On the opposite side of the ground to the Main Stand, running the full length of the pitch, is the Family Stand. In 1990–91 he guided County to promotion from the Fourth Division, missing out on the title by a single point.

Danny Bergara – The Man from Uruguay

Controversially, his Edgeley Park adventure ended with the sack following a bitter fall-out with his chairman, and although an industrial tribunal ruled in 1996 that he had been unfairly dismissed, his career never regained full impetus. Unusually, rather than running the length of the pitch, as would normally be expected in football stadia nowadays, the Main Stand is only about 75 yards long, straddling the half way line, with the gaps at each end containing other club-related buildings. In 1991–92, County took the Third Division by storm by beating Swansea City 5–0 on the opening day, and quickly became contenders in the race for promotion.I do remember asking Daniel in ‘broken English’ when first meeting him what he was studying or what was his profession aside from playing football. A string of poor results saw Bergara become the club’s Director of Football and Chief Scout, with Tony Kenworthy, becoming manager.

Bergara dies after illness - Manchester Evening News

Whether he would be happy to admit it or not, Bergara led the way for the glut of overseas coaches in Britain. Initially holding around 500 seats, this was a relatively low timber structure and it was totally destroyed by a fire in 1935. But Danny became friends with Paddy Sowden [Luton’s chief scout] and he saw these scrapbooks Jan had kept of Danny playing in Spain, which is when Paddy realised how good a player he was. Name in home country: Alberto Daniel Bergara de Medina Date of birth: Jul 24, 1942 Place of birth: Montevideo Date of death: 25. As with the Main Stand opposite, the roof is supported towards the front by several steel columns; their thickness and location are partly explained by the fact that when the current roof was built, in 1956, it had to be erected in front of an existing roof, which covered only the rear part of the then much deeper and higher terrace.He brought in the likes of Chris Beaumont, David Frain, Neil Edwards, Jim Gannon, Mike Flynn, Andy Preece, Kevin Francis, Lee Todd, Alun Armstrong, Tony Dinning, Sean Connolly, Peter Ward, Paul R Williams and Paul A Williams; all gave years of great service to the club and in many cases moved on for much larger ‘fees’ than they had arrived for. In fact, Bergara blazed a trail for the likes of Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho to follow, writing his name in English football’s history books along the way. Bergara fue el primer técnico extranjero de lengua materna no inglesa en dirigir un equipo en Inglaterra.