Manager loses job after 10 minutes

littlelol · Post by **littlelol** » Mon May 21, 2007 12:50 pm

Leroy Rosenior has broken the record for English football's shortest managerial reign.
BBC Five Live understands Rosenior lost his job at Torquay just 10 minutes after being introduced as the Devon club's new manager on Thursday.

Chairman Mike Bateson called him to say he had just sold the club to a group led by Colin Lee, who then reinstated himself as director of football.

Lee had only been made redundant last Monday.

Rosenior, 43, was given the head coach position at Plainmoor when Keith Curle's short-term contract expired.

Bateson told Rosenior that he did not know Lee's bid for the club was imminent when he appointed him.

It would have been the former Brentford boss's second stint in charge at Torquay.

The previous shortest tenure in charge in English football was Dave Bassett's four-day reign at Crystal Palace in 1984.

delfino_1936 · Post by **delfino_1936** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:51 pm

u would be peakin

Piola · Post by **Piola** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:18 pm

lol

wouldn't his contract get paid out though

ruud · Post by **ruud** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:21 pm

that would have to be a record for any job ever

Trekse10 · Post by **Trekse10** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:44 pm

Must be some sort of error, you wouldn't think it to be possible?

Lilly Whites · Post by **Lilly Whites** » Mon May 21, 2007 7:31 pm

lol @ that bloke..

BocaChiefs · Post by **BocaChiefs** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:19 pm

hahahahahahahahahahahaha what a joke.

Jono82 · Post by **Jono82** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:41 pm

Torquay deny Rosenior '10 minute reign' claim

Torquay managing director Debbie Hancox has denied reports that manager Leroy Rosenior has left the club.

Rosenior had reportedly lost his job after just 10 minutes of being appointed at the Conference-bound outfit on Thursday after chairman Mike Bateson sold the club, but Hancox insists that the former Brentford man is still at the helm.

Hancox said: 'Nothing has happened to change Leroy's position as yet. He was appointed on Thursday and the club then accepted a bid from a consortium which was accepted.

'Whoever the new owners decide to appoint as manager will be up to them but it is a long way from going through yet.'

Former boss Colin Lee was reportedly behind the new bid for the club and was planning to re-appoint himself as manager but Hancox insists that Lee was not involved in the bid.

She said: 'Colin Lee is not involved in the consortium at all. There are about eight people behind it but he is not one of them.'

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