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FATHER FIGURE TO SO MANY

FATHER FIGURE

CHRIS DUNLAVY DISCOVERS WHAT MADE LEGENDARY MANAGER GORDON BARTLETT SO SPECIAL

GLORY TRAIL: Gordon Bartlett enjoyed decades of success as a manager

GEM: Jermaine Beckford signed for Leeds

GORDON Bartlett was a mere 90 minutes into his new job as Wealdstone manager when the doubts set in.
It was August 1995, and the Stones had just thumped Cove 9-1 on the road. Yet Bartlett, who had ditched a safe post at second-tier Yeading, knew the dream debut masked a bleak reality.
Homeless. Penniless. Clogged by administration with just two players on the books. Ten years after clinching an...

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