Carol Hilli
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The great Mick Wadsworth celebrated his 73rd birthday yesterday. You don't know him, but he took an honorable place in the history of the Albion. Not he so much, as his photo with the award for the best manager of the third division in 1995.
The FA people brought this trophy straight to the Carlisle stadium, and for some reason the photographer clicked the shutter exactly once. As a result, the world got an ominous manager who was called to Hogwarts, but he can't go, because he has a damn match against Northampton. And not even in Quidditch.
Mick is a very famous manager in England: he was an assistant for Bobby Robson during the 1990 World Cup, sold his paintings of football pitches for a great deal at charity auctions, plays the piano and harmonica brilliantly, and ended up at Carlisle United because he could not accept the offer from PSV because of bureaucracy.
I hope this trophy is still sitting on Mick's mantelpiece. Well, if I had brought this home, this would helping me to pack my things for the trip. 0 reply
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One of the biggest news on the national team break that has just kicked in is an inside scoop story - https://x.com/David_Ornstein/status/1843695366442758546 by David Ornstein, telling in detail about the departure of Txiki Begiristain from his position of Manchester City sporting director.
Yes, that same Txiki who arrived at the club in 2012 to turn it upside down. Facing him, City was an absurd fat cat, and then under him, it started to get structure, clarity, and stability.
It was Txiki's team that allowed Pep, a comfort lover, to survive the debut season in England in peace, which turned out to be objectively unsuccessful - according to his standards - when there was 4:2 in Leicester, 4:0 at Goodison Park and other delights of rainy British hit-and-run, which the Catalan was not up to.
But instead of pressure, full support, and 300 million for transfers, almost every one of which instantly made City, if not the strongest team in the world, then certainly the most stable of all the strongest. 0 reply
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