Non-League Paper

ELY PAIR STEP IT UP

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 January 2020

LUKE McAvoy and Ben Farmer have taken over the reins at struggling Ely City.
The pair have been running Kershaw Premier League outfit Cambridge University Press, who knocked Ely out of the Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup this season, and are now in charge of a Step 5 club for the first time.
They replace Brady Stone who stepped down from the Eastern Counties Premier Division outfit after nearly six years.
Farmer said the duo were “buzzing to get going with a really good club”.
A City statement said: “Luke and Ben felt the time was right for them to step up to the next level ...

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