The League Paper

I’M SO PLEASED FOR YOU, JOHN

by
The LeaguePaper Team
22 April 2018

CHEERS: John Coleman has led Accrington to promotion
PICTURE: Robbie Stephenson/JMP

IT’S fair to say there has been little love lost between John Coleman and I over the years.
We have had some good duels and fought out the League Two play- off semifinals in 2010/11, when Stevenage eventually went on to win promotion at Old Trafford.
So it might be difficult to believe how pleased I was to see John, his assistant Jimmy Bell and Accrington promoted this week.
You see, even when you are competing head to head and hard with other managers, you always retain respect for the job that the...

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