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Adam Murray: I love winning promotions – but helping people is better

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 May 2025

PLENTY TO PONDER: Adam Murray steered Eastbourne Borough to the brink of the National League South title PICTURE: Lydia Redman

By Matt Badcock

Adam Murray always felt he’d love to be the manager of Kidderminster Harriers.
Stature, history, the potential to not only return to Step 1 but push on further – it ticks all the boxes for the 43-year-old.
That it’s closer to his family home is even more of a bonus following his 18 months at Eastbourne Borough, who he took over seven points from safety and left, a season later, having finished a point behind National League South champions Truro City.
But whether you’re in the National League North or South, Step 1, the Championship or Europe – where Murray has been Valerien...

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