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‘I KNEW I’D HAVE TO GET THERE MYSELF!

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The LeaguePaper Team
15 August 2021

POOLS BOSS DAVE CHALLINOR FINALLY GETS EFL SHOT
By Chris Dunlavy

DAVE Challinor. Remember him? Played for Tranmere Rovers, had a longer throw than Rory Delap. Even broke the world record once.
If that’s where your memories of the 45-year-old end, fair enough. Not many casual football fans keep an eye out for the results of Colwyn Bay and AFC Fylde.
But it was in those unfashionable corners of the football landscape that Challinor quietly became one of the most successful - and underrated - managers in the British game.
Five promotions. An FA Trophy. A win rate of 53.15 per cent acc...

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