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ALTRINCHAM FC APPOINT PHIL PARKINSON AS MANAGER
"Altrincham Football Club have appointed Phil Parkinson as the man to turn the club’s footballing fortunes around, following successive relegations that have seen the club fall from the Vanarama National League to the Evo-Stik League Premier Division.
The thirty-six year-old Sports Science Lecturer has been in charge at Nantwich for just over two years, achieving a consistent track record of improvement throughout his tenure. The Dabbers were in the relegation zone of the Evo-Stik League Premier Division when he took over in February 2015, but went on to finish fifteenth, with a fifty per cent win ratio in the remaining two and a half months of that season. In Parkinson’s first full campaign in charge, Nantwich finished in eighth position, whilst grabbing national attention with an FA Trophy run to the semi-finals. Having progressed through seven rounds, including victories over Salford City, Stockport County, Bradford Park Avenue and Dover Athletic, they were eventually knocked out, over two legs, by FC Halifax Town, who went on to lift the Trophy at Wembley.
The campaign that has just ended saw Nantwich qualify for the play-offs, where they were beaten 2-0 in the semi-finals by a very impressive and experienced Spennymoor Town side on Tuesday night.
Parkinson’s playing career started as a junior at Crewe Alexandra, followed by a spell as a YTS at Reading, before spending a year at Port Vale. He went on to make two hundred appearances for Nantwich as a player, where he captained the team that won the FA Vase in 2006, as well as leading the Dabbers to promotion from the North West Counties League and UniBond League First Division.
Parkinson brings the Nantwich coach and former Macclesfield Town and Crewe Alexandra midfielder, Neil Sorvel, with him to the J.Davidson Stadium. Sorvel is also a work colleague of Parkinson. V The board were very pleased with both the number and calibre of applicants for the job and from a shortlist of five interviewees, we were unanimous in coming to the conclusion that Phil Parkinson is the right man to turn things around at Altrincham, following the massive blow of relegation in each of the last two seasons. This has been one of the most important decisions we have ever had to make and our supporters should know we have not taken it lightly. We feel that we are appointing a manager with a proven track record of improvement over a statistically significant period, both in terms of results and player development.
The Robins' new supremo is likely to take a watching brief as his new team play their final game of the season at Tamworth on Saturday and he will then set his sights on putting together a squad capable of gaining promotion from the Evo-Stik League Premier Division back to the Vanarama National League North at the first attempt".
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Worlds worst kept secret Welcome Phil
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Good luck Phil
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Good Luck Phil.
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Welcome Phil and the very best of luck to you.
Stepped out of his comfort zone at Nantwich where he could easily have stayed and carried on their progress.
Glad to get this part of the jigsaw sorted, you've the chance to become a hero here and build something great.
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Welcome Phil and good luck.
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Welcome and good luck!
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The Nantwich Town viewpoint:
http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/ (http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/)
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Welcome Phil, good luck and I hope you can turn our fortunes around.
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Good luck Phil,
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Not exactly the greatest surprise, but welcome to the club.
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Welcome Phil and good luck
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Welcome to Altrincham FC and good luck!
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Welcome Phil and good luck.
It's also about having the right players and it will be very interesting to see who Phil and his team keeps,.... and who he brings in.
We don't have many players worth keeping, the obvious ones who I think are signed up or worth keeping would be;
Miller (if he stays fit will be crucial)
Taylor
Brownhill
Moult
Lynch
Hannigan (on a contract but injury prone it seems)
Clee (on contract but well past his best now)
Maybe's
Cyrus
Sam
Richman
Lawrie
Densmore if he proves fitness right thro pre-season and affordable his experience and leadership would be invaluable
For me the rest can go.
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The Nantwich Town viewpoint:
http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/ (http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/)
Not quite our version of events.
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So we approached him?
Good luck and welcome
May I be the the to say `Parkoutson`
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This is a wise choice hopefully Ile see him in charge tomorrow
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With our woeful recent history in management selection, I am wary of going overboard here - lets face it we all thought Jim Harvey would be a good appointment and many of us were sold on Neil Young. However we can only hope that he is a young ambitious and upwardly mobile manager in the style of Danny Cowley and that's exactly what we need - someone with a single minded view of what's needed and how to achieve it. If he's successful, we can even forgive him bringing an ex sheepshagger in as his assistant.
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Welcome Phil and good luck.
It's also about having the right players and it will be very interesting to see who Phil and his team keeps,.... and who he brings in.
We don't have many players worth keeping, the obvious ones who I think are signed up or worth keeping would be;
Miller (if he stays fit will be crucial)
Taylor
Brownhill
Moult
Lynch
Hannigan (on a contract but injury prone it seems)
Clee (on contract but well past his best now)
Maybe's
Cyrus
Sam
Richman
Lawrie
Densmore if he proves fitness right thro pre-season and affordable his experience and leadership would be invaluable
For me the rest can go.
you would keep that many from the squad who were involved in the worst season in the clubs history,however you know more than me iv stopped going because of Rowley
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Welcome Phil and good luck.
