Since then, nothing. The 43-year old – whose CV also includes a promotion from Conference North and two appearances in the FA Cup third round – simply vanished from the football landscape.
“I’ve had offers to go back in,” explains the former Rochdale and Luton defender. “But the truth is, I don’t want to be a manager again. Not at any level. Not for any money.”
Bayliss, who spent six years in charge at Holker Street, is that rarity in football. A man for whom the bite of the managerial bug led not to a life-long dependency but a hangover so bleak that abstinence was the only option.
“I was 29 when I got player-manager,” says Bayliss. “You don’t get coached how to be a manager. There’s no easing-in period. You’re just there, and you take what’s thrown at you.
“At the time, I loved it. I made some great friends. Had some great moments. Even now, I feel very privileged to have managed a club like Barrow. I wouldn’t change it, at least not much.
“But, looking back, the toll it took was enormous. The club had no money. We had lads not being paid. The stress was constant.
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