Out of the frying pan Dougie? Still, frees up some wages for Uncle Ron!
Afetr a number of injuries over the last two seasons the brain might have been in working order, his couple of paces back to head the ball home at Walsall was classic forward play, but the legs sadly weren't.
Dougie Freedman will be announced as the assistant to new Crystal Palace manager Paul Hart Tuesday afternoon. He will be joined by John Pemberton who has been appointed first-team coach.
Dougie is a legend at Selhurst Park, scoring the goal at Stockport which kept them up in 2001, but will now try and somehow keep the club in the Championship after they were deducted ten points for going into administration.
Hart, Freedman and Pemberton have all agreed contracts until the end of the season, replacing Neil Warnock, who has gone to QPR on a three & a half year deal.
Crystal Palace have announced a press conference to confirm the new management team for 16.30.
It's great that his last act in a Blue shirt was laying on the ball for Matt Paterson to get his first goal for Southend at the Franchise.
One great striker laying on the ball to a young player who hopefully may become his equal.
The Freedman Files
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Douglas Freedman | |
| Date of birth | 25 May 1974 (1974-05-25) | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Crystal Palace | |
| Job | Assistant Manager | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1992-1994 | Queens Park Rangers | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2008 2008 2008-2010 | Barnet Crystal Palace → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham Forest Crystal Palace → Leeds United (loan) Southend United | 47 (27) 93 (31) 2 (2) 27 (8) 70 (18) 237 (64) 11 (5) 26 (6) |
| National team2 | ||
2001-2002 | Scotland U21 Scotland | 8 (2) 2 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2007-2008 | Crystal Palace (reserve team manager) | |
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(Player information supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougie_Freedman)