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{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}
{{for|the American lawyer|Johnnie Cochran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

'''Johnny Cochrane''' was a Scottish [[association football|football]] [[manager (association football)|manager]].

Johnny Cochrane was the first Scottish manager to manage [[FA Cup]] winning teams. The 2nd manager was [[Alex Ferguson]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

==Career==
Cochrane was born in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]. As a player, he had a short spell with [[Johnstone F.C.|Johnstone]] in [[Scottish Football League Division Two|Scottish Division Two]], records showing he also acted as the club's secretary, then was their manager in 1915.<ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite magazine|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|magazine=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}</ref>

Cochrane was manager of [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]] from 1916 until 1928.<ref name = "smfc"/> He helped the club win the [[1919 Victory Cup|Victory Cup]] in 1919, the Barcelona Cup in 1922 and the [[1925–26 Scottish Cup|Scottish Cup in 1926]], as the ''Buddies'' won 2–0 against [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] at [[Hampden Park]].<ref name = "smfc">{{cite web|url=http://www.stmirren.info/id81.html|title=Club Managers|website=www.stmirren.info|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=1 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301010459/http://www.stmirren.info/id81.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk/renfrewshire-sport/renfrewshire-football/renfrewshire-football-st-mirren/2012/05/28/european-dream-over-but-we-will-always-have-barcelona-87085-31046407/ |first=Jeff |last=Holmes |title=European dream over, but we will always have Barcelona |work=Paisley Daily Express |publisher=Scottish & Universal Newspapers |date=28 May 2012 |access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref>

The [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]-born manager arrived at [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] in 1928, replacing [[Bob Kyle]]. He went on to manage the [[Wearside]] club for 500 games, winning the [[Football League First Division]] in 1935–36 season. Cochrane also led Sunderland to success in the [[FA Cup]] with a 3–1 win over [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] in the [[1937 FA Cup Final]]. He retired as Sunderland manager on 3 March 1939.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.safc.premiumtv.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/OnThisDay/0,,10281~1730461,00.html |title=On this Day |website=www.safc.premiumtv.co.uk |publisher=Sunderland AFC |access-date=1 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125105003/http://www.safc.premiumtv.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/OnThisDay/0%2C%2C10281~1730461%2C00.html |archive-date=25 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He managed [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] later in 1939, but left after just 13 days in the post.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Callow |first1=Nick |title=Fantastic Football Facts |date=30 June 2013 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9780753549902 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AMIJRkm6b4YC&q=Johnny+Cochrane++reading+13+days&pg=PT77 |access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref>

== Honours ==

'''St Mirren'''
*[[1919 Victory Cup|Victory Cup]]: 1919
*[[Barcelona Cup]]: 1922
*[[Scottish Cup]]: 1925–26

'''Sunderland'''
*[[Football League First Division]]: 1935–36
*[[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1936 FA Charity Shield|1936]]<ref>{{cite news 
|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1936-37CharityShield.htm
|title=1936/37 F.A. Charity Shield  
|publisher=footballsite.co.uk
|access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref> 
*[[FA Cup]]: 1936–37

== See also ==
* [[List of English football championship winning managers]]
* [[List of Scottish Cup winning managers]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mmanagers/MMG22.asp |title=Johnny Cochrane |publisher=The Stat Cat |access-date=30 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704203213/http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mmanagers/MMG22.asp |archive-date= 4 July 2008 }}

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{{Reading F.C. managers}}

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