Tributes paid to former Black Country football manager who discovered stars of the future

A legendary Black Country footballing figure who discovered many players who went on to have league careers has died,

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Steve Daniels, aged 72, passed away on Friday his family said.

Mr Daniels was known as a colourful character who managed Cradley Town FC twice and sent players like Jon Ford, Alan Nicholls and John Williams onto league clubs like Swansea, Coventry and Plymouth where they would go on to have successful careers.

The lifelong Wolves fan also had a spell as chief scout at Bradford City and was the last manager at Bromsgrove Rovers when they folded in 2010.

He also went into politics and after being a lifelong Labour party member, defected to UKIP in 2014 where he stood in the  borough elections and was instrumental in a campaign to save the Dudley Hippodrome