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Rush for instant success puts managers on brink

by
The LeaguePaper Team
23 October 2022

Graham Westley
EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER

It's that time of year in football when clubs seem to decide that a manager has had long enough to make a mark and if things aren’t right then it’s time to go.
When any manager walks into the door at a club, there’s a queue of people at his door wanting to understand his expectations of them.
The commercial team, the groundsman, the youth team, the finance team, the club secretary, the press officer, the education foundation; the list is endless. That’s before you talk to a single player, a single agent, a member of th...

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