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REPLACING JIMMY IS NOT SO STIM-PLE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 December 2018

MARK STIMSON knows he’s got big shoes to fill at AFC Hornchurch after leaving Waltham Abbey to take over from long-serving manager Jimmy McFarlane – but the ex-Grays boss says he couldn’t say no to the chance.
McFarlane resigned after more than ten years at the Urchins as a player, assistant to Colin McBride and eventually manager in 2009.
He guided the club to the Conference South through the Ryman Premier play-offs in 2012 and last season they returned to Step 3 by winning the Bostik North.
The popular manager suffered with illness during the 2017-18 campaign but was on ...

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