Coppell to be new Bristol City boss
Published 23:00 19/04/10 By Mike Walters
Steve Coppell will end his 11-month exile from football by taking over as Bristol City manager in the next 48 hours.
Coppell, 54, has been out of the game since he quit Reading following the Royals' play-off semi-final defeat by Burnley last May.
But City chairman Steve Lansdown expects to parade the former England winger before Saturday's home game with Derby - in the hope he will complete a hat-trick of promotions to the Premier League with three different clubs.
Coppell has already led Crystal Palace and Reading through the skylight, and now he has been handed an opportunity to go one step further than Gary Johnson, who stepped down at Ashton Gate by mutual consent last month.
Johnson took City out of the lower divisions in 2007 but was pipped to the Premier League treasure chest by Hull at Wembley two years ago.
He has since become relegated Peterborough's fourth manger this season, succeeding Darren Ferguson, Mark Cooper and Jim Gannon.
