39 Days of Gazza - When Paul Gascoigne arrived to manage Kettering Town, people lined the streets to greet him. Just 39 days later, Gazza was gone and the club was on it's knees…. Steve Pitts
salary and contract. His dream move degenerated into a nightmare. Six months and three managers after the excitement of signing to play for his hero, he’d had his fill of pretty much everybody at Rockingham Road other than a few teammates. He would quit to return to his former club, accepting both part-time football and part-time wages as he looked to put six months of bitter disappointment behind him.
Even then, it was to come with a snag that was to cause him further aggravation, despite moving more than 100 miles away.
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Mallinger was able to hand the club over with his head held high. When he had first walked through the doors 12 years earlier, there had been every chance it could go under. Wilson, too, could leave content that he had turned the club’s fortunes around on the pitch, having led them into the Conference North. They were fifth in the table, doing well, and he was handing over to Gascoigne a squad of players who were extremely confident of their ability to mount a serious title challenge. Although he was bitterly upset at being pushed aside, he spoke for most people in the room when he said at the press conference, ‘If Paul turns out to be as good a manager as he was a player, then he is going to be a very good manager.’
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