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WINNER ROY AND RUTHLESS KLOPP HAVE SHOWN ME WAY FORWARD

By Chris Dunlavy

BIG INTERVIEW: MICHAEL APPLETON
MICHAEL Appleton’s first assignment as a scout for West Bromwich Albion was not a roaring success.
Dispatched to watch Nottingham Forest play Wimbledon by then-manager Gary Megson, he returned from the City Ground with a veritable masterwork.
“Frank Burrows, who was Gary’s assistant, came up to me the next day,” recalls Appleton, now 44 and the manager of Lincoln City.
“He said ‘Michael, the detail you went into with this report is way above and beyond what we’d expect. It’s one of the best r...

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