Luggy handed new contract to stay with Shrimpers

Last updated : 19 January 2012 By exiledessexboy

Sturrock: Praises team

Paul Sturrock: a new 'rolling' deal for the veteran Scots manager
 
Shrimpers CEO Tara Brady has announced that Blues boss Paul Sturrock is in possession of a shiny new contract that's been extended beyond the end of the present campaign.
 
Brady told www.echo-news.co.uk: “We’ve made amendments to Paul’s contract and it no longer ends at the end of the season. It’s a rolling contract so there isn’t really an end date. It’s a deal I would describe as being evergreen and the same as Norwich City have done with Paul Lambert.”
 
Luggy is in his second season at Roots Hall having turned the fortunes of the club around from that summer of disconsent back in the dark days of July 2010 when he joined, to their present position as the current League Two league leaders.
 
Brady said:“I think Paul is doing a great job. I think I was lucky to already have him in as the manager when I arrived because otherwise I could’ve spent the first three months of my time here trying to find someone like him. But we have a good working relationship and share similar views on the game. Alongside him, I think Graham Coughlan has also been fantastic for us too maintaining structure and discipline, he is a very hard working, conscientious man and dedicated to football.”
 
And so say all of us; congratulations Paul, well deserved.
 
The Sturrock Files
 
Personal information
Full name Paul Whitehead Sturrock
Date of birth 10 October 1956 (1956-10-10) (age 55)
Place of birth Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Southend United
Youth career
  Bankfoot Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1989 Dundee United 385 (109)
National team
1977–1982 Scotland under-21 9 (0)
1981–1987 Scotland 20 (3)
Teams managed
1993–1998 St. Johnstone
1998–2000 Dundee United
2000–2004 Plymouth Argyle
2004 Southampton
2004–2006 Sheffield Wednesday
2006–2007 Swindon Town
2007–2009 Plymouth Argyle
2010– Southend United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
 
(For full manager info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Turner)
 
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