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Evesham supremo Jim has an aim to steady the Robins

Jim Cockerton is determined to bring back stability to Evesham United’s first team in one of his final acts as chairman.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 December 2021

By Andy Mitchell

STALWART Jim Cockerton is determined to bring back stability to Evesham United’s first team in one of his final acts as chairman.
It has been a turbulent season on the pitch for the Southern League Division One South outfit with Lee Driver-Dickerson, brought in as manager from league rivals Slimbridge last month, leaving by “mutual consent” after just 32 days in charge.
A week later it was announced that Cockerton, the figurehead of the committee-ran Robins, would be standing down at the end of the season having spent the bulk of his 30 years with the club as chairman.
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