MARCUS BIGNOT’S sacking at Grimsby Town this week is awful news for Non-League football. There’s a serious imbalance when it comes to Football League clubs giving opportunities to managers outside of their comfort zone.
Grimsby were the recent exception to the rule, but the four months they afforded Bignot at Blundell Park after buying into his transformation of Solihull Moors is already over.
There’s a running joke between managers that if they want to manage a Football League club, then they’ve got to take a club there. Problem is nobody’s laughing.
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