Black Jumps Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire; the Former Motherwell Manager has Taken the Helm of Another Cash-Strapped Club, but He Believes He Can Steer Coventry Into the Premiership, Reports Stewart Fisher

Sunday Herald › January 20, 2004

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ERIC BLACK is in danger of becoming the footballing equivalent of Red Adair. After emerging Teflon-coated from the onset of administration at Motherwell and the wreckage of the John Barnes regime while assistant manager at Celtic, a brief spell as Scotland under-21 coach and even briefer hassle-free existence as an agent have been the only moments of respite amid a decade of near- constant firefighting.

Having inherited the manager's position at cash-strapped Coventry City this week after confirmation of Gary McAllister's resignation to care for his seriously-ill wife Denise, the quietly-spoken former Aberdeen striker enjoyed a dream start to his tenure with his first match in full-time charge ending up a 6-1 victory over Walsall.

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Black Jumps Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire; the Former Motherwell Manager has Taken the Helm of Another Cash-Strapped Club, but He Believes He Can Steer Coventry Into the Premiership, Reports Stewart Fisher

The Midlands club may currently be sitting in mid-table in the Nationwide First Division - and there have even been some brave noises about forcing their way into the play-off places - but such prospects would be remote in the extreme had it not...

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