- Supporters Coop Congratulates Jim Gannon ! Archived Message
Posted by Coop Board
on 2/1/2021, 8:49 am
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Stockport County Supporters Cooperative Salutes Jim Gannon ! It is with great pleasure and pride that the Supporters Cooperative joins the multitude of other County Supporters in sending heartfelt congratulations to Jim Gannon on reaching the impressive milestone of 500 games in charge at Edgeley Park. Jim`s managerial CV includes managing in the Championship ( Peterborough United) and Motherwell in the Scottish Premier and Europa League`s , but his performance whilst being in the managerial seat at Edgeley Park , at various times is nothing less than top notch. Having stopped the rot and saved County from relegation from the FL in 2006, Jim then guided County to promotion from League 2 via the play offs in 2008, taking his bright young team to within striking distance of the Championship the following season, thwarted only by a ten-point deduction for entering administration, but he kept the club in League 2 despite the hefty point deduction, to be ludicrously made redundant by an administrator learning on the job as a ` cost cutting measure`- foolishness more like, and County paid the price! He returned to Stockport in November 2011, as the club's director of football and manager, only to be replaced in 2013 by a regime that then saw the Club in regional football to everyone`s dismay. With County still languishing in Division 6 , in January 2016 Jim returned again to do what he does , starting off by guiding County to their first Cheshire Senior Cup Final win in 50 years with a 2-1 win against Tranmere Rovers, before successfully taking us out of regional football and back into the National League Premier as National North Champions in 2018–19. Currently, despite the upheavals, alarms and excursions experienced by everyone at every level of football and society generally, Jim has got his County team playing the right way and in a decent position to be in contention for promotion at seasons end. In our opinion, Jim Gannon is a Manager we are blessed to have running the County team…….. a terrific Manager and a decent human being! Congratulations on reaching the significant milestone of 500 games in charge Jim! Here`s to the next 500! Stockport County Supporters Cooperative |
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