First Job In Management : Stockport County
Alex Mawer was announced as the new Stockport county manager today, he is a relative newcomer to football and this is his first job in full-time management. Previously Mawer has worked as a coach at local rivals Oldham Athletic, he was working under John Sheridan and left Oldham in the summer. Sheridan was sacked in March but Mawer stayed on with Joe Royle, who didn't enjoy a successful spell when he only won one game. Stockport are working on a tight budget and only just had enough money to hire Mawer. Stockport were unable to hire an experienced manager as people like Jim Gannon were not prepared to drop their wages so low, but Stockport chairman Jim Melrose said that Mawer was the perfect man for the job and with his connections with Oldham he might be able to get some players in on loan deals or permanent signings. Mawer has been given a transfer budget of £0 but that could all change when Stockport are taken over by the 2012 consortium in a few weeks time. More updates to come in the very near future ....
