The stories behind the shortest managerial reigns in football

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7) Martin Ling

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When and where: Cambridge United, 2009

Duration for which he was manager: 9 days

What happened?

In the 2008-09 season, Cambridge United, under boss Gary Brabin, finished second in the Conference National – the lowest division in the English league system – but lost in the promotion playoffs. Brabin was awarded the Manager of the Season award for his exploits, but a few days later he left because of a falling out with the chairman, George Rolls.

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Enter Martin Ling. Ling came in with a 3-year plan to rejuvenate the club, but after just 9 days in to his reign, left the club citing “irreconcilable differences” with the, you guessed it, chairman George Rolls.

We await the day George Rolls gets the award for being “the most impossible man to work with in football”.

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