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A new addition to the coaching staff at the Port will be Nigel Stevens, who will be helping with
training and the reserves. This is another great signing for us, as Nigel has
Wessex league experience, both in managing and playing. Nigel played for Newport when
he was 16, under John Rayner and Derek Edwards, he also played at Ryde Sports, went on to manage Cowes Sports and finished his playing days there. A pleased Derek Ohren confirmed "I'm delighted that
Nigel has joined us, he understands the game well and his input will be most
valuable to the club, I'm looking forward to working with him again."
Another appointment is Adam Shepherd and Keelen
Sainsbury, as Football in the Community officers. They will be
going into schools, helping with the youth section, and help with getting the
grass roots of football up and running for the club.
Derek is pleased to get this additional support to help develop the club. "In the past Ian Buckman and myself ran this and
made it very popular, but I'm finding it very hard to carry this on, not getting
any younger, you might say ! "
For anyone interested there will be a contact
number available soon but at the moment you can go through the club e-mail address for more
information. Both lads have done level one in coaching and have
been CRB, checked, so we hope this will help them in building links with the schools. |
Goalscorer, Darren Powell
