"Hughes' CV is not too shabby - more than 600 appearances as a player for the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona. Then as a manager more than 450 top-flight games at Blackburn, Stoke City, Southampton, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers, as well as an 18-month spell at the Etihad Stadium just as City were coming under their transformative Abu Dhabi ownership."
"By contrast, Savage's management career started in the Northern Premier League Premier Division - the seventh tier of the English game - with Macclesfield Town before he moved to fifth-tier Forest Green in the summer Hughes - known affectionately as 'Sparky' from a childhood comic book hero - is managing at non-league level for the first time after joining Carlisle last season following an 18-month spell at Bradford City."
Mark Hughes and Robbie Savage, former club and country colleagues, face each other as rival managers when Carlisle United host Forest Green Rovers in a National League top-of-the-table match. Hughes has over 600 playing appearances for Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona and more than 450 top-flight managerial matches at clubs including Blackburn, Stoke, Southampton, Fulham and QPR, plus an 18-month spell at Manchester City during its Abu Dhabi takeover. Savage played 346 top-flight games and began management at Macclesfield Town in the Northern Premier League before moving to fifth-tier Forest Green. Hughes is managing at non-league level for the first time after joining Carlisle following a spell at Bradford City.
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