Over To You Lingy! 

Lee Power hands Martin Ling the reigns with Swindon Town second from bottom

 

Swindon Town have a new manager - former Robin, Martin Ling.

 

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The 49-year-old was unveiled at a press conference this morning at the County Ground and commented  "this is a club where I had my best footballing times as a player, so I hope we can follow that through with my best footballing times as a manager".

 

In two spells at Swindon, Ling was a member of Glenn Hoddle's side that reached the Premiership in 1993.

 

But the new manager isn't immediately thinking of such lofty ambitions in the near future, with Swindon currently just one place off the bottom of League One.

 

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"For me it's a club that's got big potential and I'm looking forward to fulfilling that potential," he said.

 

"The immediate target is to move them up the league and start to get a winning team on the pitch."

  

Ling's first game in charge is this Saturday in the first round of the FA Cup away at Rochdale.

 

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