Going down the leagues to make your name as a manager isn't easy. And if you fail once, writes Richard Edwards, you’re lucky if you get another crack at it...
10. Tony Adams, Wycombe, 2003
“I’ve been enjoying my sports science degree at university, which I’m halfway through, but it feels right to be here now,” said Tony Adams at his Wycombe unveiling in November 2003. Club director Alan Parry clearly felt the same.
“We had the same feelings when Martin O’Neill walked in here,” he said. The current Republic of Ireland boss walked out of Adams Park a hero, having successfully navigated the club into the Football League.