Yes that was the demise of the club he brought in loads of loanes and ex football league reserves.Steelworks End wrote:According to programmes at the time, Colin Appleton resigned (because of his ill health? - it may well have been stress, as mentioned above) so the possibility of him resuming as manager probably didn't arise; indeed, he suggested a couple of names of possible successors to the club. Instead, Fred Else was appointed as Caretaker - Acting Team Manager as described in the programmes - for a while until Norman Bodell was brought in as a permanent replacement towards the end of the season.pjdaly wrote:What I would like to know is why, when Colin fell ill, we didn't appoint a caretaker-manager until he was well enough to resume because he did of course recover and went onto manage for quite a number of years. Instead, for whatever reason, we got Norman Bodell in as a permanent replacement. Enough said.
Played 46 Won 9 Draws 11 Lost 27 For 38 Against 82 just over 19% win rate
He did look nice all done up like a Dandy just a pity he knew nothing about football.