That he has been royally stitched up by the Kettering owner?
"OK, I've just bought a football club and fancy myself as a big man. How do I get myself and my new toy on the front of papers all over the country? Simple, sign up a famous and famously self-destructive iconic ex-pro as manager. Bags of publicity, bags of interest from sponsors, bums on seats, everyone's happy. Of course, I can't really afford it in the long run, so after a month or so, I'll have finageal him out if he hasn't self-destructed by then. Meanwhile, the old manager, having enjoyed the month's holiday in Spain I've surrepticiously bunged him under the table, will just stroll straight back in, for an extra few bob a month..."
Posted By: Iwan Husarmi, Dec 6, 17:39:09
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