It's also about having the right players and it will be very interesting to see who Phil and his team keeps,.... and who he brings in.
We don't have many players worth keeping, the obvious ones who I think are signed up or worth keeping would be;
Miller (if he stays fit will be crucial)
Taylor
Brownhill
Moult
Lynch
Hannigan (on a contract but injury prone it seems)
Clee (on contract but well past his best now)
Maybe's
Cyrus
Sam
Richman
Lawrie
Densmore if he proves fitness right thro pre-season and affordable his experience and leadership would be invaluable
For me the rest can go.
Agree wit that apart from the maybes none of the maybes for me .Moult and Brownhill only on the basis they can play a couple of positions, Mout may get a better offer at a conf north club you would have thought.
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Keep Lawrie? Am I missing the joke here?
Would keep Lynch and Richman, maybe Cyrus at that level to add to Miller and Taylor. The rest can just go and do one. Ok, I'll be sad to see Nicky go, very sad, but we need to move on. It'd be nice if we could get Newby back in some capacity.
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The before and after records of our last five managers (excluding caretakers) doesn't make pretty reading:
Lee Sinnott
Previous managerial job: sacked by BPA
Next managerial job: none
Neil Tolson
Previous managerial job: sacked by Hyde
Next managerial job: none
Neil Young
Previous managerial job: sacked by Stockport
Next managerial job: none
Jim Harvey
Previous managerial job: sacked by Halifax
Next managerial job: none
Matt Doughty
Previous managerial job: none
Next managerial job: N/A
That's why I'm quite pleased we've gone for someone like Parkinson. It makes a refreshing change to employ a up-and-coming manager on the back of relative success elsewhere, rather than one on the way down. Hopefully he will, eventually, go on to even better things after doing a good job here too.
Incidentally, when was the last time an Alty manager left us to go on to a 'better' job? I've been watching over 25 years and can't think of one during that period, unless I'm missing someone really obvious.
Anyway, his first target must be to break the curse of the 'first game' as an Alty manager. Again I might be missing someone really obvious, but I don't think an Alty manager has won their first game in charge for nearly 15 years? In fact, Neil Young could hold the record as the only Alty manager, of the seven different managers during that time, who didn't lose their first game in charge?
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So we approached him?
Good luck and welcome
May I be the the to say `Parkoutson`
tut tut it's "parkINson"
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Best of luck. You may have to manage the board as well as the team.
Come on Alty.
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The before and after records of our last five managers (excluding caretakers) doesn't make pretty reading:
Lee Sinnott
Previous managerial job: sacked by BPA
Next managerial job: none
Neil Tolson
Previous managerial job: sacked by Hyde
Next managerial job: none
Neil Young
Previous managerial job: sacked by Stockport
Next managerial job: none
Jim Harvey
Previous managerial job: sacked by Halifax
Next managerial job: none
Matt Doughty
Previous managerial job: none
Next managerial job: N/A
That's why I'm quite pleased we've gone for someone like Parkinson. It makes a refreshing change to employ a up-and-coming manager on the back of relative success elsewhere, rather than one on the way down. Hopefully he will, eventually, go on to even better things after doing a good job here too.
Incidentally, when was the last time an Alty manager left us to go on to a 'better' job? I've been watching over 25 years and can't think of one during that period, unless I'm missing someone really obvious.
Anyway, his first target must be to break the curse of the 'first game' as an Alty manager. Again I might be missing someone really obvious, but I don't think an Alty manager has won their first game in charge for nearly 15 years? In fact, Neil Young could hold the record as the only Alty manager, of the seven different managers during that time, who didn't lose their first game in charge?
Yes its hard not to be cynical when this time last year and the year before I got excited about appointments and new players. I totally agree with you, this is the right sort of appointment, be nice to see them move on to a top conf prem team having got us promoted into the conf prem.
Impressive record in the cups as well.
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Welcome Phil and good luck.
It's also about having the right players and it will be very interesting to see who Phil and his team keeps,.... and who he brings in.
We don't have many players worth keeping, the obvious ones who I think are signed up or worth keeping would be;
Miller (if he stays fit will be crucial)
Taylor
Brownhill
Moult
Lynch
Hannigan (on a contract but injury prone it seems)
Clee (on contract but well past his best now)
Maybe's
Cyrus
Sam
Richman
Lawrie
Densmore if he proves fitness right thro pre-season and affordable his experience and leadership would be invaluable
For me the rest can go.
you would keep that many from the squad who were involved in the worst season in the clubs history,however you know more than me iv stopped going because of Rowley
It's hilarious that so many of our fans don't associate this season's failure with the fact we cleared the decks to begin with.
