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Rookie Josh has no fear

Josh Staunton has vowed ‘fear won’t hold me back as a manager’ after taking his first job as a boss at Shaftesbury.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
31 May 2026

Josh Staunton has vowed ‘fear won’t hold me back as a manager’ after taking his first job as a boss at Shaftesbury.
By Matthew Nash

DEVELOPMENT: Josh Staunton at Yeovil Town and signing manager’s terms at Shaftesbury, inset
PICTURE: Alamy

The vastly experienced former centre-back hung up his boots in December at Poole Town – his last club as a player after a glittering career that took in Woking, Gillingham, Dagenham & Redbridge and Yeovil.
But as he swaps the pitch for the dugout for the first time in his own right having been a senior player at Tatnam, the 30-year-old admits his ...

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