SEEING how everyone has come together to get our play-offs played has restored a bit of my faith in football.
It’s become very apparent the £75,000-£100,000 figures originally quoted were overestimated. As a club we’ve actually managed to get the costs down to around £20,000 by all pulling together.
Every single person at the football club has been given a role and they’re doing each one brilliantly.
I know our rivals in the National League South are all doing similar and that’s been the key thing. We were being frightened into what the costs might be.
Our players are taking substantially less wages to take part in these playoffs and give us a shot at promotion. It’s been great to see. Rivalries have been put to one side.
As football managers we live and thrive in a very competitive environment. We wouldn’t be in the game if we didn’t have that edge. We’re probably all a bit Marmite!
I don’t mind saying I fell out massively with Neil Baker and Jon Underwood at Slough when our league game earlier in the season was abandoned.
But it’s the measure of good people that you can get back on the phone a few weeks later and resume a very good relationship.
Bakes found the cheaper testing kits so we pay £30 instead of £150. Bakes made sure we all knew about it.
この記事は The Non-League Football Paper の June 28, 2020 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です ? サインイン
この記事は The Non-League Football Paper の June 28, 2020 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です? サインイン
SCOPES IS AIMING TO UPSET 'EM ALL AGAIN!
DANNY Scopes has challenged his Aveley side to continue proving their doubters wrong by targeting another National League South promotion push next season.
WOOD LURE BOSS ROSS
ROSS Jenkins has promised to bring fresh energy to relegated Boreham Wood - and wants them to embrace the challenge of a National League South promotion push.
QUICK SANDY STEPPING UP!
UPBEAT Spalding United boss Elliot Sandy is backing his promotion-winning troops to rise to the challenge of Step 3 football next term.
REBELS HAVE A REY OF LIGHT!
NEIL Reynolds hailed ‘unplayable’ Aaron Bennett after the 20-year-old inspired FC United to their second Fenix Trophy success in three years.
HELPING CLUBS TO BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE
FROM Enfield Town to the new East Thurrock with AFC Wimbledon and FC United of Manchester among those in between, the community ownership model has been around now for almost 25 years.
I'VE GUTT A GOOD FEELING!
New boss aims to roll on with Rebels
OUR TIME TO TAKE A BOW
RELIEVED boss James Collins admits that earning promotion with Bowers & Pitsea feels like 'redemption'.
LIGHTS, CAMERAS AND ACTION!
WHAT do you get when you mix a passion for football, a desire to help young people achieve their dreams, a highly-rated Non League footballer, a successful City businessman and a Hollywood star? According to Integral Sports Management (ISM)-a relatively young agency that are beginning to make their mark on the Non-League game and beyond - it adds up to the recipe for success.
MITCH HAS GOT THE GLORY ITCH
AMBITIOUS Mitch Austin reckons he's gone from heartbreak to euphoria in the closing weeks of another successful season at Harborough Town.
DISCOVERING A WELSH WONDER
I'VE not been to Wales lately and it's starting to become an itch. There are some stunning grounds to visit across the Principality, so I feel like I'm missing out somewhat.