Power’s trip to the dugout
Town chairman Lee Power is making a trip into the dugout following Mark Cooper’s dismissal. Ron Smith explores the novelty of boardroom interference pitchside…
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Managers Countdown: How not to manage by Committee
My story of Swindon Town through ranking the 30 managerial appointments is only based on the permanent managers over the years, so no caretakers were included. However, after the sacking of Maurice Lindley towards the end of the 1954/55 season the Board took a bit too much of an active interest in match selection. In the interim period the Board preferred
Read moreManagers Countdown – Jimmy Quinn & Maurice Lindley
No.28 | Jimmy Quinn | Manager Oct 1998 – May 2000 | Score 157.7 Northern Irishman Quinn joined Town for a third time in 1998 as manager to replace Steve McMahon. Initially the move paid off for Chairman Rikki Hunt as Quinn led Town to the relative safety of 17th, 3 points above the drop. In his second season the Mighty Quinn found
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