Mick Harford

Mick arrived at Forest as Joe Kinnear's assistant in November 2004, although even at the time many were expecting him to succeed the under-pressure manager. Indeed, Harford did take over from Kinnear after his resignation the next month, but he was only to be in charge for six games.

He got wins over Stoke and QPR, but was not offered the job permanently so ended his spell at Forest after only three months when Gary Megson was hired as manager.

Many felt that Harford – who had given up a lucrative position at Luton to join the Reds – had been hard-done-by by Forest, having not been offered a permanent contract when he was hired as assistant boss.

After leaving the club he spoke of his disappointment at having not been able to have a better crack at the job. However, it seemed like a case of wrong time, wrong place for Harford as Forest couldn't afford to give such an inexperienced man the job in the middle of a relegation battle.

In February 2005 he was hired by Swindon as Andy King's assistant.

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