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PORT APPOINT LEE AND DAN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 June 2025

By Robin Jones

COMBINED Counties Premier North Holyport have appointed two former players as their new joint managers.
Lee Ovens and Dan Rap-ley, who has been running the reserve side, ending their season with 15 wins from 16 games, have replaced Adam Hopkins, who has joined Yateley United.
Former captain Ovens made 350 appearances in defence for the Port and served as number two under previous manager Derek Sweetman, who has returned to the dugout to help the new duo next season as head of performance.
Rapley, who has been involved with the club since he was 18, scored 105 goals in...

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