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A super sub is a player that performs well when being brought on as a substitute rather than starting a game, usually scoring a late winning goal. There are plenty of examples of players who have been given the tag of ‘Super Sub’ because of how good they were at reading the match when sitting on the bench, then coming on and exploiting the weaknesses they had picked up on. A good manager knows who and when to substitute on to change a match.
During Manchester United’s treble-winning season of 1998/1999, Alex Ferguson was lucky enough to have four top-quality strikers to call upon. With Andrew Cole and Dwight Yorke mostly leading the line, he had two super subs to bring on late in matches, none more famously so than the Champions League final where Teddy Sheringham equalised in the 91st minute and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored the improbable winner in the 93rd minute.
An interim coach is put in temporary charge of a team when a manager or head coach has been sacked, resigned, or left by mutual consent. Sometimes referred to as ‘Caretaker Manager’. If near the start or the middle of the season, an interim coach can be expected to be in charge for 2-3 games until a new manager is found. Later in the season, an interim coach may be put in charge until the end of the season, like Michael Carrick at Manchester United.
Tony Parkes was interim coach for Blackburn Rovers a staggering six times between 1986 and 2004.