Unbelievable Football Stories: 7 of the best

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#4 A manager for 10 minutes

The 10-minute manager

One of the most common ways of unemployment is structural unemployment. This is when a person loses her/his job because their skills are longer deemed necessary by the top members of the hierarchy.

This usually happens when there is an industrial development or a change in structure. For our case, Leroy Rosenior fell prey to the latter which cost his job at Torquay in 2007. Rosenior lasted for just a humiliating 10 minutes at the club.

The departing club owner, Mike Bateson, wanted someone to manage the club until its sale was completed. As Rosenior was literally just about to be unveiled as the new manager, the sale of the club was complete and he was informed that his services were no longer required.

Poor, Rosenior. He must have felt like a guy who earned a date for the prom party but was ditched the moment they entered through the doors and the girl was asked out by someone else.

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