Post by Cantankerous Gas on Mar 26, 2015 8:07:08 GMT
....but is now close to redemption.
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/simon-hart-a-tearful-clarke-took-bristol-rovers-out-of-the-league-but-is-now-close-to-redemption-10134458.html
Good read.
Anybody seeking a picture to sum up the pain of relegation should search on YouTube for the post-match interview that a tearful Darrell Clarke gave after his Bristol Rovers side slipped out of the Football League for the first time last May.
It was not what anybody at the Memorial Ground had envisaged when Clarke, 37, stepped up from the assistant manager’s role to replace John Ward on 28 March last year with Rovers three points above the relegation places, and when it happened, a promising managerial career suddenly looked in jeopardy.
“Having been the manager that had taken the club down after eight games there was a lot of unrest and a lot of people wanted a change,” Clarke admits.
It was not what anybody at the Memorial Ground had envisaged when Clarke, 37, stepped up from the assistant manager’s role to replace John Ward on 28 March last year with Rovers three points above the relegation places, and when it happened, a promising managerial career suddenly looked in jeopardy.
“Having been the manager that had taken the club down after eight games there was a lot of unrest and a lot of people wanted a change,” Clarke admits.
Good read.
