Darren Ferguson returns to Peterborough United. It is a return that seemed almost unthinkable when he left the club and was appointed as the new manager of Preston North End. In the latest of his Manager Moves roundup, Mike Holden tracks the events that led to Fergie junior’s second shot with the London Road side. Better the devil you know. That’s how Darren Ferguson summed up his decision to return to Peterborough barely twelve months after his fall-out with Darragh MacAnthony, but it appears to be a phrase that is mutually applicable. Before giving a blunt assessment of this most…
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Manager moves: Howe’s that for Burnley?
Eddie Howe’s emotional exit from AFC Bournemouth was just one side of the story. Burnley decided that Brian Laws was not the right man for them and that a successor was needed in order to propel the Clarets up the Championship table. That man is now Howe. Mike Holden assesses the Turf Moor club’s decision. When Burnley unveiled Brian Laws as successor to Owen Coyle, nobody quite understood what they were thinking and it was a mystery that lingered on right up until his inevitable departure nearly 12 months later. Having apparently gone stale and run out of ideas in…
Manager moves - Is Micky the man for Sheffield United?
There have been so many managerial changes in the Football League recently that Mike Holden has had trouble keeping up with them all! Thankfully, he’s back on the case now and continues his examination of the decisions made by chairmen up and down the country with the Sheffield United question. Is Micky Adams the right man? In an ideal world, Sheffield United would have found closure on the Carlos Tevez saga by winning promotion when opportunity knocked at Wembley two years ago. But football and justice have never been the most comfortable bedfellows and now the Blades are coming to…
Jacko can sweep Bulls off their feet
Football League chairmen and managers are keeping Mike Holden busy as he continues his assignment of covering every managerial departure in all three divisions beneath the top flight. The latest casualty is Hereford United boss Simon Davey, but the next gaffer at Edgar Street will have another man to replace as well. Following Graham Turner into the dugout at Hereford was never going to be an easy task for any manager, but you would have expected better from Simon Davey. The Welshman survived just ten league matches with the Bulls and, despite the news coming just three days after the…
Old school the way forward for Imps
In the first of an as-it-happens series looking at the circumstances of changes at managerial level this season, Mike Holden ponders the best route to League Two survival - and beyond - for Lincoln. — Right from day one, you couldn’t escape the impression that this was a marriage of convenience rather than heavenly match for all the right reasons, so it comes as no surprise to learn that Chris Sutton and Lincoln City have gone their separate ways, a year and a day after exchanging vows. Even in his earliest interviews, Sutton never gave the impression of a man…
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