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From Kettering Town terraces to the Premier League dugout! Sean Dyche goes back to his roots

Almost five decades after he first watched Kettering Town, Sean Dyche returned to the terraces last week to watch the Poppies host Anstey Nomads in Southern Premier League Central.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 October 2026

Almost five decades after he first watched Kettering Town, Sean Dyche returned to the terraces last week to watch the Poppies host Anstey Nomads in Southern Premier League Central.

And it’s clear Dyche’s enthusiasm for everything at Kettering remains; the football, the club and community, having now managed 351 matches in the Premier League.
“I used to love watching Kettering Town,” the former Chesterfield, Millwall, Watford and Northampton defender recalls.
“I had a season ticket with my dad for a few years when I was really little.
“My mum knitted a Kettering Town hat for me and those are...

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