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Colls aim to top the polls

Michael Clegg says Atherton Collieries es must start thinking like winners again after arresting a dismal two-year decline.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 June 2025

Colls aim

Boss Clegg has set his sights high
By Chris Dunlavy

PERFECT MATCH: Jordan Hunter and, inset, his Atherton Collieries manager Michael Clegg
PICTURE: Rick Matthews

MICHAEL Clegg says Atherton Collieries es must start thinking like winners again after arresting a dismal two-year decline.
Clegg, 41, guided the Lancastrian side to three promotions in five seasons before leaving in 2019 and subsequently managed Ashton United, Warrington Rylands and Macclesfield.
When he returned in August, however, Colls lay rock bottom of NPL Division One West and were in grave danger of suffering back-to-back...

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