After Iain Dowie's revelation that he’s not interested in the Crystal Palace job it is still thought that he is a front runner in the race to land the role. Dowie had a spell as a player at Palace and it is no seceet that he is highly rated by their Chairman. Ironically, the new owners of Athletic are currently putting together an offer as Dowie has been without a contract since summer. A string of jobs have been linked with Athletic’s 38 year old manager but so far he has turned them all down but the lure of the First Division may be too tempting to resist for the ambitious Dowie.Dowie again linked with vacant position
After Iain Dowie's revelation that he’s not interested in the Crystal Palace job it is still thought that he is a front runner in the race to land the role. Dowie had a spell as a player at Palace and it is no seceet that he is highly rated by their Chairman. Ironically, the new owners of Athletic are currently putting together an offer as Dowie has been without a contract since summer. A string of jobs have been linked with Athletic’s 38 year old manager but so far he has turned them all down but the lure of the First Division may be too tempting to resist for the ambitious Dowie.On the playing front midfielder Paul Murray will miss the home match against Hartlepool United as he received a one match ban after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season at Colchester United.