Duncan Ferguson

The 51-year-old former Everton first-team coach met with the club officials after they sacked manager Ian Burchall following a defeat to Bolton Wanderers, ...

We have a bit of a fight on our hands to stay up in League One and I am ready for the challenge. Duncan Ferguson (right) has been named as the new Forest Green Rovers manager, as he shakes hands with the club's multi-millionaire eco-warrior owner Dale Vince (left) - Duncan Ferguson has been named as the new Forest Green Rovers manager

The former Everton assistant and caretaker manager left Goodison Park at the end of last season in order to continue his coaching development.

Since leaving the Toffees, Ferguson held interviews with Middlesbrough and Wigan. To make matters worse, the side haven't won a match since early December and are currently on an eight-match winless run across all competitions. According to The Times, he also travelled to Madrid in order to meet with Real Madrid chief, and his former boss, Ancelotti.

Former Everton assistant manager and caretaker boss Duncan Ferguson was previously linked with a job at Real Madrid, but is now set for Forest Green Rovers ...

“I think the next appointment now is certainly going to be one that is going to appease the fans, it will be their main priority,” said Owen. Since leaving Everton, he has had interviews with Middlesbrough and Wigan, but is willing to take the plunge into a desperate battle to avoid dropping into League Two. That will take him out of contention to replace Lampard at Everton, with former Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa and ex-Burnley manager Sean Dyche the leading candidates. You’ve got the Chairman who has supported me as a player and as a coach. [Real Madrid](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/real-madrid-cf) when he swapped Merseyside for the Spanish capital. An incredibly difficult one but I need to move on, to take that next step in my career and look for that new challenge.

The Everton legend replaces Ian Birchnall who was sacked with the club bottom of League One. | ITV News West Country.

"It’s just fantastic to have the opportunity to work with him in this next phase of our journey toward the Championship.” "I am grateful for the opportunity to come and lead such a progressive and forward-thinking club too. "We have a bit of a fight on our hands to stay up in League One and I am ready for the challenge.

EVERTON legend Duncan Ferguson has become Forest Green manager - despite interest from his old side.The Toffees sacked Frank Lampard after a dismal ru.

[with Everton again looking for a new boss.](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21156979/sam-allardyce-breaks-silence-everton-manager/) [Ex-Leeds gaffer Marcelo Bielsa leads the race](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15128894/everton-next-manager-odds-gossip-marcelo-bielsa/) in front of Sean Dyche, still out of work having been sacked by Burnley. [Everton](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196662/everton/) in a caretaker role. [dugout departure of Ian Burchnall.](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21160729/man-utd-charlie-savage-transfer-forest-green/) [FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS - BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERS](https://www.thesun.co.uk/betting/20812234/free-bets/) [The Toffees sacked Frank Lampard](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18194665/everton-sack-frank-lampard-manager/) after a dismal run of results that leaves them second from bottom.

Former Everton player and coach Duncan Ferguson has been appointed as head coach of Forest Green. The League One club announced the 51-year-old Scot had taken ...

He was an FA Cup winner with the Toffees in 1995. “It’s just fantastic to have the opportunity to work with him in this next phase of our journey toward the Championship.” “I am grateful for the opportunity to come and lead such a progressive and forward-thinking club too.”

Former Everton caretaker boss Duncan Ferguson is poised to take his first step into management. The ex-Blues striker is currently out of work after leaving ...

It has been claimed that Ferguson is set to be named as manager of Forest Green Rovers. Now it’s claimed that the Greens are set to name Ferguson as their new boss. Ferguson has taken caretaker charge of Everton on two occasions, and has been linked with the job once again. He parted company with the club due to wanting to fulfil his ambitions of becoming a manager. It has been reported that Ferguson has already met with club officials at Forest Green, and is set to be confirmed as the club’s new manager. Following the sacking of Lampard on Monday, Ferguson was one of the names linked with taking over the vacancy.

Forest Green Rovers - recognised by FIFA and the United Nations as the “world's greenest football club” has today confirmed the appointment of Duncan ...

"I am grateful for the opportunity to come and lead such a progressive and forward-thinking club too. Dale Vince, Chairman, Forest Green Rovers, commented: “We’re all excited to welcome Duncan, he is someone I have admired from a far for a while. We have a bit of a fight on our hands to stay up in League One and I am ready for the challenge.

