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KING KEV’S GOT TOOLS TO TURN IT ALL AROUND

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 February 2020

By David Richardson

WINNER: Chertsey’s Kevin Maclaren with FA Vase trophy

KEVIN Maclaren is recalling the defeat he thought might land him the sack at Chertsey Town.
A 5-0 drubbing at home to Tooting & Mitcham in early December was the Curfews sixth game without victory in the Bet- Victor Isthmian League South Central and had seen them fall away from the promotion race.
Only five months into his first management role, after taking over from Dave Anderson in the summer following their Combined Counties title and FA Vase double, Maclaren thought it could be the end.
“I was ...

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