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McCann can feel so hard done by

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 January 2023

FANS’ FORUM

NORMALLY, when a team is struggling at the wrong end of a division, and the club decides to release/sack/come to an amicable arrangement with a manager, the reaction of the fans can often be ‘good riddance’, ‘he needed to go’ and ‘can we get somebody better’. But in the case of the departure of Gary McCann from Hampton & Richmond Borough the reverse seems to be the case.
In over 30 years with HRBFC I have never known a sense of loss at the club following the departure of a ‘gaffer’. Amongst players, staff,...

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