Shortest Managerial Job

Read an article this morning that said the shortest managerial job in the UK was Leroy Rosenior who lasted 10 minutes at Torquay in 2007. I don't remember that for some reason. Anyone know why it was so short?

Other short stays included Dave Bassett at Crystal 'the flair' Palace for 4 days and Kevin Cullis and Micky Adams at Swansea for 7 and 13 days in the same season.

Didn't Tosh do about 45 days for Wales the first time around ?

41 days in 1994 yeah. Buggered off to Deportivo then.

The ten minute management job is true. Leroy became manager of Torquay after the old manager quit. Though by freak change the takeover of the club was completed simultaneously, and the news owners had also chosen a new manager straight away. Inevitably the board won the argument and their man got the job, and poor old Leroy didn't even get to see his office.

Red614 wrote:The ten minute management job is true. Leroy became manager of Torquay after the old manager quit. Though by freak change the takeover of the club was completed simultaneously, and the news owners had also chosen a new manager straight away. Inevitably the board won the argument and their man got the job, and poor old Leroy didn't even get to see his office.

Was it the same Leroy from Fame?

Spends his time talking to Manish about the football league these days

Kenny Jackett is pretty short. Brian Flynn might be shorter though.

I've got the wrong end of the stick again haven't I?

Red614 wrote:The ten minute management job is true. Leroy became manager of Torquay after the old manager quit. Though by freak change the takeover of the club was completed simultaneously, and the news owners had also chosen a new manager straight away. Inevitably the board won the argument and their man got the job, and poor old Leroy didn't even get to see his office.

Yes, he talked about that on FLS quite recently didn't he?

I know Claridge managed Millwall for all of about 24 hours too.

That is some avatar R-DONO. Did you make it yourself mate? If so...quality!

There was a rumour that Alan Shearer signed for us then changed his mind on his way back to London about 30 minutes after

Properly dodged a bullet there

Caldi Blue wrote:That is some avatar R-DONO. Did you make it yourself mate? If so...quality!

No it's a make of clothes mate. He's a Cardiff fan so he made a special t-shirt for the carling cup final and that was his design. Bloody plastic. Where was his design on a cold wet Tuesday down Exeter?!

Probably the one Monica Lewinsky gave Bill Clinton.

R-DONO wrote:

Caldi Blue wrote:That is some avatar R-DONO. Did you make it yourself mate? If so...quality!

No it's a make of clothes mate. He's a Cardiff fan so he made a special t-shirt for the carling cup final and that was his design. Bloody plastic. Where was his design on a cold wet Tuesday down Exeter?!

If he was there, he was probably sitting in the grandstand unlike the rest of all fans, when talking about this era, who were sitting in the Grangend without the roof getting soaking wet