Graham Coughlan

ol blue eyes · Jan 11, 2019

GC has in his first month in charge (as interim manager) at The Gas been nominated for the SKYBET League 1 Manager of the Month award. Not surprising as I said above (Sunday) his only defeat in that time was a couple of day's after his interim appointment going down 2-1 at Sunderland.

Richard Hearn · Jan 13, 2019

AndyT said:
yep, or ****ney!

Who does?

Fairport · May 2, 2019

Graham is 5/4 favourite for the vacancy at his old club Plymouth.

Chrisb · Dec 14, 2019

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/exclusive-graham-coughlan-set-leave-3645101

Am surprised at this.

Ricey · Dec 14, 2019

Wonder if Maher will stay and take over?

davewebbsbrain · Dec 14, 2019

Chrisb said:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/exclusive-graham-coughlan-set-leave-3645101

Am surprised at this.

I'm not. He gets to see his family once a fortnight and that must be putting a huge strain on his relationship with his family.

Ayrshire Blue · Dec 14, 2019

Geographical reasons

tottenham541 · Dec 16, 2019

Good luck to graham, must be nice to be in his position, just a real shame he didn’t get a proper crack here at roots hall.

Blueronron · Dec 16, 2019

Fairport said:
Graham is 5/4 favourite for the vacancy at his old club Plymouth.

Who would back that when he wants to move closer to his family in Sheffield ?

Lambs Beret · Dec 17, 2019

There is a lot more to this than just wanting to be closer to his family. Bristol Rovers are a complete mess off the field. Numerous bungling by their owners around new stadium plans, losing around £300-£400k a month and have gone from having some money to £15M in the red in 5 years and nobody can see where that money has disappeared to, their wage bill is certainly not the issue.
Their fans seem to think that rather than the family aspect he is off because the board are refusing to back him in January for a proper go at promotion and are expecting any offer for their decent players to be accepted and not be put back into the club.

Steve Giles · Dec 17, 2019

rigsby · Dec 17, 2019

Lambs Beret said:
There is a lot more to this than just wanting to be closer to his family. Bristol Rovers are a complete mess off the field. Numerous bungling by their owners around new stadium plans, losing around £300-£400k a month and have gone from having some money to £15M in the red in 5 years and nobody can see where that money has disappeared to, their wage bill is certainly not the issue.
Their fans seem to think that rather than the family aspect he is off because the board are refusing to back him in January for a proper go at promotion and are expecting any offer for their decent players to be accepted and not be put back into the club.

Sainsburys were going to fund a new stadium and use the old ground for a supermarket. Messed them around for years and it never happened.

At least Rovers know a trip to the Championship would be a financial disaster, so are not going to try.

tottenham541 · Dec 17, 2019

Anyone no if kevin Maher is or has gone with him ?

Evening Echo · Dec 17, 2019

GRAHAM Coughlan has been announced as Mansfield Town's new manager.

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Phil_in_blue · Dec 17, 2019

He must have been offered a load of money! Why else would you move from Bristol Rovers to Mansfield??

tommy tucker · Dec 17, 2019

maybe its just that he wanted to be closer to his family .And by all account he didn't see eye toeye with the Rovers chairman .

Bolton Shrimper · Dec 17, 2019

tommy tucker said:
maybe its just that he wanted to be closer to his family .And by all account he didn't see eye toeye with the Rovers chairman .

Who cares !!

tallboyblue · Dec 17, 2019

Bolton Shrimper said:
Who cares !!

Wonder what Maher thinks of that?

Special Blue · Dec 17, 2019

Whatever the reason I wish Him all the best and hope We don't cross paths next season!
I fear it's a strong possibility we will however.

Lincoln Shrimp · Dec 17, 2019

It's all to do with being closer to his family (wife and 2 children) who have remained in Sheffield ever since he first came to Southend. I'm sure Mansfield would have at least matched the deal he was on at Bristol Rovers.
I'm delighted for Graham and wish him the best of luck. He's sacrificed a lot over the last decade and has missed seeing his kids grow up. It must be a wonderful feeling for him to know that he can drive home after work each day to be with his loved ones.