Editing Tommy Docherty (section)

===Later career===
Docherty became manager at [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] in September 1977, where he stayed for two seasons before resigning in May 1979.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/tommy-docherty-derby-county-manager-4846733|title=Former Derby County manager Tommy Docherty dies aged 92|newspaper=[[Derby Telegraph]]|date=31 December 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101052752/https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/tommy-docherty-derby-county-manager-4846733|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> His next appointment was at Queens Park Rangers in May 1979.<ref name="LMan"/> When he took over at [[Loftus Road]], Rangers had been relegated to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] (three years after almost winning the league title) and he had to lift the team's spirits to start the new season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/club/history/|title=History|publisher=[[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]|access-date=31 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101052750/https://www.qpr.co.uk/club/history/|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> QPR finished the season four points short of promotion to the First Division. In May 1980, Docherty was sacked by chairman Jim Gregory, then reinstated after just nine days away. In October 1980, he was sacked for the second time in five months.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55501754|title=Tommy Docherty: Former Man Utd and Scotland boss dies|publisher=BBC Sport|date=31 December 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231180709/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55501754|archive-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

This was followed by a short spell in Australia coaching [[Sydney Olympic Football Club|Sydney Olympic]] in 1981.<ref name="Guardian"/> He returned to England in July that year to manage Preston North End,<ref name="LMan"/> where he had spent nine years as a player. He left after a few months, returning to Australia to manage [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]] until the following year. He also managed Sydney Olympic again in 1983.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/31/tommy-docherty-former-manchester-united-and-scotland-manager-dies-aged-92|title=Tommy Docherty, former Manchester United and Scotland manager, dies aged 92|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=31 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101052750/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/31/tommy-docherty-former-manchester-united-and-scotland-manager-dies-aged-92|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>