Non-League Paper

NICKY’S THE NEW LORD OF THE MANOR

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 December 2023

NEW BOSS: Nicky Southall, right

FORMER Bolton Wanderers midfielder Nicky Southall is back in management after taking over the reins at Southern Counties East Premier side Lordswood.
Southall, 51, made 820 appearances in all four top tiers of English football, turning out for the likes of Nottingham Forest, Norwich City, Hartlepool United, Grimsby Town and Gillingham.
He had a spell as player-manager at Whitstable Town before joining Maidstone United as assistant manager and later Dover Athletic as first-team coach.
Southall fills the vacancy left by Matt Barman who quit after les...

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