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BOSS FRANKIE’S KEEN TO DELIVER

By Chris Dunlavy

MAKING HIS POINT: Preston manager Frankie McAvoy and, inset, with former boss Alex Neil
PICTURE: Alamy

FRANKIE McAvoy says his unusual route from the mailroom to the boot room gave him the courage to take charge of Preston North End.
The 54-year-old spent 19 years working for the Royal Mail before the coaching gig that had been little more than a sideline morphed into a fulltime job.
He would subsequently work under Alex Neil at Hamilton Academical, Norwich City and latterly Preston before becoming the oldest rookie in town when his fellow Glaswegian departed Deepdal...

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