Welcome New Managers

We welcome four new managers to Top 100, plus one returning after a break, all from Top 120.

Chris Taylor has a big job on his hands at Atalanta. La Dea haven’t had the same manager for more than three full seasons. Their “glory” days were back in S12-13 under Golden Bear and Walter Gogh! A club crying out for some tender, loving care and nurturing over the longer term after a disastrous season finishing bottom of D4 as expected.

Augsburg were expected to win D4, but got relegated instead! Returning to Top 100, new manager The Godfather has already promised to lead them right back by winning the D5 title next season!

The fans will be hoping he can emulate the master himself, Mister TRX, who took the club from D5 to the brink of the D2 playoffs in five seasons (S13-17).

Speaking of masters, Master T masterminded a promotion and two playoff places in his four full seasons at Olympiacos. The club’s best ever period was arguably under the four season long reign of Bowers who built on the work of Top 100 legends McLean and Prince before him to lift the club into D3 for the only time in their history. Can Dhawy Al go one better than Master T and beat Bowers’ record?

Mark Gardiner built a very good squad at Partizan many seasons ago taking them from D5 also rans to the D4 playoffs twice in nine seasons before it all went Pete Tong and they slipped back into the bottom division again. Gardiner’s successor Nuno “El Loco” Marques got them promoted in his first full season and won the D4 title in his second. He handed over to Top 100 legends Walter Gogh and Nuno “El Loco” Bento who combined to undo all Marques’s good work.

Ricardo Alexandre stabilised the Serbian club in D5 mid-table leaving fans wondering how and why he was head-hunted for the Crystal Palace job. New boss Marc Ques has a big job on his hands to get the club firing again, but has already made some good signings.

Lastly, but by no means least, Paolo Everland will aim to reclaim the heights of D2 achieved in the Morrison/Rajan era (three promotions in as many seasons), and avoid the McMillan/Pip/Wythe three successive relegations that soon followed. Dan Wythe won Santos their only title last season, and took them to 13th in D4 this time.

Good luck to all of you, be active and have fun!