Ex-Player Ex-Player Thread

[MJB]

Do we need to worry about Des to MK?

Absolutely. If he goes shopping in MK, he’s liable to get lost on the weird grid road network and not make it back in time for our next game.

 

[Foley]

Mike Williamson appointed as head coach at Carlisle United.

MIKE WILLIAMSON JOINS AS HEAD COACH | Carlisle United Football Club

www.carlisleunited.co.uk

I assume that MK weren't bothered about him leaving.
His stock has really dropped. He did really well at Gateshead and then did very well at MK. Until the play offs where Crawley hammered them, surprisingly.
Then a very poor start this season.
Carlisle will sure see a lot more of the ball now!

 

[MJB]

I assume that MK weren't bothered about him leaving.
His stock has really dropped. He did really well at Gateshead and then did very well at MK. Until the play offs where Crawley hammered them, surprisingly.
Then a very poor start this season.
Carlisle will sure see a lot more of the ball now!

Williamson is replacing a fellow former Oxford player in Paul Simpson.

Wonder how many times (if any) that has happened before.

 

[beyondthefourth]

Mike Williamson appointed as head coach at Carlisle United.

MIKE WILLIAMSON JOINS AS HEAD COACH | Carlisle United Football Club

www.carlisleunited.co.uk

Surely that's very much a 'jump before you're pushed' career move...

 

[werthersoriginal]

Surely that's very much a 'jump before you're pushed' career move...

I suspect it’s mainly because he’s from the north east and Carlisle isn’t very far from there.

 

[MarkG]

Reading that Williamson had a buy out clause at MK Dons.
Is that a thing for managers now?

 

[beyondthefourth]

Reading that Williamson had a buy out clause at MK Dons.
Is that a thing for managers now?

It was a thing for Manning leaving us, and for us getting Des out of India.

 

[Jimmycarterxi]

Reading that Williamson had a buy out clause at MK Dons.
Is that a thing for managers now?

I think it’s been common in managers contracts for a while now. I know we had to pay a fee for Des although don’t know if the fee we paid was agreed by the 2 clubs or we just met a set fee!?

 

[Emilio]

I suspect it’s mainly because he’s from the north east and Carlisle isn’t very far from there.

Carlisle is far from everywhere apart from Scotland.

 

[MJB]

Just spotted that Williamson's first game as Carlisle boss tomorrow is against Sw***on.

Fingers crossed for a new manager bounce!

 

[MarkG]

Torquay manager Paul Wotton wants his side to move on after they lost to Bishop's Cleeve in the FA Cup.
level 6 vs level 8

Torquay United: Boss Paul Wotton wants to 'move on' from FA Cup upset

Torquay United manager Paul Wotton says he wants his players to "move on" from their FA Cup upset at Bishops Cleeve.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

Absolutely. If he goes shopping in MK, he’s liable to get lost on the weird grid road network and not make it back in time for our next game.

If you’d said that a few years ago on the previous Oxford forum you’d have got a telling off from that guy who absolutely loved Milton Keynes and used to defend it to the hilt. Not sure if he’s still about

 

[MJB]

If you’d said that a few years ago on the previous Oxford forum you’d have got a telling off from that guy who absolutely loved Milton Keynes and used to defend it to the hilt. Not sure if he’s still about

I believe he’s living a hermit life under a concrete cow now, forever muttering something about being a founder member of the Bucks Crazy Gang.

 

[Colin B]

If you’d said that a few years ago on the previous Oxford forum you’d have got a telling off from that guy who absolutely loved Milton Keynes and used to defend it to the hilt. Not sure if he’s still about

Ironically he moved to Lincolnshire.

He still posts, but very infrequently.

 

[Left Wing Cross]

Just spotted that Williamson's first game as Carlisle boss tomorrow is against Sw***on.

Fingers crossed for a new manager bounce!

It worked!

 

[werthersoriginal]

If you’d said that a few years ago on the previous Oxford forum you’d have got a telling off from that guy who absolutely loved Milton Keynes and used to defend it to the hilt. Not sure if he’s still about

Who was that?

 

[MJB]

It worked!

LOL

 

[Left Wing Cross]

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LOL

"No such thing New manager bounce" = "Please don't sack me"

 

[Steve Gilbert]

McGuane not coming on against us today means he is still yet to play a minute of football for Bristol City!

 

[MarkG]

Paul Byrne charged with assault.

Ex-Celtic and Irish League star charged with three assaults on a woman in Dublin

A former Celtic and Irish League football star is before the courts charged with assaulting a woman on three separate occasions.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk