The Broadhurst Influence

Last updated : 05 April 2002 By

League Table When Kevin Wilson was sacked:

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

GD

18

Port Vale

10

3

1

6

13

18

10

-5

19

Bournemouth

9

2

3

4

9

16

9

-7

20

Wigan Athletic

8

2

2

4

9

10

8

-1

21

Cambridge United

10

1

4

5

9

14

7

-5

22

Wrexham

9

1

3

5

13

24

6

-11

23

Northampton Town

10

2

0

8

7

21

6

-14

24

Bury

9

1

0

8

5

19

3

-14

Latest League table over 6 months later:

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

GD

18

Chesterfield

42

12

13

17

48

55

49

-7

19

Northampton Town

43

13

6

24

48

73

45

-25

20

Notts. County

43

11

11

21

55

68

44

-13

21

Bury

43

11

11

21

41

68

44

-27

22

Bournemouth

42

9

13

20

52

67

40

-15

23

Wrexham

43

9

10

24

49

87

37

-38

24

Cambridge United

41

5

12

24

38

82

27

-44

With very little in the way of resources this season Kevan Broadhurst has had to make do with the squad he inherited at the end of September:

Starting line-up 25/09/01

Welch

Burgess

Hope

Evatt

Spedding

Dempsey

Hunter

Hunt

McGregor

Gabbiadini

Forrester

Substitutes

Asamoah

Parkin

Sollitt

Hodge

Carruthers

Starting line-up 30/03/02

Welch

Burgess

Hope

Sampson

Marsh

Hunt

Hunter

Hargreaves

Frain

Parkin

McGregor

Substitutes

Asamoah

Forrester

Sollitt

Hodge

Carruthers

With the exception of Evatt and Dempsey, the side Kevan Broadhurst fields now is pretty much the same as the side as when Kevin Wilson was sacked.

With no new names since the end of September Kevan Broadhurst has persevered with the squad that looked like relegation contenders and has done a great job of turning things around.

Notable names excluded are Marco Gabbiadini who usually features in the lineup was missing from the latest team sheet and Duncan Spedding.

Although the turnaround has shown the capabilities within the current suad, the big test will surely come in the 2002/03 season when Kevan has to change the side after the summer break.