The ex-Blues striker has been confirmed as the new manager of the League One club. Ferguson has signed a long-term contract with the Greens, as he takes on his ...

Vince admitted his previous work at Everton was a big factor in the decision-making process for the appointment. Ferguson has signed a long-term contract with the Greens, as he takes on his first role in senior football management. Ferguson had been assistant manager to Frank Lampard until he left the club last July, having previously had two spells as caretaker boss. Dale Vince, chairman of Forest Green, has explained why he opted to bring Ferguson to the club. “We have a bit of a fight on our hands to stay up in League One and I am ready for the challenge. Now in charge at Forest green, Ferguson has explained why he took on the role at the New lawn.

Everton legend Duncan Ferguson has landed his first permanent management role after being appointed the new head coach of Forest Green Rovers.

He also had a two-year spell playing for Newcastle United and earned seven caps for [Scotland](/topic/scotland). “We have a bit of a fight on our hands to stay up in League One and I am ready for the challenge. He was an FA Cup winner with the Toffees in 1995.

Forest Green Rovers are on the verge of Duncan Ferguson's first signing as head coach with Tyler Onyango set to join on loan until the end of the season ...

“He looks the part, his gains are outstanding, he will get better and better. Onyango played in Burton’s 2-1 win over Forest Green on December 29 but was an unused substitute in the reverse fixture back in October. The teenager has 37 appearances at U21 level to his name before he embarked on his first loan spell at the Brewers this season.

Duncan Ferguson has revealed he didn't hold conversations with Everton over replacing Frank Lampard ahead of his appointment at Forest Green Rovers.

I want to get the best for the club and lets hopefully move up the division and move up to the next one.” We want to move up and we want to move on. "There is a new stadium coming and a new training ground coming. They are bottom of the league and lost a number of games. It is something I am looking forward to being a part of. “This is a fantastic club. I wish them well for the future.” "The club is going in a different direction now, aren’t they?” And speaking after his appointment was confirmed, the Scot revealed no one from Everton had been in touch with him over replacing Lampard. And for the second season running, the Blues find themselves mired in another relegation battle. “I think there was always a chance, wasn’t there? I wish them well.

It was only after his retirement as a player whose largely successful career had spanned 16 years that it occurred to Football Daily that we had never ...

We have a bit of a fight on our hands to stay up and I am ready for the challenge. And if they take an age arguing with the ref about the decision, have an opera singer stroll out to the middle of the pitch and sing the national anthem. I am grateful for the opportunity to come and lead such a progressive and forward-thinking club too. Yer honest sonsie faces could do yersels a favour and look north of the border at red-hot Kyogo Furuhashi and the ever-present Callum McGregor for a bit of inspiration, for auld lang syne” – Johnny Connelly. I am closing in on 74 years old, with a hairy chest my wife continues to enjoy. In normal circumstances, Toffees’ suits probably could’ve tracked him down to the Caffè Nero by platform nine, staring disconsolately at his phone while he despaired about his delay” – Jim Hearson. The subsequent six-page exclusive simultaneously contrived to be the most banal and fascinating interview with a footballer that has ever been committed to the printed page. Next time the opposition receive a red card, maybe the other team can form a guard of (dis)honour, all wave and clap as the disgraced red-carder departs the pitch, walking off on a hastily-deployed red carpet, to the sound of a 21-gun salute from canons specially deployed on top of the stand, as the floodlights flash from white to red, and Nelson Muntz’s trademark ‘ha-haaaa’ played on a loop. “I’m really delighted to join Forest Green Rovers for the next step of my career and I plan to be here for a while. Contractually obliged by his boot manufacturers to sit down for a magazine interview during the mid-90s, after consulting with his “people” the striker point-blank refused to talk about any other subject than Mitre boots. Not entirely unreasonably, Big Dunc felt he had been the victim of a stitch-up and there were plenty who agreed with him. This refusal to stand in front of a microphone may have had its origins in a court conviction for an on-field incident that even nowadays would merit little more than a red card and certainly not the three-month stretch in the Big House handed down by a Scottish beak.

New Forest Green Rovers boss Duncan Ferguson was left looking very uncomfortable on his first day in the job after being quizzed on the club's meat-free ...

The two men were interviewed by Sky Sports, and the topic swiftly moved onto Forest Green's policy of only serving vegan food to their players, while Ferguson was offered a vegetarian burger. I look forward to eating that later!' 'They look lovely, don't they?