Quite a few threads recently have centred around the time McManus became matchmaker of Dale Martin Promotions.
He's recently been credited with the championship success of Southern wrestlers, an increased power of Dale Martin within the JP group, 1980s changes resulting from his retirement and today that this low card 1950s welterweight played a pivitol role in the award of the television contract. That's a remarkable period spanning 30 years. When did he find time to split the atom and bring peace to northern Ireland?
What we have never done is identify during what years he held this matchmaking role at Dale Martin?
We really do need someone on the inside who actually knows, most of us would just be guessing.
Somewhere in this timeline we have to find space for Jack Dale, Les Martin, Joe D'Orazio, Mike Marino and Max Crabtree.