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Jimmy Bullard starts in management

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Former Fulham star Jimmy Bullard has been named the new manager of non-league side Leatherhead FC.

The former Wigan, Fulham and Hull star retired from playing in 2012, but after a four-year absence he has returned for his first foray into management.

Bullard, 37, has enjoyed a series of appearances on reality TV in recent years, including a spell in the jungle on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.

But Bullard, who famously impersonated his former Hull manager Phil Brown with one of his goal celebrations, is back in football with his local football team.

He has a job on his hands, however, with Leatherhead sitting in the the relegation zone of the Ryman Premier Division - the seventh tier of English football.

Club chairman Richard Brady said: "Jimmy has enjoyed a wonderful professional career as a professional at Fulham, Hull City, West Ham, Peterborough, Fulham, Ipswich Town and Milton Keynes Dons and this will be his first appointment as a manager – a career he is passionate about pursuing.

"Jimmy has gained a wealth of experience into a variety of management and coaching techniques as a player and is looking to bring the best of these experiences to Leatherhead Football Club, coupled with a very clear philosophy in terms of how he wishes his team to play.

"Jimmy has lived in Cobham for some years, and is excited at the upcoming challenge as well as being very impressed by the state of the art training facilities available at River Lane."

Bullard's first game in charge will be the trip to Folkstone Invicta on Tuesday night.



















Source Aaron Flanagan at Daily Mirror
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