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ABBOTT AIMING TO LIFT ROBINS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 May 2019

By Andy Mitchell

OPTIMISM: Carl Abbott

NEW boss Carl Abbott is optimistic Evesham United will have enough bite to ensure another Midlands underdog can have its day.
Abbott left Quorn to take the reins on Wednesday, nine days after the sacking of long-serving predecessor Paul Collicutt who had led the Robins to three play-off appearances in his five full seasons in charge.
Last season’s seventh spot in Southern League Division One South was as bad as it got but the Worcestershire club’s committee still pulled the trigger, even after chairman Jim Cockerton had expressed a desir...

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