‘The truth is…’ Charlie Mulgrew makes surprise admission after Celtic hero quit management role
Charlie Mulgrew has opened up on his first foray into management after his sudden departure.
The Celtic hero took his first steps into management when he was appointed by Scottish League One side Kelty Hearts, but only lasted 12 weeks before Mulgrew decided to call it quits.
Charlie Mulgrew hated his time as Kelty Hearts manager
Despite working under the likes of Neil Lennon in his career, it seems as if the managerial path was never the right one for Mulgrew.
He only won one of his 11 games in charge of the club and in an honest reflection of his brief stint in the dugout on the Open Goal podcast, the 39-year-old admitted that it wasn’t for him.
“It’s been a weight off my shoulders. A good feeling to get it done, the Bhoys icon said.
“It’s weird because you spend the last five years, seven years of your football career, starting to plan, think what you want to do. Until you’re actually in it and doing it, you don’t know what you’re getting yourself in for.
The truth is, I didn’t enjoy it. I didn’t enjoy all of it. It was only part-time, so I think to myself, you go into a career and you want to get to the best, you want to go as high as you can.
“So I think if I’d gone full-time, how would I feel? I couldn’t think of anything worse now than becoming a full-time manager.”
Mulgrew had doubts early on about life as a manager
11 weeks is a short time – even for a football manager.
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