FROM COAST TO CUP
Chapter Three: Favourites? Apparently.
August 2025
When I arrived at Mullion, the expectation was fairly simple.
Mid-table.
The media had us predicted to finish eighth. The board wanted us somewhere comfortably in the middle. For a bloke with no coaching badges, no...
FROM COAST TO CUP
The Mullion AFC Story
CHAPTER THREE: A DIFFICULT START, A PROMISING END
Michael Harconi had now completed his first month in football management.
It had not been boring.
In fact, after five pre-season matches, several new signings and one increasingly questionable...
FROM COAST TO CUP
The Mullion AFC Story
CHAPTER TWO: BEFORE THE FIRST WHISTLE
Michael Harconi had made it through his first morning as a football manager.
Barely.
The meeting with Darren Phillips had eventually been rearranged, the hangover had gradually disappeared and, more...
Chapter One: One Conversation
Michael Harconi had spent plenty of time telling professional football managers what they were doing wrong.
From the comfort of a sofa, it had always seemed relatively straightforward.
Why make that substitution?
Why play that formation?
Why leave that player...