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GANNON AXING WAS ‘CULTURAL

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 January 2021

By Jon Couch
STOCKPORT County say the sensational decision to part company with club legend boss Jim Gannon was “centred around culture” and not recent results.
Earlier this month, the 52-year-old celebrated his 500th game in charge of the Hatters – spanning three separate spells as manager – and leaves Edgeley Park with his legendary status still very much intact having also made also 400 Football League appearances for the club.
And he was in the process of leading Stockport to their highest league position since dropping out of the top-four tiers for the first tim...

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