By Nathan Jackson
February 27 2011

Ex-Lincoln boss Peter Jackson has been named as the new Bradford manager, even if it is only on a temporary basis. The former Bradford captain takes charge of just his third club after two spells with Huddersfield and a mixed spell at Lincoln.

Jackson has been out of football management since then and 18 months after his departure from Sincil Bank, he has been named as the interim manager of Bradford following the departure of Peter Taylor. He will be in charge until the club appoints a permanent boss, a position he is still applying for. The fixture list during the time he will be in charge isn't friendly, with games against promotion chasing duo Gillingham and Rotherham

Jackson was Lincoln manager from October 31st 2007 to September 2nd 2009. His spell in charge was mixed, going on long unbeaten runs just as often as he would guide us to long runs without a win and although his first season in charge was deemed successful given the position the club were in when he took over.

His spell in charge started reasonably poorly, losing the first three matches before a win over Notts County at Sincil Bank to record City's first win in one day shy of three months. Inconsistency followed but Jackson firmly believed the Imps could still make the Playoffs, that despite being bottom for long spells, and he bought out his famous "Jackson's 5 Steps".....however, the season was to end for Jackson sooner than expected.

Just after a 3-0 win away at Accrington in the middle of a spell of five straight wins, Jackson announced he had throat cancer and would be leaving for treatment for a City period of time. During his absence his assistant Iffy Onuora secured City's Football League status.

Jackson returned in summer of 2009 and the Imps enjoyed a strong pre-season campaign, beating a strong Aston Villa side at Sincil Bank and then thrasing Farsley Celtic at the Throstle's Nest (Farsley had just been promoted to the Blue Square Premier and had thrashed several League Two clubs in their pre-season). Signings started rolling in and it contained a lot of players who had achieved success at this level, including previously free-scoring David Graham, pacey David Gall and technically brilliant Stefan Oakes, although none would go on to achieve the success that they had previously at this level. Jackson went on to call these signings the "Magnificent Seven" and "The Envy of League Two."

The results certainly weren't envious though as City struggled to maintain form all throughout the season, only looking like challenging for promotion once during the season. More high profile signings such as Geoff Horsfield and Anthony Elding followed, but neither really achieved the former they had had earlier in their career, although Horsfield was returning to football after several years out through testicular cancer, so most fans weren't surprised his fitness levels weren't the best.

City eventually finished 13th but it was Jackson's relationship with striker Adrian Patulea that saw a lot of people turn against Jackson. At the time the fans loved Patulea and he was City's leading goalscorer, but he and Jackson had a public argument towards the end of the season that eventually saw Patulea leave for Leyton Orient. Due to the previous season's average showing and the fallout from the Patulea issue, the pressure was mounting on Jackson.

With a reduced budget, Jackson struggled to replace a lot of his outgoing stars and after players such as Lee Frecklington and Dany N'Guessan left, the budget meant he had to replace them with players such as Chris Fagan and Jamie Clarke, two players who didn't last very long at Lincoln. Despite a decent start to the 2009/10 season, which included winning twice in the opening three league games, he was sacked after a 1-0 defeat to Darlington in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.

Almost ironically, his last ever win as Lincoln manager was a 2-0 victory at Bradford.

Peter Jackson given Bradford job

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27/02/2011 14:26

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niceimp
28/02/2011 00:10

The only mistake Jackson made with Patulea "the petulant" was signing him in the first place. And we were daft enough to pay money for him. A joke of a professional footballer. (although admittedly we've had a few in our time).

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Kate Jackson
28/02/2011 00:17

I think the early warning sign about Patulea was when he said he had no club....then we try to sign him and his registration is with Petrolul (I think it was).

I liked the way he played and he scored and was, until Grimes, the last striker to reach double figures....but the stories I've heard some shocking things from various people make me wonder if we would have done better had he never been here.

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niceimp
28/02/2011 01:16

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Nathan Jackson
I think the early warning sign about Patulea was when he said he had no club....then we try to sign him and his registration is with Petrolul (I think it was).
I liked the way he played and he scored and was, until Grimes, the last striker to reach double figures....but the stories I've heard some shocking things from various people make me wonder if we would have done better had he never been here.

He was a disruptive influence and refused to listen to what any of the coaching staff had to say; detested by most of his teammates. Had the same ego problem and inability to listen / learn at Orient. We did not do our homework on him and were taken for a ride. Should never have signed him in the first place and certainly not at a fee!

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StratfordImp
28/02/2011 09:31

I want FrancoBantam to come back on here now so we can poke fun at him.....Nathan is he allowed back on?

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