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BOSS SAM IS NO ONE-TRICK PONY

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Ricketts was destined for top job

By Matt Badcock

STORMING START: Wrexham’s rookie boss Sam Ricketts

“IT IS THE ONLY INDUSTRY WHERE YOU GO INTO THE JOB AND THERE’S AN 80% CHANCE OF BEING SACKED” – Sam Ricketts Wrexham boss

FAMILY TIES: Dad Derek Ricketts

Uncle John Francome

SAM RICKETTS was known as ‘Coach’ by his Coventry City team-mates.
The defender, who had gone from Non-League to the Premier League, may have been on his way back down the playing ladder, but he was already looking across to the dug-out.
Despite a largely injury-free car...

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