GAFFER BOB'S LONG RUN.BRITAIN'S longest-serving football manager is preparing for his 48th season in charge of the same team. Former Portsmouth Portsmouth, city, England Portsmouth, city (1991 pop. 174,218) and district, Hampshire, S England, on Spithead Channel. The district includes Portsea (naval station), Southsea (residential district and resort), and the old town of Portsmouth proper. dock worker Bobby Williams Bobby Williams was the running backs coach for the NFL's Miami Dolphins and former head coach of the Michigan State Spartans football team from 2000 to 2002. During his tenure he compiled a 16-17 record. , now 70, still runs up and down the line shouting orders and says he has no plans to quit. Bobby started the St Helena Bobs - named after the Atlantic island where he lived before moving to Portsmouth - with his workmates in 1962. The dad-of-six, known as Old Smudger to his players, said:"The game is a real passion of mine and something that has always come naturally. "Players have to retire when they get older because they are unable to keep up with the pace but age is an asset for a manager." |
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