Les Parry not keen on being Tranmere Rovers manager permanently

Oct 20 2009 by Nick Hilton, Liverpool Daily Post

Les Parry reluctant to take on the role of managing Tranmere on a permanent basis

CARETAKER Les Parry admits he may be reluctant to take on the role of managing Tranmere on a permanent basis – should the opportunity be offered.

The popular, long-serving physiotherapist was cheered throughout a 2-1 home win over Brighton last Saturday – Rovers first win under the temporary management regime of Parry, reserve and youth coach Shaun Garnett and Wayne Allison.

But while Parry says he is “quite enjoying” the experience of managing the club he has served for more than 20 years, he added: “Whether I am enjoying it enough to want it long-term is another matter. At this moment in time, probably not.”

Parry went on: “It is difficult because I am going to jobs and that does not help. All of my days are packed at the moment.

“There is all the peripheral stuff the manager has to do: talking to players who aren’t happy and things like that. It does not bother me but I don’t particularly enjoy it.”

However, Parry is offering his encouragement to coach and assistant Allison to go after the post vacated by the dismissal of John Barnes 11 days ago.

Allison, a fully qualified coach with experience as an assistant manager at two League clubs, is known throughout the football world as “The Chief.” He spent three seasons with Tranmere as a player between 1999 and 2002.

Parry said: “The Chief was talking to me about applying for the job and was a bit embarrassed. But I said: ‘Put in for the job’.

“It makes no odds whether I want the job or don’t want it, you might as well apply for it.”

Allison has experience as an assistant at both Bury and Chester City, boasts a full UEFA “A” licence and is finishing a PhD in sports science.

He had no hesitation in accepting Parry’s invitation to help out following the departure of John Barnes and Jason McAteer on October 9.