Still open to the elements, and with a capacity of around 1,366, the Railway End is currently the smallest of all stands in the ground. On the 8th May 2023 the statue was unveiled by the Uruguayan ambassador to the UK, Mr Cesar Rodriguez Zavalla, the statue now proudly stands located outside the Cheadle End at Edgeley Park. Alan Biggs (TalkSPORT): Today we happily accommodate Premier League managers speaking through an interpreter – even an England boss in the early days of Fabio Capello. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Bergara began his playing career at the age of 16, playing for Racing Club in the Uruguayan First Division, picking up a handful of under-21 caps for Uruguay, before moving to Spain in 1962 where he was top scorer for Real Mallorca for four seasons and Sevilla for two seasons.

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The Man from Uruguay (A footballing journey) is the official biography of an extraordinary man and is available from www. Oltremanica inizia anche ad allenare, a partire dal 1973; in particolare, dal 1973 al 1978 allena nelle giovanili del Luton Town, mentre dal 1978 al 1983 allena come vice allo Sheffield Utd. Spells with Rotherham and Doncaster followed with little success, before Bergara disappeared into the shadows once more, working as a scout for Sunderland and Wolves right up until a short illness claimed his life just one day after his 65th birthday in 2007. Phase Three relates to the Main Stand (the Danny Bergara Stand) and would expand the existing stand to the full length of the pitch. They planned to start their own travel business, but due to an unusual set of circumstances he began coaching at nearby Luton Town.In six fantastic years from 1989 to 1995, Danny led County to promotion as runners up from the old Fourth division and to Wembley finals on no less than four separate occasions! Biography of Danny Bergara, first South American manager to lead an English club in a Cup Final at Wembley, and the first foreign coach of an England team.

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For the 1998–99 season, he was named manager of Grantham Town, who had just won promotion to the Southern League Premier Division.Controversially, his Edgeley Park adventure ended with the sack following a bitter fall-out with his chairman, and although an industrial tribunal ruled in 1996 that he had been unfairly dismissed, his career never regained full impetus. I’m not saying the technique isn’t there [in Britain], but it’s not as refined as that of the Brazilians or Italians, for example. Having arrived in Division Three for the 1991/92 season, Danny’s team proved to be inspirational, starting as they meant to continue, with an opening day five-goal thrashing of Swansea City. Si ritira all'età di 30 anni al termine della stagione 1971-1972, dopo aver giocato per una stagione e mezzo in terza divisione con la maglia del Tenerife.

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Phase One will replace the East Stand (or Railway End) from the current 1,366 seats (without a roof) to approximately 4,500 seats (with roof). The plan would have involved purchasing The Bungalow behind it, on which a hotel would have been built by Britannia Building Society, which would have overlooked the ground. Bergara is often wrongly referred to as the first foreign manager in English football – he was in fact preceded by managers such as the South African Peter Hauser, who managed Chester City between 1963 and 1968. A member of the Hatters' hall of fame, Bergara was in charge at Edgeley Park between 1989 and 1995 and played a key role in taking the Hatters to one division below the Premiership. Danny had made a massive impact on County supporters and changed the direction of the Club utilising his personal brand of magic!The club management job he craved took a further five years to materialise, and Brennan believes Bergara’s nationality played a part. In an emotionally charged atmosphere, before kick off " My Way" by Frank Sinatra was played at Edgeley Park, as it was Bergara's favourite song. The Cheadle End behind the goal at the west end of the ground is the largest and most modern stand in the stadium, and one of the largest stands outside the Premier League. This did not stop the stadium being redeveloped with new seating put into the Railway End, and new external cladding added to the Cheadle End.