Southend United Manager was named by phil Brown

A former Bolton Wanderers player has just been passed a new managerial role. Phil Brown, who was simply the odds-on favorite for the Southend United manager's post has just been proved while the Shrimpers' new boss. Brown had spent a big part of his profession at Bolton before retiring at Blackpool and joining Sam Allardyce's teaching staff at the Tangerines. Phil Brown played at Bolton Wanderers from 1988 to 1994, making more than 250 looks for the whites in the act. Brown, encouraged by former Bolton boss Bruce Rioch, gained his instruction badges while turning down his profession with Bolton, before moving to Blackpool and becoming Big Sam's secretary. Following that, Brown went back to the Trotters to function under Colin Todd. After Todd's resignation, Phil Brown was called Caretaker Manager, taking charge of five activities. In before Allardyce took at Bolton, that stretch, Phil Brown dropped one, received two, and won two. Brown, well-known for getting Hull City to the Premier League in 2008, hadn't managed a team since 2011. At that point, it was Preston North End that he was in control of, managing 51 activities but earning only 15 of these. The Southend United visit was made official today on the club's official web site. Brown was delighted by the opportunity, saying: "I am delighted to have now been given the chance at Southend and it is challenging I am really looking towards. "We have got seven league games between now and the end of the year, hopefully we could set a winning run together and give an opportunity to ourselves of achieving the play-offs. "We have got a couple of days of training between now and the game against Bradford that will give me a chance to take a look at the participants. "The Easter period is definitely difficult since you perform twice in such a short space of time, however it is an excellent chance to grab six points and get that earning run started." Throughout Owen Coyle's Bolton Wanderers stint, many had needed him to take on Brown as an assistant director.

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