Gregor ROBERTSON
FOOTBALLER TURNED JOURNALIST

WORKING MIRACLES: Southend United manager Kevin Maher
PICTURE: Alamy

Afew weeks ago, a colleague interviewed the Reading manager, Rubén Sellés. “Forget England,” the headline read, “Meet the manager with football’s impossible job.” The Spaniard described how he had dealt with a transfer embargo, starting the season with seven players, working unpaid, supporter protests on the pitch and a total of six deducted points, but still managed to guide his side out of the League One relegation zone...