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BBC News
5 days ago
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Salford sign Wealdstone midfielder Cesay
Salford City have signed Wealdstone midfielder Kallum Cesay for an undisclosed fee on a two-year 22-year-old Sierra Leone international scored seven goals in 40 appearances for the National League side last came through the academy at Tottenham Hotspur before joining the Stones in March 2024."I am very happy to be here and my first impressions are very good," he told the club website., external
BBC News
26-05-2025
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Wealdstone boss Gibson leaves club
Wealdstone manager Neil Gibson and assistant manager Lee Jones have left the National League club by mutual Stones escaped relegation from the National League on the final day of the season with a 3-1 win over took over in January with the club 21st and a point from safety after the departure of Matt Taylor to Solihull Moors.A club statement said that Gibson and Jones could not relocate from Wales to Ruislip due to the cost of living."These circumstances have made it particularly hard to operate as a full-time management team based locally, something the club has always seen as vital for success and cohesion at this level," it said.A cut in the first-team budget for next season was also cited, making it "increasingly difficult to meet shared ambitions"."While efforts to secure investment in the club continue, no new funding has yet materialised," the statement added. "The financial reality means we must live within our means and not put the future of Wealdstone FC at risk."
Yahoo
16-05-2025
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Non-League Manager of the Year insists everyone at club deserves acclaim
Barnet boss Dean Brennan insists everyone around the club deserves acclaim after he was recognised with the Sports Ground Development Manager of the Year award at the National Game Awards in association with Isuzu. Since making the switch from Wealdstone in 2021, Brennan has helped the Bees blossom from relegation fodder to National League champions as they ended their seven-year exile from the English Football League in style after racking up 102 points. But Brennan insists Barnet's successes on-and-off the pitch owe as much to the work of everyone in and around the club and not just those in the dugout. 'We're all together in this,' said the former Hitchin, Stevenage and Grays Athletic manager. 'I always tell everybody, you have to get together to create success in this business and we've done it. 'We haven't got promoted with finances or loads of money or anything like that. We've just done it with good old-fashioned hard work and honest people. 'These kind of awards, that's a testament to everybody. It's not just my award, it's everybody's award. All the coaching staff, all the players - everyone's as important as each other. 'How big a part you play, how little a part you play, it doesn't matter - it all has the same importance in my opinion. So I'm immensely proud to win manager of the year for all those people and it's a real shame I can't be there in person.' The National Game Awards is a celebration of the Non-League season - highlighting the community, fans, on-field, and off-field successes of the game outside of the Football League. The ceremony is held annually by the Non-League Paper, the UK's number one selling football title and the best place for your non-league news, with this year's edition hosted at Plough Lane – home of AFC Wimbledon. Accepting the Sports Ground Development Manager of the Year award on Brennan's behalf was faithful assistant manager Connor Smith and he declared that the season could not have gone better for Barnet after playoff heartbreak in previous campaigns. Smith said: 'It has been amazing. We got over heartbreak the last two years in the play-offs and last year was really disappointing, we were head and shoulders the second best team in the league but didn't do ourselves justice in the playoffs. 'It's well documented that myself and the gaffer stayed around for two, three days after the playoffs and got to work building the team. 'We said it wouldn't happen again and to rack up over 100 points is an unbelievable achievement and testament to the fans, players and staff, it has been an amazing season for all of us. 'We set out to win the league and not awards but to do it off the back of a successful season makes it even better. It's amazing to be here and I'm so pleased for the whole club. Everyone deserves it.'
BBC News
08-05-2025
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- BBC News
Boss Young leaves relegated Dagenham & Redbridge
Manager Lewis Young has left Dagenham & Redbridge following the club's relegation from the National 35-year-old brother of former England international Ashley Young joined the east London side as first-team coach in March was placed in interim charge in December last year following the sacking of Ben Strevens and was given the job on a full-time basis a few weeks later, signing a two-and-a-half-year Daggers lost just one of their final nine matches of the season but, having been preceded by a 13-game winless sequence, that run was not enough to stop them dropping into National League club said, external it had "reached an agreement" with Young "to terminate his contract with immediate effect" and that it was "agreed by all parties that a new approach was needed to guide the club back to the National League".Wealdstone beating Halifax Town 3-1 on the final day of the season meant the Stones stayed up, with Dagenham's 1-1 draw with Solihull Moors sending the Daggers the Moors are managed by Matt Taylor, who left Wealdstone to take over at the West Midlands club earlier in the season.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
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'In good hands' - Pearce on the mend after health scare
Former England full-back Stuart Pearce says he is now feeling "very good" following a major health scare during a flight from Las Vegas to London earlier this month. The plane had to be diverted to Canada after 62-year-old Pearce was treated by staff and medically-trained passengers. He was special guest at four Essex Senior League matches over the weekend to help mark Non-League Day. "I'm very good at the moment. The flight attendants were fantastic to me. I spent 10 days in Canada, the hospital staff there were fantastic, I was in good hands," he told BBC Essex. Pearce was plucked from non-league football with Wealdstone by Coventry City and went on to play more than 400 games for Nottingham Forest before spells with Newcastle United, West Ham and Manchester City. He also won 78 international caps and later managed Forest, Manchester City and the Great Britain team at the London 2012 Olympics. Listen to full Stuart Pearce interview Pearce 'humbled' by Forest support Pearce in hospital after medical emergency on plane Pearce believes non-league still has an important role in developing talent, again illustrated by Dan Burn's rise to the current England squad, having begun his career at Darlington. "The non-league is where I started, so I have a vested interest, if you like," Pearce said, as he watched Buckhurst Hill's 1-1 draw with Hullbridge Sports. "So many youngsters get associated with Premier League clubs or professional clubs and get released, and are disappointed by that. "What they must understand is that the game is about playing it for the love of it. There's always (the possibility of) a second chance. "As a 13-year-old I was released by the club I supported, QPR, and Wealdstone gave me another chance and eventually I got to where I did in the game. "But that wasn't the important thing, the important thing for me was playing a game you absolutely love, the camaraderie of the dressing room and camaraderie of team sport." A former electrician, Pearce said playing at non-league level provided a release from having to go work most mornings. "Then, all of a sudden you get a little bit of recognition and at the age of 21 my life changed and I turned into a professional footballer," he added. "(But) I always look back with really fond memories of my time as a non-league player, I keep in contact with my old club Wealdstone and some of the players I used to play alongside. They're good friends of mine." Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast Get football news sent straight to your phone
