Kevin Cullis

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Kevin Cullis
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Full name Kevin Cullis
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1996 Swansea City

Kevin Cullis (born 1958) is an English former association football manager and convicted fraudster from Brierley Hill.

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Managerial career

Cullis' brief managerial career at the professional level came when he was appointed manager of Third Division Swansea City on 8 February 1996 by prospective new chairman Michael Thompson. He had never played nor coached in professional football and his only previous management experience was as the chairman [1] and youth coach of non-league club Cradley Town, [2] then of the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division, and based at Cradley in the Black Country. He was also involved in a potential takeover of Exeter City in 1994 with Cradley manager Steve Daniels. [3]

Cullis managed Swansea City for just one-and-a-half games: a 1–0 home defeat to Swindon Town and 45 minutes of an eventual 4–0 defeat at Blackpool. In the second match, which took place at Bloomfield Road on 13 February 1996, Cullis’ planned half-time team talk was ignored as the players took control. Christian Edwards gave the team talk and game plan instead, and Cullis resigned shortly afterwards. [4]

Personal life

In April 2003, Cullis was jailed for nine months for fraud and deception at Wolverhampton Crown Court after falsely claiming to be a highly paid marketing consultant. [5] He was jailed again, for a further nine months, at the same court in September 2004 for handling a stolen insurance certificate and using it with intent to deceive. [6]

Managerial statistics

TeamNatFromToRecord
GamesWonDrawnLostWin %
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References

  1. ↑ Jones, Rob (27 January 1996). "Banks' Brewery League". Sports Argus: 24.
  2. ↑ Burton, Mark (15 February 1996). "Coventry close to signing Lennon". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Grecians open a £250,000 kitty for survival". Herald Express: 40. 26 November 1994.
  4. ↑ Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN   1-905411-50-2.
  5. ↑ "Fraudster jailed for credit lies". This Is The Black Country. 1 May 2003. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2005.
  6. ↑ "Nine months for shamed former soccer manager". This Is The Black Country. 10 September 2004.[ permanent dead link ]
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