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Barnsley boss Wilson: 1,000 and counting...

League OneBarnsley boss Danny Wilson says the achievement of reaching 1,000 games in management will become rarer in future. The 54-year-old will lead a team for the 1,000th time in Saturday's League One game against Leyton Orient.

"The word patience is long gone," the former Northern Ireland international told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"It's a results and financial driven industry these days, so I don't think it'll happen too often from now on."

He continued: "There's a few managers in the seven and eight hundreds and I hope they reach 1,000, but after them I think you'll find it will be very few and far between.

"If things are not going well, the first port of call is to change the manager, whether that is the right decision or not."

Wilson is the 24th manager in English football to reach the milestone.

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