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The chairmanager: Michael Knighton's turbulent reign at Carlisle
One of football's most eccentric chairman, Carlisle United's jack-of-all-trades Michael Knighton led the team into decline in the 1990s
It doesn’t take much for football fans to turn on a failing chairman. Especially if that chairman is also the manager. But that's exactly the position noted eccentric Michael Knighton plunged himself into at Carlisle United in the 1990s.
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