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OLLIE & MARTIN WERE BOTH DIFFERENT CLASS

FLEETWOOD’S STEPHEN CRAINEY ON HIS MANAGERIAL INFLUENCES
By John Lyons

PUMPED UP: Stephen Crainey salutes the Fleetwood fans after last weekend’s 1-0 win at Doncaster
PICTURE: Alamy

IF FLEDGLING Fleetwood Town manager Stephen Crainey can go on to achieve even half of what his former bosses Ian Holloway and Martin O’Neill have done, then he won’t be doing too badly.
After a successful playing career that saw wear the colours of the likes of Celtic, Leeds, Blackpool and Scotland, Crainey was happy nurturing Fleetwood’s young prospects in his role as ...

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