"Without question, he showed over a short period that he can do it. The most important thing now is whether he wants to do it."
07.07.26News
"The connection that we had at Hartlepool was amazing, the respect was amazing. The contribution the fans made to our success was massive. That period shows that it's a special place if you can get that atmosphere going."
30.06.26News
"Regardless, not having Championship experience means you can be seen as a risk. You only get that experience by somebody taking that risk on you and I think I'd be a risk worth taking, a good risk based on what we've done previously."
"We still talk about it now, we still send videos into our group chat. The celebrations were brilliant."
29.06.26News
"It was always going to be a tough decision, a really, really tough decision to leave. I'd worked for 10 years to become a Football League manager, and I'd achieved it for the first time."
"I was really prepared to stay at the football club, my kids were coming up to Durham for university. That was the point when I would have sold up my base where I was, moved to the North East and committed my future to the club for a long time."
26.06.26News
"To be able to take the club back to the Football League, to have that day at Bristol and all the celebrations, was amazing."
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