Their form declined sharply during the last three months of the 2003–04 Division Three campaign: they fell from the automatic promotion places to ninth in the final table, failing to achieve a playoff place. Rix then managed Oxford United for seven months in 2004. A string of poor results, including a 4–1 home loss in the FA Cup to bottom of the Football League Leyton Orient, meant that Director of Football Harry Redknapp was given more responsibilities until he eventually replaced Rix as team manager toward the end of the season. Rix managed Portsmouth between 20, where his enthusiastic style of management started well, but tapered off in the middle of the 2001–02 season. He won the FA Cup again in 2000, before leaving the club, after a brief spell as caretaker manager following Vialli's sacking by Ken Bates. Rix became assistant manager in 1996 under new Blues boss Ruud Gullit, and continued in the same role under Gullit's successor Gianluca Vialli, winning the FA Cup in 1997, and the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup in 1998. During an injury crisis, he briefly enlisted as a player for the club, playing a solitary Premier League match in May 1995 against his old side Arsenal. Rix joined Chelsea as youth team coach in mid-1993. His first appearance came on 10 September 1980 in a 4–0 win over Norway, his last in a 1–0 win over Northern Ireland on 4 April 1984. He was capped 17 times, but failed to score. Internationalīetween 19, Rix played for the England national team, including making five appearances at the 1982 World Cup. After ArsenalĪfter leaving the London club, Rix was the subject of offers from Sheffield Wednesday as well as Queens Park Rangers, but he instead signed for French club Caen, where he would spend three years before transferring to Le Havre, and then played in Scotland for Dundee before announcing his retirement as a player in 1993.
In all, he played 464 times for the Gunners, scoring 51 goals. Rix spent a spell on loan at Brentford, before being released in 1988.
#GRAHAM RIX SERIES#
Arsenal won the 1986-87 League Cup Rix was not part of the squad for the final against Liverpool but he contributed three appearances en route.Ī series of injuries to his achilles tendon kept Rix out of the team in the mid-1980s, and he lost his starting place in the side to Martin Hayes. Arsenal's form slumped in the early 1980s, though, meaning Rix was unable to claim any silverware as skipper.
After the departure of Liam Brady to Juventus that summer, many believed Rix would also leave but he stayed at the club, and became captain in 1983. Arsenal only won one of these, in 1979 against Manchester United the final score was 3–2, with Rix crossing for Alan Sunderland's last-minute winner, just seconds after United had equalized to level the score 2–2.Īrsenal reached the Cup Winners' Cup final the following season, against Valencia the match finished 0–0 after extra time – a penalty shootout ensued, but Rix missed his kick and Arsenal lost. Together with Liam Brady, he formed part of an impressive attacking midfield, which helped Arsenal to three successive cup finals between 19. Rix immediately became a regular on the left wing, replacing George Armstrong. He made his debut for the club against Leicester City on 2 April 1977, and marked it by scoring the opening goal.
#GRAHAM RIX PROFESSIONAL#
Originally from Doncaster, Yorkshire, Rix joined Arsenal as an apprentice in 1974 and turned professional the year after.
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