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THE SECRET OF RECRUITMENT

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 May 2020

ADAM DREW is head of recruitment at Concord Rangers. He previously worked with Jody Brown at Heybridge Swifts in 2017-18 where they reached the FA Cup first round, FA Trophy second round and the Isthmian North play-offs. He then built a team for Julian Dicks that won the play-offs and joined Concord Rangers with Sammy Moore as they finished in the play-offs.
This season, under new boss Danny Scopes, National League South Concord reached the FA Trophy semi-finals.
Here, Drew explains the intricacies of player recruitment and scouting in Non-League…

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