DUNCAN FERGUSON’S days under Forest Green supremo Dale Vince were over when a move for new assistant Ray McKinnon was blocked.
Ferguson turned to former team-mate McKinnon, boss of Forfar in Scotland.
He travelled south to join but was then told he would not be appointed and returned home.
The move came after Big Dunc’s No 2 Tony Grant quit his job at New Lawn Stadium to head for the Middle East.
Everton legend Ferguson was planning ahead and happy to stay – only for his plan to be turned down by the League Two club’s hierarchy.