McCarthy Confirms Scouts in Sights - Ipswich Town News
Blues boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed that he’d like to bring his former Wolves scouts Dave Bowman (pictured) and Ian ‘Taff’ Evans to Portman Road. The duo left their roles at Molineux on Friday.
McCarthy says he’d be interested in being reunited with the pair: "Yes, because they’re guys of mine. We’ll see. There’s nothing in place at the moment but it’s something I’ll look at.”
Egham-born Evans was the Wolves European scout having previously been McCarthy’s assistant manager at Molineux, as well as being on his staff at Millwall, Sunderland and with the Republic of Ireland, including during the World Cup in 2002.
The former Wales international played with QPR, Crystal Palace, Barnsley, Exeter and Cambridge United as a defender and was also assistant manager to Steve Coppell at tonight’s opponents Crystal Palace for five years and boss at Swansea City.
Bowman, who was the chief scout at Wolves, first linked up with McCarthy and Evans at Barnsley and was with them at Millwall, Sunderland and with the Republic of Ireland, where he also worked under Brian Kerr and Steve Staunton.
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