West Brom has informed that they will be retaining for the backroom staff even under new manager Roy Hodgson. Appleton and Downing were promoted to assistant head coach and first team coach respectively last month.
Their appointments followed the departure of Roberto Di Matteo as Baggies manager on 6 February (when a certain webmaster put a free football bet on them to stay up :).)
“It has gone as smoothly as it possibly could and a lot of thanks goes to Michael and Keith,” said Hodgson.
West Brom has informed that they will be retaining for the backroom staff even under new manager Roy Hodgson. Appleton and Downing were promoted to assistant head coach and first team coach respectively last month.
Their appointments followed the departure of Roberto Di Matteo as Baggies manager on 6 February (when a certain webmaster put a free football bet on them to stay up :).)
“It has gone as smoothly as it possibly could and a lot of thanks goes to Michael and Keith,” said Hodgson.
Di Matteo was relieved of his duties and put on gardening leave after a run of 13 defeats in 18 games.