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You must be Av-ing a laugh over Fenix

A few hours after organisers of the Fenix Trophy announced Bury’s withdrawal from the latest edition of the competition, an Avro board member took to social media to react.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 October 2024

By Andy Simpson

EURO STARS: Avro will take part in the Fenix Trophy

A FEW hours after organisers of the Fenix Trophy announced Bury’s withdrawal from the latest edition of the competition, an Avro board member took to social media to react.
“We could stand in for them,” Paul Armstrong replied on X. He tagged chairman Rob Fuller into the post.
Not long afterwards, the phones of joint managers Dave Birch and Mike Norton lit up with a message from Armstrong asking if they fancied it.
“I’ll be honest, I thought he was joking,” Birch told The NLP.
“We put it to the lads and most of them did...

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