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Type of pitch for football coach - the one responsible for the team's results after making the most of promotion (5,7)

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I believe the answer is:

sales manager

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'the one responsible for the team's results after making the most of promotion' is the definition.
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'type of pitch for football coach' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'pitch' could be 'sales' ('sales pitch' can be a synonym of 'pitch') and 'sales' is located in the answer.
'coach' could be 'manager' ('manager' can be a synonym of 'coach') and 'manager' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
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I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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