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2 more black managers getting a chance over the past week:-
Terry Connor has been named Wolves manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Mick McCarthy. Widely respected in coaching circles, 'Clipboard Connor' is, however, largely unknown to the general football public.
Club man: Terry Connor has been a coach at Wolves for over a decade Photo: PA
By Steve Wilson
11:35AM GMT 24 Feb 2012
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Connor joined the backroom staff and Molineux in 1999 to link up with then manager John Ward, whom he had worked with previously at Bristol Rovers and then Bristol City.
Working under a succession of managers at the club, he was promoted to assistant manager under Mick McCarthy at the start of the 2008-09 season and marked a decade at the club by winning the Championship title and promotion to the Premier League.
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Derided by some sections of the Wolves crowd for his habit of taking substitutes through detailed instructions contained on notes attached to his trademark clipboard, he has been highly regarded by all of the managers he has been employed, and indeed promoted, by in his time in the West Midlands.
Born in Leeds in 1962, he made his debut as a striker for his home town team as a fresh faced 17-year-old, scoring in his first match.
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In an itinerant career in the lower leagues he turned out for Leeds United, Brighton, Portsmouth, Swansea and Bristol City before ending is career in the Conference with Yeovil. He scored goals for all of them.
His best spell came at Brighton, for whom he scored 51 goals in 156 appearances, earning him a call-up to the England under-21 side, his lone cap, against Yugoslavia, marked with a goal.
After coaching posts with Swindon and the two Bristol sides, Ward took Connor to Wolves where he survived the tenures of Colin Lee, Dave Jones, Glenn Hoddle and now McCarthy.
It was under McCarthy that he was promoted to first team coach when Ian Evans stepped down in 2007.
His longevity was obviously a draw to Wolves owner Steve Morgan, who has seen a host of possible short and long term replacements for the Irishman come to nothing, in appointing him manager for the rest of the season, with Connor knowing the club and the players better than most.
“I think I’m capable of doing a manager’s job; what I don’t know is what it’s going to be like to actually name a team and leave people out,” Connor said.
“I’ve never been the guy who’s had to stand there and direct his team on the touchline.
“So there are things that will be new for me and I can only reflect on them once I’ve done them.”
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By Lockerz
2 more black managers getting a chance over the past week:-
Terry Connor has been named Wolves manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Mick McCarthy. Widely respected in coaching circles, 'Clipboard Connor' is, however, largely unknown to the general football public.
Club man: Terry Connor has been a coach at Wolves for over a decade Photo: PABy Steve Wilson
11:35AM GMT 24 Feb 2012
5 CommentsConnor joined the backroom staff and Molineux in 1999 to link up with then manager John Ward, whom he had worked with previously at Bristol Rovers and then Bristol City.
Working under a succession of managers at the club, he was promoted to assistant manager under Mick McCarthy at the start of the 2008-09 season and marked a decade at the club by winning the Championship title and promotion to the Premier League.
Would Wolves have been better off keeping Mick McCarthy?
Yes
No
VoteView Results
Share This
Derided by some sections of the Wolves crowd for his habit of taking substitutes through detailed instructions contained on notes attached to his trademark clipboard, he has been highly regarded by all of the managers he has been employed, and indeed promoted, by in his time in the West Midlands.
Born in Leeds in 1962, he made his debut as a striker for his home town team as a fresh faced 17-year-old, scoring in his first match.
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In an itinerant career in the lower leagues he turned out for Leeds United, Brighton, Portsmouth, Swansea and Bristol City before ending is career in the Conference with Yeovil. He scored goals for all of them.
His best spell came at Brighton, for whom he scored 51 goals in 156 appearances, earning him a call-up to the England under-21 side, his lone cap, against Yugoslavia, marked with a goal.
After coaching posts with Swindon and the two Bristol sides, Ward took Connor to Wolves where he survived the tenures of Colin Lee, Dave Jones, Glenn Hoddle and now McCarthy.
It was under McCarthy that he was promoted to first team coach when Ian Evans stepped down in 2007.
His longevity was obviously a draw to Wolves owner Steve Morgan, who has seen a host of possible short and long term replacements for the Irishman come to nothing, in appointing him manager for the rest of the season, with Connor knowing the club and the players better than most.
“I think I’m capable of doing a manager’s job; what I don’t know is what it’s going to be like to actually name a team and leave people out,” Connor said.
“I’ve never been the guy who’s had to stand there and direct his team on the touchline.
“So there are things that will be new for me and I can only reflect on them once I’ve done them.”
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