The League Paper

RICHIE WELLENS

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The LeaguePaper Team
13 March 2022

‘THERE IS GOOD CHANCE HERE TO BRING SUCCESS’
By Chris Dunlavy

WHEN Richie Wellens says he was badly affected by Covid-19, he isn’t talking about physical symptoms.
So far as he knows, the 41-year-old has never caught the virus. No, Wellens is talking about empty stadiums, budget cuts, and the seismic impact they had on his burgeoning managerial career.
In March 2020, when the pandemic struck, the former Leicester City midfielder was in charge of a Swindon Town side flying high at the summit of League Two.
What followed was brutal even by the cut-throat standards of an industry where t...

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