave Mackay]]'s [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]] for dominance of the [[Kuwaiti Premier League]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=324}}</ref> After leaving Kuwait in April 1984 he returned to the insurance trade.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/what-links-these-four/1349415.article| title = What links these four? {{!}} Archive |website=Insurancetimes.co.uk}}</ref>