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When Mick McCarthy was under pressure at Wolves, his assistant Taff Evans came up with a solution that probably would not appear in many coaching manuals.
They had Nottingham Forest in the Cup on the Tuesday.
It was Sunday night.
And with the job already starting to feel like it was slipping away, Taff told him they should take the lads out for a drink.
McCarthy thought about it and agreed.
If he was going to get the sack after Nottingham Forest anyway, they may as well have a few beers first.
So they arranged to meet the players in Covent Garden.
And from there, it became exactly the sort of night you would expect when a group of footballers were told they were all going out drinking together.
“They all turned up and just got rocking drunk.”
McCarthy was still at the bar having a pint when a big muscly bloke came over with his mates.
He had been told McCarthy was in charge.
“I’m in charge of some of them in here.”
The man told him one of his players had insulted his girlfriend.
And now they were going to beat him up.
That was when McCarthy suddenly became very much in charge.
“Well, then I am in charge, yes.”
He tried to calm it down first.
If one of his players had said something, McCarthy told him he would apologise on his behalf and get the player to apologise as well.
But the bloke was not interested.
“No, no, apologies no good. We’re going to beat him up.”
So McCarthy looked around and worked out the numbers.
There were six of his staff at the bar.
There were still around 25 players in the other bit of the pub.
And on the other side there were three lads, however big they were, and their girlfriends.
McCarthy did not fancy the odds for them.
“If you punch him, I’m going to punch you.”
“I’m going to be first in and then we’re all going to start.”
The bloke kept giving him lip, but McCarthy was not moving.
“I’m not arguing with you. I’m just telling you.”
“If you punch him, I’m going to be first in and all the others will come in behind me.”
He later admitted he was probably stood there with his fingers crossed hoping the bloke did not hit him.
But by then the players had gathered around as well, and McCarthy had already committed to the speech.
“So you have two choices, either f*** off or you end up fighting us.”
“And it’s going to be me and you to start.”
The man eventually made the right decision for everybody and walked away.
The only problem was, after all that, McCarthy and Taff stayed at the bar for another pint.
The players all drifted off.
And then the two of them had to walk out on their own.
“I hope this f***** isn’t stood outside with his two mates and his three girlfriends.”
On the Tuesday night, they played Nottingham Forest.
They won 2-0.
The players came in on the Monday morning ready for it, won the cup game, then won five games on the bounce.
McCarthy got manager of the month.
And his Wolves career carried on for more than a thousand games.
“I’m telling you, I’d have been out of work, but for that.”
“I think that got us out of jail there.”
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