Northern Premier League

ADAM’S FIRED AND HIRED – IN 2 DAYS!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 January 2026

By Jon Couch

FORMER Premier League player Adam Clayton had a Christmas he’ll never forget – after being sacked, and then reinstated inside two days!
The former Middlesbrough, Leeds and Huddersfield star was relieved of his duties by the ambitious NPL East promotion chasers following a 3-0 defeat to Ossett United on Boxing Day.
A club statement explaining the decision, which is no longer available online, told how “too many results” had “fallen short of the standards expected”, despite just two defeats from their last six matches and with the...

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