robg58 319 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Baraclough named Motherwell bossScottish Premiership side Motherwell have named Englishman Ian Baraclough as their new manager to replace Stuart McCall, who resigned on 2 November, the club announced."After a rigorous interview process, Baraclough was the outstanding candidate, with the Board hugely impressed by his vision and plans for both on and off the field," Motherwell said on the club website.The 44-year old enjoyed a 20-year playing career with the likes of Leicester City, Wigan Athletic and Queens Park Rangers, before finishing at Scunthorpe United in 2008. He then went on to manage Scunthorpe in the English lower divisions before taking over at Sligo Rovers and leading them to their first Irish title in 35 years."I am delighted and find myself in a privileged position. I've done some research into the history of the club and I know how well the football club has done, certainly over recent years. It will be a hard task to take over from Stuart but one I'm very excited to take up," Baraclough told the Motherwell website. "Short term my aim is to keep this club in the Premiership. There is no easy way to go about that and it is a situation that hasn't been at this football club in a few years but it doesn't scare me."Baraclough edged out Dutch former Fir Park defender Mitchell van der Gaag in the Lanarkshire club's recruitment process. He will be at Fir Park on Saturday to watch his new team play bottom club Ross County, but Kenny Black will remain in the caretaker role he has filled since McCall left.McCall, 50, quit last month after a run of five straight defeats left the club second from bottom. A former player with Rangers and Scotland, McCall had led Motherwell to second in the table behind champions Celtic last season Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wully 47,154 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Research into the history of Motherwell wouldn't have took him long. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,952 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Wonder if he's related to Mr Baraclough from Porridge? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBluenose1972 1,405 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Decent player in his day Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,549 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 The guy that's taking over Motherwell was at the AGM last year and has shares in Rangers,according to the story on the bastard BBC he's only in it for the money though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin 13,607 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Did he not own the newsagent in Coronation Street? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin 13,607 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Did he not own the newsagent in Coronation Street?Aye...Roy Baraclough Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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