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Clearing the decks wasn't the problem. The problem was bringing in players who weren't as good as the players we got rid of
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Clearing the decks wasn't the problem. The problem was bringing in players who weren't as good as the players we got rid of
spot on the ones that left haven't done much,granted Leather who should've stayed and Sinnott have done ok,and 6 people on Pukka's list were there 2 years ago
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The before and after records of our last five managers (excluding caretakers) doesn't make pretty reading:
Lee Sinnott
Previous managerial job: sacked by BPA
Next managerial job: none
Neil Tolson
Previous managerial job: sacked by Hyde
Next managerial job: none
Neil Young
Previous managerial job: sacked by Stockport
Next managerial job: none
Jim Harvey
Previous managerial job: sacked by Halifax
Next managerial job: none
Matt Doughty
Previous managerial job: none
Next managerial job: N/A
That's why I'm quite pleased we've gone for someone like Parkinson. It makes a refreshing change to employ a up-and-coming manager on the back of relative success elsewhere, rather than one on the way down. Hopefully he will, eventually, go on to even better things after doing a good job here too.
Incidentally, when was the last time an Alty manager left us to go on to a 'better' job? I've been watching over 25 years and can't think of one during that period, unless I'm missing someone really obvious.
Anyway, his first target must be to break the curse of the 'first game' as an Alty manager. Again I might be missing someone really obvious, but I don't think an Alty manager has won their first game in charge for nearly 15 years? In fact, Neil Young could hold the record as the only Alty manager, of the seven different managers during that time, who didn't lose their first game in charge?
Ken McKenna?
If you're being lenient Graham Barrow?
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Good appointment IMO. Also no one has mentioned his assistant yet Neil Sorvel. A fantastic player in his day with a great football brain and is sure to bring something to the table.
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Welcome Big Phil, hell of a job on here lad. The best of luck, you'll have our backing, what a story you guys could write here.
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The before and after records of our last five managers (excluding caretakers) doesn't make pretty reading:
Lee Sinnott
Previous managerial job: sacked by BPA
Next managerial job: none
Neil Tolson
Previous managerial job: sacked by Hyde
Next managerial job: none
Neil Young
Previous managerial job: sacked by Stockport
Next managerial job: none
Jim Harvey
Previous managerial job: sacked by Halifax
Next managerial job: none
Matt Doughty
Previous managerial job: none
Next managerial job: N/A
That's why I'm quite pleased we've gone for someone like Parkinson. It makes a refreshing change to employ a up-and-coming manager on the back of relative success elsewhere, rather than one on the way down. Hopefully he will, eventually, go on to even better things after doing a good job here too.
Incidentally, when was the last time an Alty manager left us to go on to a 'better' job? I've been watching over 25 years and can't think of one during that period, unless I'm missing someone really obvious.
Anyway, his first target must be to break the curse of the 'first game' as an Alty manager. Again I might be missing someone really obvious, but I don't think an Alty manager has won their first game in charge for nearly 15 years? In fact, Neil Young could hold the record as the only Alty manager, of the seven different managers during that time, who didn't lose their first game in charge?
Ken McKenna?
If you're being lenient Graham Barrow?
Cheers mate, brought back memories of McKennas first game. 45 seconds in away at Eastbourne, walking through their fans and we concede!! Lose 5-0
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Welcome Big Phil, hell of a job on here lad. The best of luck, you'll have our backing, what a story you guys could write here.
Great point here. We are in such a two 'n eight there is plenty of scope for improvement.
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The before and after records of our last five managers (excluding caretakers) doesn't make pretty reading:
Lee Sinnott
Previous managerial job: sacked by BPA
Next managerial job: none
Neil Tolson
Previous managerial job: sacked by Hyde
Next managerial job: none
Neil Young
Previous managerial job: sacked by Stockport
Next managerial job: none
Jim Harvey
Previous managerial job: sacked by Halifax
Next managerial job: none
Matt Doughty
Previous managerial job: none
Next managerial job: N/A
That's why I'm quite pleased we've gone for someone like Parkinson. It makes a refreshing change to employ a up-and-coming manager on the back of relative success elsewhere, rather than one on the way down. Hopefully he will, eventually, go on to even better things after doing a good job here too.
Incidentally, when was the last time an Alty manager left us to go on to a 'better' job? I've been watching over 25 years and can't think of one during that period, unless I'm missing someone really obvious.
Anyway, his first target must be to break the curse of the 'first game' as an Alty manager. Again I might be missing someone really obvious, but I don't think an Alty manager has won their first game in charge for nearly 15 years? In fact, Neil Young could hold the record as the only Alty manager, of the seven different managers during that time, who didn't lose their first game in charge?
Ken McKenna?
If you're being lenient Graham Barrow?
