DUNDEE last night replaced manager Simon Stainrod by his assistant,
Jim Duffy.
Stainrod is promoted to director of football operations with the Dens
Park club. He will be responsible for buying and selling all playing
assets, as well as the administration, recruitment and responsibility
for the youth policy.
Duffy, a former manager of Falkirk, has been Stainrod's assistant
since the Englishman took over from sacked Iain Munro in February, 1992.
By way of explanation last night, Dundee chairman Ron Dixon said:
''The changes have been made to strengthen further our organisation.''
However, the timing of the news, with the appointment of former Dens
Parker John McCormack as an assistant to Duffy, came as a shock.
Only last week, Stainrod was in Europe to bolster Dundee's top team
squad. He returned having signed Polish internationalists Dariusz
Adamczuk and Piotr Czaczowski from Eintracht Frankfurt and Legia Warsaw
respectively.
There was also a managerial surprise in England last night, Peter Reid
joining out-of-work Terry Venables and Steve Coppell after having been
sacked by Manchester City. But while the 37-year-old former England
player was becoming used to being unemployed, the two others emerged as
top tips to replace him.
Reid said: ''I have never been out of work since I was 15. I half
expected this with our disappointing start to the season.But I wish City
all the best and hope they will get a result against Coventry.''
City stalwart Tony Book will be in charge for that match, the fifth
time he has taken control. He was manager from 1974-79 and has been a
caretaker manager on three other occasions.
The writing was on the wall for Reid following Tuesday's
2-0 home defeat by Blackburn Rovers, after which the team was booed
off the field, although most of the protests were aimed at chairman
Swales.
But it was John Maddock, City's new general manager, who put Reid's
position on the line. ''The City fans deserve more than what they paid
to see against Blackburn,'' he said.
''You don't have to be a genius to work out something is going wrong
when the team is being booed off at the end of August.''
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