Editing Tommy Docherty (section)

===Manchester United===
[[1972–73 Manchester United F.C. season|In December 1972]], Docherty attended a match that [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] lost 5-0 to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]; in the [[Selhurst Park]] boardroom afterwards he was offered the Manchester United job by [[Matt Busby]]. <ref name=BBCScot/> His first game in charge of United was against [[Leeds United]] at [[Old Trafford]]. The game finished 1–1, with [[Ted MacDougall]] scoring one of his few goals for United. Although United were in serious trouble when he took them over, because of an ageing squad, he managed to keep them in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] in [[1972–73 in English football|1972–73]]. The [[1973–74 in English football|1973–74 season]] saw United continue to struggle and they were eventually relegated to the Second Division.<ref name=LEP/><ref name=BBCScot/><ref name=HerScot/>

In the following season, United returned to the top flight as Second Division champions. In [[1975–76 in English football|1975–76]] they finished in third place in the First Division and also reached the [[1976 FA Cup Final]], but lost 1–0 to [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] who were then in the Second Division. Docherty led United to the FA Cup final again in [[1977 FA Cup Final|1977]], this time as underdogs, and beat league champions Liverpool 2–1.<ref name=LEP/><ref name=BBCScot/><ref name=HerScot/>

Shortly afterwards news that Docherty was having an extramarital affair with Mary Brown, the wife of a United [[Physical therapy|physiotherapist]], became public. He was sacked in a blaze of publicity in July 1977 and replaced at Old Trafford by Dave Sexton, the same man who had followed him into the manager's office at Chelsea. The affair also resulted in the end of his marriage to Agnes, who had been his wife since December 1949. In 1988, Docherty married Mary,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/12/31/tommy-docherty-scotland-manchester-united-manager-roller-coaster/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/12/31/tommy-docherty-scotland-manchester-united-manager-roller-coaster/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Tommy Docherty, Scotland and Manchester United manager with a roller-coaster career – obituary|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=31 December 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and the couple remained together until his death in 2020. After his sacking, Docherty had a frosty relationship with the club.<ref name=LEP/><ref name=HerScot>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14998278.The_Doc_will_see_you_now__Tommy_Docherty_on_returning_to_Glasgow__his_Celtic_memories_and_why_he_won__39_t_be_back_at_Old_Trafford/|title=The Doc will see you now: Tommy Docherty on returning to Glasgow, his Celtic memories and why he won't be back at Old Trafford|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|Herald Scotland]]|access-date=23 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032139/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14998278.The_Doc_will_see_you_now__Tommy_Docherty_on_returning_to_Glasgow__his_Celtic_memories_and_why_he_won__39_t_be_back_at_Old_Trafford/|archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=BBCScot/>