Summary
NOT all Brazilians have been feeling blue this summer. While Carlos Alberto Parreira's samba soccerstars stumbled at the World Cup, the 125th summer of Cowdenbeath's existence finds the self- styled Fife version in fine fettle.
The 2005-06 campaign may have begun inauspiciously, with manager Dave Baikie losing his job after being convicted of assaulting the father of one of his ex-players, but the arrival of Mixu Paatelainen - Scottish football's second-ever Finnish manager after former Motherwell boss Harri Kampman - quickly became the catalyst for the club winning the Third Division title via a dollop of last-day helicopter drama.See the full content of this document
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Smith Tackles Young Team Second Division
With Paatelainen working for Finnish TV at the World Cup, Nike negotiating to produce their new strip, and celebrity fan and writer Ron Ferguson revelling in some new material, for once Central Park has seemed something like the centre of attention.
Paatelainen earned the Third Division manager of t...See the full content of this document
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