As we all know by now, in the end former Bury
manager Stan Ternent was invited into the Turf Moor hotseat. We wish him well. He has the
considerable advantage of surely being unable to do any worse than his predecessor.
However, his was not the only, or, if rumours can be believed, the first name on the
managerial shortlist. Indeed, many were linked with this most prestigious position. As a
service to our readers, we are therefore proud to present the following, just to complete
the record:
That list of unsuccessful
managerial candidates in full...
Sammy McIlroy
Brian Flynn
Neil Warnock
Ron Atkinson
Ron Futcher
Ronnie Barker
Adrian Heath
Jimmy Mullen
Clive Middlemass
Brian Miller
Frank Casper
John Bond
Terry Venables (yeah, right)
Alan "ugly" Harper
Gordon Cowans
Trevor Steven
Billy Hamilton
Bryan Hamilton
Diddy David Hamilton
Dave Lee Travis
The Honey Monster
Ray Wilkins
Nigel Spackman
Mike Walker
Bruce Rioch
Stewart "ugly" Houston
Terry Butcher
Terry Fenwick
Terry Scott
Colin Harvey
Howard Kendall
Frank Clark
Joe Royle
Jan Molby
Jan Sorenson
Wim Jansen
Wim Kock
Dave Merrington
Steve Harrison
Colin Lee
Bruce Lee
Steve Bruce
Mark Hughes
Brian McClair
Steve Coppell
Ian Rush
Leighton James
Jamie Hoyland
Ming Ming
Steve Thompson
the other Steve Thompson
The Thompson Twins
Brian Laws
Neil Webb
Derek Mountfield
Sam "Big Sam" Allardyce
Mervyn Day
John Rudge
Dario Gradi
Lou Macari
Chic Bates
Chris Kamara
Brian Little
Gary Megson
Mike Phelan
Jim Jeffries
Ted McMinn
Vince Overson
John Deary
Joe Jakub
the rest of the 1992 championship side
Liam Robinson
Chris Woods
Tony Parks
Peter Shilton
Bertie Bee
Frank Sinatra
Any dodgy old England players who may have slipped my mind
The woman who cried on tv after the Orient game
Glen Roeder (now you’ve gone too far - ed)
