NEW COUNTY DEAL FOR JIM
WED 13
JIM GANNON is thrilled the Stockport County board share his vision for the club after handing him a contract extension.
The Hatters’ longest-serving boss has committed to two more years at Edgeley Park until 2021.
Gannon is in his third stint as manager of County, returning in January 2016 and taking the club into the National League North play-offs last season.
The 50-year-old now has the club battling for the title with Chorley and earlier this month equalled an 82-year-old record for the club’s longest unbeaten league run in a single season – 16 games.
County have also reached the final four of the FA Trophy and had their semi-final first leg with AFC Fylde yesterday.
“I’m really pleased to have signed this extension but I am more pleased that the board believes in what we are trying to achieve at the club,” Gannon said.
“We have been working tirelessly to professionalise every aspect of the football club and I’m fully committed to continuing that work.
“We’re in the middle of our most successful season since I returned to Edgeley Park and I have great faith in the direction of travel which the club is taking, so I was very happy to commit to this new deal.
“It also gives the players confidence when discussing their own futures to know that the manager is in place for the foreseeable future.”