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Gaffer’s Greatest Gaffer: Ryan Beswick – Bigs helped us all get better!

Ryan Beswick would be forgiven for thinking management is a piece of cake as he prepares to take Quorn into Step 3.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 June 2025

SETTING STANDARDS: Marcus Bignot and, inset, Steve Beaglehole helped Ryan Beswick, bottom, to learn valuable lessons PICTURE: Alamy

By Andy Mitchell

Ryan Beswick would be forgiven for thinking management is a piece of cake.
One year and 103 points after being appointed Quorn’s player-boss, the former Leicester City youngster has signed a two-year deal to lead his club’s first Step 3 adventure on the back of surging to the NPL Midlands championship.
Beswick’s role has been dovetailed with that of a cultured midfielder who honed his craft on loan at Redditch United from the Foxes before a career in the top two echelons of Non-League with Kettering Town, Solihull Moors, Nuneaton Borough and Tamworth.
A key part of Solihull...

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