North of the Border

Not so Red October, Swanson's rise

October 5, 2011
By Neil White
(Archive)
Why Scotland gives its managers time, Friday night games and a very special player called Danny Swanson feature in this week's North of the Border.

Not so Red October

October is bad month for football managers. This is the start of the five-month 'sacking season', the period when club owners have their finger on the trigger like Dirty Harry, constantly enquiring as to their manager's assessment of their own good fortune.

This week two managers in the Championship ...

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