We wanted to know if the chairman, or anybody else from the club, would like to say anything positive about the turnaround in results?

The following year he was given the PFA Division Three Player of the Year again, this time playing for Division Three champions, Doncaster Rovers. They went on to have a successful campaign, winning the FA Trophy at Villa Park against Stevenage [14] and finishing third in the Conference. Some reports, challenged by McIndoe, have stated that more than 300 people were owed money, a Who’s Who of the football industry that included Robbie Keane, Jimmy Bullard, Gabby Agbonlahor and many others from the Premier League to the lower divisions.

McIndoe's first season at Doncaster was very successful with the Rovers winning the Third Division (fourth tier) title. We have decided we do not wish to answer any questions or give any interviews and, to be fair, we would not have time even had we wanted to,” he replied, via text message. McIndoe, who spent his playing career in England with Bristol City, Coventry and Luton amongst others, replaces Alan Maybury at the cinch League 1 outfit. He and his coaching staff left Gretna 2008 on 24 April 2023 to manage in the higher divisions of Scottish football. He was brought up by his mother on The Calders in Edinburgh, a concrete estate of high-rise tower blocks that were put up in the 1970s.

His talent was never in question but his off-field problems with alcohol addiction meant in December 1999, he was entered into the Priory. The Scottish winger was voted in the top five footballers of the year in The Times Football Yearbook 2004/05 [1] alongside Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard. After discussions with manager Lennie Lawrence it was decided a new club would be the best for his career.In 2003 Michael won Conference Player of the Year, in a unanimous vote after being promoted into the Football League with Yeovil Town.