COOPER TO BE NEXT BOSS

Another amazing 24 hours at The Arena and the latest news is that Mark Cooper is set to be named manager after Ryan Kidd stepped aside just over a week after taking over the reigns.

In a turbulent two weeks The Quakers are set to have had 3 managers, but at Darlo that is probably nothing out of the ordinary and once again Raj Singh seems to have acted quickly and appointed a manager who was favoured for the job when Steve Staunton was sacked last season.

Coopers Managerial Background:

At the start of the 2003–04 season Mark was appointed player/assistant manager at Tamworth and moved up to manager following the departure of Darron Gee for the 2004–05 season.

During his time as Tamworth manager, Cooper managed to get them into the third round of the FA Cup in two consecutive seasons. The first time they played against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium and they managed to force a replay at their own ground, where the game decided on penalties. The following season they played against Norwich City and lost 4–1.

Tamworth's league form did not match their cup exploits, however. In the 2005–06 season Tamworth finished second-bottom of the Conference, and only survived when Canvey Island resigned from the league. The following season went little better, and on 24 January 2007, he left Tamworth F.C by mutual consent, with the club bottom of the Conference table.

On 16 May 2007, Cooper was appointed manager of Kettering Town.He had a successful first season with the Poppies, winning the Conference North title with a margin of 17 points. In the 2008–09 season, he guided Kettering to the FA Cup fourth round, a joint record for the furthest the club have been in the competition, where they faced Premier League team Fulham. He also guided the Poppies to 8th in the Blue Square Premier, completing a successful return to the conference.

After days of speculation, on 13 November 2009, Cooper agreed in principle to a three-and-a-half year contract to become Darren Ferguson's successor as manager of Championship side Peterborough United,following the departure by mutual consent of Ferguson on 11 November. He was appointed as manager on 14 November.

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goldensyrup - 28th June 2010 17:50:46

According to Look North

just announced

Quakerz - 28th June 2010 17:53:34

Seriously? Fooking hell that was quick if true.

darlocraig - 28th June 2010 17:54:54

Yeah he's expected to be announced as boss tomorrow according to them.

cameron-darlo - 28th June 2010 17:55:17

if true then i'll be happy.

cwisstoffhur - 28th June 2010 17:55:32

he was my first choice when staunton got the sack so i'm happy with this

Darlo Fonz - 28th June 2010 17:56:39

I just watched that too. To be fair I'd be happy with him.

Quakerz - 28th June 2010 17:58:01

I feel a bit sorry for Kidd, obviously something has upset him but maybe he was having second thoughts about quitting? Only to find Raj had been on the phone to Mark Cooper already?

I'm not sure about this appointment if it happens, mainly because of the staggering circumstances of the last 2 weeks.

AndyPark - 28th June 2010 18:19:47

I'm happy enough with this

Allan Quatermain - 28th June 2010 18:27:18

Ray has just said the same thing on BBC Tees

knoxy5000 - 28th June 2010 18:35:26

Yeah tuned in and Ray said Cooper to be appointed within 48 hours

thequakers - 28th June 2010 18:38:52

knoxy5000 wrote:

Yeah tuned in and Ray said Cooper to be appointed within 48 hours

were can i listen to this ???

D_F_C - 28th June 2010 18:41:24

great news if it happens

knoxy5000 - 28th June 2010 18:43:30

thequakers wrote:

knoxy5000 wrote:

Yeah tuned in and Ray said Cooper to be appointed within 48 hours

were can i listen to this ???

it was on bbc tees, check the iplayer out and play it around 1 hour 20 mins in

wylam_rangers - 28th June 2010 18:48:06

thequakers wrote:

knoxy5000 wrote:

Yeah tuned in and Ray said Cooper to be appointed within 48 hours

were can i listen to this ???

Tees website - listen again - after 2000.

Craig09 - 28th June 2010 19:00:04

dont think he be the man to take us up

Rabbit Chief - 28th June 2010 19:02:46

He has a pretty good record of cup runs too - Something that could come in nice and handy financially.

I'll reserve judgement on Cooper, if indeed it is him who is appointed until fifteen or so games into the season, as I always do with a new manager.

tdk1 - 28th June 2010 19:05:58

As good a move as we could expect in the circumstances - and it works for Cooper too, as no other jobs will be coming up for at least a few months and he;'s been out of work for a while.

I had hoped for Cooper before we got Davey so this works for me. Now let's just get everything confirmed and try to settle things down for a few weeks. Get pre-season going properly, get the extra players he needs in, and have a proper go next season.

Allan Quatermain - 28th June 2010 19:07:22

Rabbit Chief wrote:

He has a pretty good record of cup runs too - Something that could come in nice and handy financially.

I'll reserve judgement on Cooper, if indeed it is him who is appointed until fifteen or so games into the season, as I always do with a new manager.

If he hangs around for fifteen or so games without bailing out then he'll do for me, regardless of results!

Darlo_H - 28th June 2010 19:11:59

A decent appointment no doubt, but I've learned from the experience of the last year not to jump to immediate conclusions. Lets see what kind of a team he puts together first, and then take stock of where we are by Christmas.

Bloody quick though, almost as if he was already waiting in the wings. I also wonder what has inspired his U-turn about moving his family up here. Perhaps he thought he was on to get another job which fell through or something...

Quakers1883 - 28th June 2010 20:08:07

DarloOnTheUp - 28th June 2010 21:37:50

I'm pleased with Cooper, but I refuse to get overexcited after recent events. His record with Kettering was excellent, hence why he got the Peterborough job, so I am sure he has what it takes to win promotion.

Perhaps Kidd resigned because everyone on this board claimed they were "behind him"? Perhaps he got a little paranoid?

StevieMardenboro - 28th June 2010 21:43:21

I'm pleased with Cooper being in line for the job. Is there any word on who his replacement will be?

Quakerz - 28th June 2010 21:54:08

Dn1 - 29th June 2010 03:38:01

Very happy with this. Though I do wonder why we can't just be a normal, average club without all the turmoil

Dn1

Sanctimonius - 29th June 2010 04:06:57

StevieMardenboro wrote:

I'm pleased with Cooper being in line for the job. Is there any word on who his replacement will be?

It's funny because it's probably already happened...

mike138 - 29th June 2010 10:01:43

What this all boils down to is this: has he got time to assemble a promotion-winning side before the season starts? the jury is still out but we will all know the truth by the middle of September

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