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JIMMY HAS CHANCE TO SHOW GOING BACK WORKS

NEVER go back? Try convincing Ben Robinson, the long-serving chairman of Burton Albion who has just re-employed Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
Hasselbaink, who led the Brewers to the League Two title, is back at the Pirelli after a fiveyear absence.
The Dutchman becomes the third manager Robinson has rehired after Brian Fidler and - of course - Nigel Clough.
“There’s all sorts of nonsense in football,” Robinson told me last week. “But if you’ve enjoyed working with someone before and had success, why wouldn’t you consider them? It’s an obvious route to...

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