The Cowley's took Concord Rangers from the Essex Senior League to the Conference South. That takes real ability. Those are tough leagues and they did it on a limited budget. The Isthmian North, which they had to go through is a league in which everyone can beat everyone else. They then took Lincoln from the Conference to League 1. That's progression up 6 steps of the pyramid. They then consolidated a club on a downward spiral at a 7th step. One brief flirtation with relegation at the highest level they'd reach after coming from where they came from doesn't constitute failure in my eyes. With a record like that, the adaptability and willingness to learn that they've had to show, they'd be exactly the kind of managers I'd put my faith into oversee a plan to manage us to the Premier League.
