TYRONE MINGS has gone from the Southern League with Yate Town Chippenham Town to the Premier League in three years after signing for Bournemouth for a whopping fee of £8m.
MALCOLM CROSBY knows all about the importance of timing. Twenty-four years ago, the new Gateshead boss was a rookie coach at Sunderland when his friend and mentor Denis Smith was sacked.
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE hotshot JJ Hooper is attracting interest from a host of Championship and League One clubs – but he’s banned his agent from telling him which ones!
TORQUAY UNITED manager Chris Hargreaves is on the look-out for a new version of himself to take on-pitch command of their Conference comeback – just as he did for old boss Paul Buckle seven years ago.
Whether it’s a 64-inch plasma on which to view DVDs of upcoming opponents, or the surprising job choice that many others wouldn’t see, football managers have to look at the bigger picture.
Last Sunday Dorchester Town player-coach Mark Jermyn used the ESPN cameras to tell his boss at the insurance firm where he works that he might be nursing a sore head the following morning.