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THE BIGINTER VIEW

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
6 August 2017

I could barely face the fans – but now the positivity has returned

By SAM ELLIOTT

PHIL PARKINSON
ALTRINCHAM MANAGE
PHIL PARKINSON feared the worst after agreeing to a Meet The Fans Q&A night in the bar at Altrincham’s Moss Lane having just taken over.
“It seemed like a good idea at the time but the closer it got, yes I did start to wonder why I agreed to it!” the Robins boss said, reminiscing about his first few days in the job.
Parkinson doesn’t do fear, there’s evidence aplenty in the way he talks. The very fact that he left a stable job he loved...

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