McKenna lost his first game in charge 5-0 to Eastbourne, foreshadowing his last game in charge somewhat!
That was aimed at the first question regarding going on to better things, not first games in charge. I'm still in therapy for that 0-5 defeat.
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This appointment will only work with a chairman that doesn't cut corners and acts professionaly at all times, good luck Phil
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This appointment will only work with a chairman that doesn't cut corners and acts professionaly at all times, good luck Phil
I agree. Hence my managing the board comments earlier.
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The Nantwich Town viewpoint:
http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/ (http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/)
Not quite our version of events.
To clarify, the Chairman of Nantwich Town Football Club has been advised that Altrincham Football Club did not make an approach to Phil Parkinson.
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It did seem unlikely that our board would be so proactive to be honest.
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The Nantwich Town viewpoint:
http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/ (http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/)
Not quite our version of events.
To clarify, the Chairman of Nantwich Town Football Club has been advised that Altrincham Football Club did not make an approach to Phil Parkinson.
That's good news Brian, shows that he had the ambition to apply. I guess Nantwich are slightly miffed, let's all hope he is the best man for the job and not another false dawn.
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The Nantwich Town viewpoint:
http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/ (http://www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk/announcement-phil-parkinson-leaves-altrincham/)
Not quite our version of events.
To clarify, the Chairman of Nantwich Town Football Club has been advised that Altrincham Football Club did not make an approach to Phil Parkinson.
That's good news Brian, shows that he had the ambition to apply. I guess Nantwich are slightly miffed, let's all hope he is the best man for the job and not another false dawn.
Thanks Brian, I suspected it was an attempt to deflect any criticism they might be getting - easier to say 'his head was turned' than 'he applied for the job'. Poor form.
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Welcome Phil and good luck!
Bit odd that the dabbler website suggests our board approached him for the job. Our board have shown themselves to be the softest touch in English football, so that seems very unlikely indeed.
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Best of luck phil....we need to be a little patient to begin with but hopefully we will have a good pre season and hit the ground winning.
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Hi and welcome Phil, will renew my season ticket now, and will give you the time and chance to turn things round - best of luck, I am sure you turn this great club round, given a bit of time!!
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Further changes required before I commit to a season ticket.
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It did seem unlikely that our board would be so proactive to be honest.
Other clubs were approached regarding speaking with their manager about the vacancy.
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It did seem unlikely that our board would be so proactive to be honest.
Other clubs were approached regarding speaking with their manager about the vacancy.
This may or may not explain the sudden long term contracts being offered to a lot of average managers at non league clubs
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Good luck with your new task Phil..
Really hope you are successful. It ain't going to be easy fella sorting this fkn lot out...
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Best of luck Phil, I hope you saw who cared enough to see the fans at Full Tim.
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First job ... get two keepers who are fit and available. Can't believe we only had one today when sicknote Deasy is on the team sheet. Its fkn disgraceful not having a sub keeper.
Deasy could get injured tripping over the white line on his 6 yard box ffs.
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It's not the first time this goalkeeping fiasco has happened. Like a great deal of things associated with our club, it just looks very very amateur.
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It did seem unlikely that our board would be so proactive to be honest.
Other clubs were approached regarding speaking with their manager about the vacancy.
So Phil Parkinson wasn't our first choice then?
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It did seem unlikely that our board would be so proactive to be honest.
Other clubs were approached regarding speaking with their manager about the vacancy.
So Phil Parkinson wasn't our first choice then?
Not sure that claim stands up. Not even Mr. Rowley would pick one name. It makes sense to at least try to cast the net further than that.
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It did seem unlikely that our board would be so proactive to be honest.
Other clubs were approached regarding speaking with their manager about the vacancy.
So Phil Parkinson wasn't our first choice then?
Phil Parkinson was the first choice.
Other clubs were approached at a fairly early stage in the process, as they had a manager that we had an interest in talking to. Ultimately, there was a shortlist of 5 interviewees & Phil Parkinson was selected as first choice.It's a reasonable assumption to make that either our approach to speak to their manager was turned down by the club or we were given permission to speak to their manager but he wasn't ultimately the first choice.
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It's not the first time this goalkeeping fiasco has happened. Like a great deal of things associated with our club, it just looks very very amateur.
Stuart Coburn must be spinning in his retirement.
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It did seem unlikely that our board would be so proactive to be honest.
Other clubs were approached regarding speaking with their manager about the vacancy.
So Phil Parkinson wasn't our first choice then?
Phil Parkinson was the first choice.
Other clubs were approached at a fairly early stage in the process, as they had a manager that we had an interest in talking to. Ultimately, there was a shortlist of 5 interviewees & Phil Parkinson was selected as first choice.It's a reasonable assumption to make that either our approach to speak to their manager was turned down by the club or we were given permission to speak to their manager but he wasn't ultimately the first choice.
Thanks for the clarification Brian.