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The Big Interview with Paul Simpson

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 December 2022

‘I DIDN’T KNOW IF I COULD DO IT AGAIN!’
By Chris Dunlavy

Last Christmas, Paul Simpson didn’t even know if he wanted to be a football manager again.
Bruised by a six-month stint at Stockport in 2010, the former Manchester City winger had spent a decade in backroom roles.
Portugal’s Academica. Derby and Newcastle. A three-year stint as head coach of England’s U20s, when a team powered by Dominic Solanke and Calvert-Lewin won the 2017 World Cup.
“I never regretted walking away,” says the 56-year-old, whose revitalised Carlisle side sit seventh in League Two.
“With the way Stockport treated...

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