Post by Taxigirl on Nov 19, 2003 9:46:51 GMT
Eddie Gray has been given special Premiership permission to continue as caretaker manager at Leeds United after it emerged he did not have the correct qualifications.
Rules introduced at the start of the season mean all Premiership managers must hold either a management diploma or a Uefa Pro License coaching certificate.
Gray, appointed following Peter Reid's departure, has neither, but has been allowed to continue in the role.
The dispensation will initially be extended to Gray for three months
Gray, who inherited a side rock bottom of the table, has never taken the special coaching courses needed to obtain the relevant qualifications and the club approached the Premier League for assistance.
A Premiership spokesman said: "There was a problem regarding the coaching diploma, but we have given Leeds special dispensation for a certain period of time.
League Managers' Association chief executive John Barnwell added: "There were new regulations stating that all managers who did not have a Pro License had to gain it in the summer.
"That's the course Peter Reid and others went on and they all came through it.
"Managers with 10 years or more experience - such as Alex Ferguson - were given a diploma."