Posted by Nigel Porter on April 29, 2007, 1:27 pm, in reply to "Phil Lines steps down at brackley!"
Phil has I think forgotten one major Thank you thats to Mr Alan Leighton without whos money none of this would have been possible.
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: Bit of a shocker:
:
:
: ‘Following lengthy discussions the Board of
: Brackley Town Football Club are pleased
: today to announce the appointment of Roger
: Ashby as First Team Manager. This
: appointment will take effect immediately.
:
: Roger has a vast knowledge of non league
: football and we are looking forward to
: working with him for the foreseeable future
: as we strive to build on the success
: achieved by Phil Lines and his team.
:
: We would like to thank Phil for the superb
: job he has done during his spell in charge
: and for the professional way in which he has
: taken the club forward on the field.
:
:
:
:
:
:
: Phil is stepping down from first team duties
: and whilst working closely with Roger will
: also be concentrating on continuing to build
: the structure of football at the club which
: will benefit the whole community.
:
: The club have several exciting projects to
: be announced over the summer months which
: will cement our ambitions to build a club
: that everyone in the community is proud to
: be associated with.’
:
: Roger Ashby is a former Kettering Town
: player (over 600 appearances) who has
: previously managed Rushden & Diamonds,
: Bedford Town, Grantham Town and Nuneaton
: Borough. He resigned as Nuneaton Borough
: manager in December 2006.
:
:
: Appointed manager of Nuneaton Borough in
: February 2004 following the departure of
: Alan Lewer he led the club to fourth, third
: and second place finishes (In the Conference
: North) as well as an excellent record in the
: FA Cup which reached its peak at when taking
: Borough to a replay with Premiership
: Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium in
: the 3rd Round of the competition in the
: 2004/05 season.
:
: Outgoing Manager Phil Lines (who addressed
: supporters on the club coach after the match
: at Aylesbury today) was in a reflective mood
: commenting
:
: 'This will probably come as bit of a shock
: to all connected to BTFC, but Saturdays game
: at Aylesbury will be my last as manager of
: our football club.
:
: I can imagine many of you being surprised by
: my decision to step down from the job, when
: Mike Ford left the club in Feb 06 I agreed
: with the board that I would do the job for
: 3/4 games , this would give us the time to
: find a new manager we won those games so i
: took over,until the end of the season, we
: went on a a 13 match unbeaten run on our
: final league game of the season at home to
: Ashford Town we needed one point to get
: promotion, we unfortunately lost 1-0 , 3
: days later we were at home to Marlow in the
: play off semi - final the lads showed a lot
: of character to put the Ashford result to
: one side and we beat Marlow 2-1,
: then 5 days later we were at home to Hemel
: Hempstead in the play off final ,we turned
: in a excellent performance on the day but as
: we all know to well were beaten by 2 very
: late goals, it was for many of us our worst
: experience in football,
:
: If we had held on for the last ten minutes
: we would have been promoted, I would of then
: stepped to one side and let the club get
: another manager in, but after a week of soul
: searching and witnessing the huge
: disappointment and heartache every one
: connected to BTFC was suffering I felt it
: was my responsibility to try and put a team
: together to get out of the league this
: season
:
: I am delighted to say that with great
: support from Andy Sinnott and the rest of my
: staff we have achieved that goal.
:
: I started managing football teams at the age
: of 27, for the next 20 years for good and
: bad it ruled my life, I kind of fell out of
: love with the job 5/6 years ago, it puts a
: big strain on your family life. As you get
: older and look back and I think how my
: family have suffered because of my selfish
: obsession, the past 15 months have been a
: wonderful experience for all of us play off
: games,great FA Cup run, and now the biggest
: prize of all the Southern League
: Championship, during this period our crowds
: have increased by over 50%.
:
: I would like to say a sincere thank you for
: the support I have been given by
:
: (a) the clubs board Olly Sara Phil Hedges
:
: (b) our supporters they have brilliant both
: home and away.
:
: (c) my Backroom staff Andy , Matty , Ian,
: Pete , Martin Pat Ashby
:
: (d) and probably most importantly The
: players , todays football world is full of
: new coaching / training theories, then we
: have match analysis, its the modern day /
: commercial world we are in,, but football is
: a simple game, the fundamental requirements
: for a successful football team are basically
: , good players, team balance, and a group of
: lads who are committed to there team and
: club, we have been well served with the
: three above requirements, well done lads.
:
: From Monday onwards I will be reverting to
: my original role at the club as director of
: football, I am looking forward to next
: season so much, during the past 2 years this
: club has made a lot of progress both on and
: off the field, but we still have a lot of
: work to do to develop the club further, I
: see my priorities as helping the new manager
: in any way I can, and help set up in the
: future a junior /youth section that will
: eventually lead to us producing our own
: grown players.
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