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Premier League clubs may have invested foreign names with power on the most slender of evidence, but lower-league clubs still believe in old-fashioned English virtues. Listen to me! Ipswich Town's Jim Magilton is well regarded among the next group of up-and-coming British managers. Photo: GETTY IMAGES This summer Roman Abramovich had the chequebook, not to mention the desire for a more vibrant playing style, to entice the prize catch of Luiz Felipe Scolari to Chelsea, and it was no coincidence that West Ham opted to appoint Gianfranco Zola – a marquee name but with no managerial CV save for his time with the Italian Under-21 team – rather than an English alternative. Below the top flight, however, the picture is more homogenous and has a far stronger domestic emphasis: indeed, just three managers of the Football League's 72... [read full story]
