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I’VE PROVED THE DOUBTERS WRONG MY WHOLE CAREER

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 May 2024

I’VE PROVED

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 are to be believed.
“I got told I’d never make it when I was 16,” recalls the new Scunthorpe United manager, a veteran of 19 years and over 600 appearances in the professional game.
“But I’ve always been spurred on by stuff like that. I remember when Darren Ferguson took over at Doncaster, the first thing he said to me was &...

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