‘Never’ - Ex-Crystal Palace, Stoke City and West Brom boss admits his managerial days are over

Ex-Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis has ruled out a return to management. The 65-year-old is enjoying his time out of the game at home and doesn’t fancy going back into the dugout anytime soon.

His managerial career started back in 1992 at AFC Bournemouth and he went on to have spells at Gillingham, Bristol City, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Plymouth Argyle, West Brom, Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday. He has been in charge for over 1,000 matches.

Crystal Palace turned to him in November 2013 when they were struggling near the bottom of the Premier League and he ended up keeping them up. He then left Selhurst Park before the start of the 2014/15 season.

Pulis has been speaking about his plans on the Undr The Cosh Podcast:

“I’ve really enjoyed being home, I’ve got to be honest. I’m 65 now, I spent a lot of time travelling (around the country). We’ve always kept our base down here.

“I don’t think I would ever want to go back in as a manager. I have enjoyed helping people in other sports and in football.

“I had a phone call from a country (international team) a couple of months ago but it wasn’t right. You never say no to anything but one thing I will say no to is that I’ll never go back in as a manager.

“I think the energy that you need, the commitment and everything else, I have passed that point because of what I have here (at home).”

His most successful spell was at Stoke and he got the Potters into the top flight in 2008. He also got them to the FA Cup final a few years later where they lost to Manchester City at Wembley.

Pulis had two separate stints with the Staffordshire club. The first was from 2002 to 2005 before he returned for seven years from 2006 to 2013.