Chris Dunlavy

LAMPARD HAS DELIVERED PERFECT RIPOSTE TO DOUBTERS

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The LeaguePaper Team
28 December 2025

Chris Dunlavy
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AFTER years of sniping and ridicule, 2025 will be remembered as the year Frank Lampard conclusively dismissed any doubt about his managerial competence.
From the moment he first zipped up a tracksuit at Derby in 2018, the former England international has faced accusations of being an overpromoted ex-player, employed by starstruck football club owners on the basis of his illustrious name rather than his coaching CV. Lampard’s work at Coventry is beyond repute. Without doubt, the 47-year-old inherited a talented squad when he replaced Mark R...

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