Stephen Robinson: Motherwell gaffer drifts to 7/2 joint second favourite to be next Northern Ireland manager

Motherwell fans will no doubt be cheered to hear that popular manager Stephen Robinson has drifted to 7/2 joint second favourite to become the next boss of his home country Northern Ireland.
By Craig Goldthorp
Published 15th May 2020, 16:25 BST
Updated 15th May 2020, 16:42 BST
Robbo led Motherwell to third place after 30 games of the 2019-20 Scottish Premiership (Pic by Ian McFadyen)Robbo led Motherwell to third place after 30 games of the 2019-20 Scottish Premiership (Pic by Ian McFadyen)
Robbo led Motherwell to third place after 30 games of the 2019-20 Scottish Premiership (Pic by Ian McFadyen)

It's Tommy Wright - who recently resigned as St Johnstone gaffer - who is the hot 8/13 favourite to take over the Green Army hotseat.

Ironically, the other joint second favourite for the role is another former Motherwell manager in Ian Baraclough - the current manager of Northern Ireland under-21s.

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Motherwell boss Robbo - a popular figure with fans after leading the club to third place after 30 games of this coronavirus-afflicted season - also has reaching both national cup finals with the Steelmen in the 2017-2018 campaign on his CV.

Tommy Wright is odds on favourite to be next manager of his country (Pic by Michael Gillen)Tommy Wright is odds on favourite to be next manager of his country (Pic by Michael Gillen)
Tommy Wright is odds on favourite to be next manager of his country (Pic by Michael Gillen)

The Northern Ireland job became available on April 22 when Michael O'Neill, who guided his country to the Euro 2016 finals in France, quit after eight years in charge to focus on his manager's job at Stoke City.

He had been poised to lead Northern Ireland into March's postponed Euros qualifier with Bosnia-Herzegovina.

However Uefa has now proposed to reschedule this game for the autumn.

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Latest odds (sources Betfair and Paddy Power) are: 8/13 Tommy Wright; 7/2 Stephen Robinson, Ian Baraclough; 25/1 Austin MacPhee, Orna Kearney, David Healy; 50/1 Martin O'Neill, Grant McCann, Jim Magilton, Aaron Hughes.

Related topics:Stephen RobinsonTommy WrightNorthern IrelandIan BaracloughSt Johnstone

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