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The Big Interview: Chris Agutter – Sutton United boss has found the right path
Chris Agutter quit a well-paid mechanical engineering job to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time football manager.
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/ 1 month agoThe Big Interview: Hungerford Town boss Danny Robinson – I’ve plenty more left in the tank!
Danny Robinson still remembers his first game as a Non-League football manager.
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/ 3 months agoThe Big Interview: Spencer Gore – I’ve got this big hairy ambition, to take Chelmsford City to the Premier League!
Spencer Gore calls them BHAGs – Big Hairy Audacious Goals. “With EMJ (European Medical Journal) we’ve got a mission to elevate the quality of healthcare globally,” Gore says of the company he founded that has...
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/ 4 months agoThe Big Interview: Kelvin Davis – Virgil van Dijk’s exit taught me you must live for the moment
The moment Burton Albion signalled their intention to sign Tyrese Shade, Eastleigh manager Kelvin Davis knew the game was up - and memories of Virgil van Dijk's big money move to Liverpool came to his...
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/ 5 months agoThe Big Interview: Aaron Wildig – Shrimps’ saga just shows that you must live for the moment
Aaron Wildig spent the best years of his career at Morecambe and is heartbroken to see the chaos currently engulfing the Shrimps.
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/ 5 months agoThe Big Interview: Adam Le Fondre still has targets after goal-laden career
Adam Le Fondre scored 12 goals in his solitary season as a Premier League footballer. That’s a better minutes-per-goal ratio than Mo Salah and Harry Kane.
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoThe Big Interview: Hartlepool United manager Simon Grayson
Simon Grayson is no mug. After 784 games, four promotions and an abundance of boardroom drama, he knows exactly what he’s walked into at Hartlepool United.
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/ 5 months agoThe Big Interview: Steve Pitt – Whatever the task, I’m willing to get my hands dirty
There can’t be many National League managers helping out with a kitchen fitting when The NLP calls but Steve Pitt needs to phone back.
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The Big Interview
/ 6 months agoThe Big Interview: Graham Coughlan – I’m a tight Irishman, it’s not all about money!
By CHRIS DUNLAVY By CHRIS DUNLAVY GRAHAM COUGHLAN GRAHAM Coughlan’s bid to rebuild Boston United has unfortunately required several fruitless trips to Starbucks. “I’m a tight Irishman,” explains the 50-year-old Dubliner. “So there’s nothing worse...
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/ 6 months agoThe Big Interview: Richard Pacquette – I’m ready for my next step
If there’s one thing that much-travelled striker Richard Pacquette has learned over the last quarter of a century playing football at various levels, it’s the importance of team spirit.
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/ 6 months agoThe Big Interview: Jefferson Louis – Love of game kept me going
He changed clubs 51 times over 28 years, made over 900 career appearances and scored 257 goals, but Jefferson Louis can pinpoint the exact moment he knew it was time to hang up his golden...
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National League South
/ 6 months agoThe Big Interview: Lee Martin – Fergie’s fledgling has earned his Wings
Lee Martin played with Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs during his formative years at Manchester United.
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Chorley
/ 9 months agoChorley: Magpies’ stalwart Mark Ellis has found his range
Not content with carving out a 500-game professional career as a top-class defender, Mark Ellis is now revelling in a new role – as Chorley’s top goalscorer!
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/ 9 months agoClitheroe FC: Danny Wilkins has got the board’s backing
There was a moment when Danny Wilkins realised that becoming Clitheroe FC’s next chairman might not be such a mad idea.
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/ 9 months agoRyan Beswick’s earning his Quorn in dual role
With his team 20 points clear at the top of NPL Midlands pre-weekend and topping the club’s scoring charts, it’s safe to say that Ryan Beswick has settled well into his role as Quorn player-manager!
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Dagenham & Redbridge
/ 9 months agoBen Strevens strives for more time
For Ben Strevens, the job title of manager is not one he is totally wedded to. It’s one he also ponders whether he will want again and perhaps it’s too early to say.
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/ 9 months agoAce Louie Theophanous has still got six appeal
The goals have always flowed easily enough for Louie Theophanous – but now he has managed something his old pal Cristiano Ronaldo would be envious of.
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/ 10 months agoHakan Hayrettin interview: Hak-ing into my top minds
Barry Fry, Martin O’Neill, Frank Clark, Gary Johnson, John Still, Graham Taylor – Hakan Hayrettin has enjoyed a front row seat with some of football’s biggest names.
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The Big Interview
/ 10 months agoANDY WHING
It’s been a long road to get here, I’ve come sofa By CHRIS DUNLAVY READY TO ROAR: Andy Whing says the opportunity to manage Barrow in League Two was one he couldn’t resist PICTURE: Alamy...
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The Big Interview
/ 1 year agoADAM HINSHELWOOD
We still look back on the moment that changed everything By JON COUCH HINSH PERFECT! Adam Hinshelwood has turned around fortunes at York City since The NLP’s front page back in March, below PICTURE: Tom...
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/ 2 years agoTHE BIG INTERVIEW: I’ve had my manager’s head on for ten years!
If any Runcorn Linnets player needs a bit of advice in the coming season, they only need to seek out the club’s new manager Antony Kay.
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoI WANT TO FINISH OFF THE JOB I’VE STARTED AT BEES
BARNET MANAGER DEAN BRENNAN By CHRIS DUNLAVY NOT many National League managers would spurn a job offer from a club in the EFL. Very few get the chance. Yet when Dean Brennan heard that Swindon...
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoI’VE PROVED THE DOUBTERS WRONG MY WHOLE CAREER
ANDY BUTLER By CHRIS DUNLAVY LEARNING CURVE: Andy Butler during his spell as interim manager of Doncaster Rovers PICTURE: Alamy ANDY Butler wasn’t supposed to be a footballer, at least if his secondary school teachers...
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoCOLE SKUSE
The plan was to quit but I just couldn’t walk away By JON COUCH COLE’S GOAL: Cole Skuse leads a very close-knit Bury Town changing room PICTURE: Neil Dady NO REGRETS: Cole Skuse AFTER 27...
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The Big Interview
/ 2 years agoMacc’s £13m man is a nice Brucie bonus
ALEX BRUCE By CHRIS DUNLAVY IN football, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Or, in the case of Alex Bruce, who turns up to your weekly kickabout. Every Tuesday night, the Macclesfield...
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