 During the 2006 – 07 season , manager Colin Todd had been sacked because of a poor run of results . Club captain David Wetherall was originally appointed Todd 's successor on a caretaker basis , before being handed the role until the end of the season , during the following month . Wetherall could not stop City 's run of poor form , and the club were relegated to League Two on 28 April 2007 after a 3 – 0 defeat at Chesterfield . It was the club 's third relegation in seven seasons , and meant the 2007 – 08 season would be their first season in the fourth division of English football in 25 years . On 22 May 2007 , former City player Stuart McCall , who had played more than 400 games for the club during two previous spells , was announced as the club 's new manager to take over on 1 June 2007 . Although the club had just 13 players with first @-@ team experience , the bookmakers made City second favourites to win the League Two title . 
