- Kevin Cullis
Kevin Cullis (born 1958) is a former English football manager and a convicted
fraud ster.Cullis' brief managerial career at the professional level came when he was appointed manager of Third Division Swansea City on
February 7 1996 by prospective new chairman Michael Thompson. He had never played professional football and his only previous management experience was as the youth coach ofnon-league club Cradley Town,cite news | url=http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960215/ai_n14032121 | title=Coventry close to signing Lennon | work=The Independent | date=1996-02-15 ] then of theWest Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division, and based at Cradley in theBlack Country .Cullis managed Swansea City for just two games, a 1-0 home defeat to Swindon Town and a 4-0 defeat at Blackpool. According to the club, he resigned after the Blackpool match on
February 14 1996 , but Cullis himself denied that he had resigned and even claimed he was still in charge of the club. [cite news | url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960216/ai_n14032339 | title=Huddersfield striker fails second dope test | work=The Independent | date=2006-02-16 ] A couple of days later, Swansea's outgoing chairmanDoug Sharpe called off Thompson's takeover and resumed control. [cite news | url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960217/ai_n14032514 | title=FA to step up drug testing | work=The Independent | date=2006-02-17 ]In April 2003, Cullis was jailed for nine months for fraud and deception at
Wolverhampton Crown Court after falsely claiming to be a highly-paid marketing consultant. [cite news | url=http://archive.thisistheblackcountry.co.uk/2003/05/01/25833.html | title=Fraudster jailed for credit lies | work=This Is The Black Country | date=2003-05-01 ] He was jailed again, for a further nine months, at the same court in September 2004 for handling a stolen insurance certificate and using it with intent to deceive. [cite news | url=http://archive.thisistheblackcountry.co.uk/2004/9/10/10768.html | title=Nine months for shamed former soccer manager | work=This Is The Black Country | date=2004-09-10 ]References
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