In the first of our WMS ‘Meet the Managers’ series, Denis Smith talks us through his early years, how he came to be Sunderland manager and how he got Sunderland on the up again after relegation to the third tier for the first time in the club’s history. There are also contributions from some of Smith’s key men in the form of Gary Bennett and Marco Gabbiadini. Part Two out soon…

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