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Old 22-02-2011, 07:47   #22
choirboy
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Re: Accrington's all time greatest manager

I am old enough to have watched the great Scottish Stanley team in the 1950's when gates were often as high as 7,000........ 14,000 + against PNE in the cup !
This is a very hard call to make....
Galbraith took us to our highest ever placing and almost into the old second tier too! He was very astute at picking up the Scottish players and made them into a great team but he was reasonably well resourced at the time.
Coley has built his teams with virtually nothing in terms of resources and taken us from nowhere back into the league where we belong, and Jimmy Bell is part of that success story too.
Coleman is ranked third behind Fergie and Venger in the longest serving manager stakes and this must add weight to the argument for Coley's nomination. Especially when you consider the finances and infrastructure behind United and Arsenal.
I think that Galbraith, Coley and Jimmy Hinksman are all legends but if we have to nominate one manger then I would go for John Coleman
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