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Cooper’s still on the title trail

Mark Cooper says he has joined Chelmsford City to win promotion – and the Clarets have also landed legend John Still to help him do it.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 April 2026

Mark Cooper says he has joined Chelmsford City to win promotion – and the Clarets have also landed legend John Still to help him do it.
The National League South Clarets have recruited two of Non-League’s most successful gaffers as they look to reach the National League’s top-flight for the first time in history.
Still has been appointed as head of football having recently left Southend United, where he held a similar role.
And ambitious owner Spencer Gore, who recently wielded the axe of Angelo Harrop, has lured Cooper back to the division.
The 57-year-old former Peterborough and Swindon bo...

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