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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Danny Scopes -If I get Danny, Nicky & Co will follow!

Danny Scopes didn’t really want to go into management when he was offered the chance at Concord Rangers.
FIRST PROMOTION: With Concord Rangers PICTURE: NLP Photographer

By Matt Badcock

Danny Scopes didn’t really want to go into management when he was offered the chance at Concord Rangers.
Persuaded to become player-manager back in 2007, a phonecall from Danny Cowley quickly led to a top management partnership.
That was the start of a new journey for Scopes.
Since then he’s won four promotions – including taking Aveley from Step 4 to the National League South play-offs – as well as an FA Trophy final at Wembley.
First job
Player-manager at Concord Rangers in 2007-08.
I was there as a player for a couple of seasons and when the manager left, the chairman, A...

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