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Ambitious Moves by Hawkinge
Ambitious Moves by Hawkinge
Recently, Kent County League Premier Division club Hawkinge Town pulled off something of a coup by appointing Scott Porter as their new manager. Now he has moved to appoint target man Shaun Welford as his player-coach.
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Porter brings a wealth of managerial experience with him, having managed at Hythe Town for five years, where he took the club from the Kent League to the BetVictor Isthmian League South, as well as achieving an incredible journey in the FA Cup First Round proper in 2010, where they played then-League side Hereford United – becoming the first Kent League club to reach that stage of the competition for 53 years.

 

Following that cup run, Hythe sealed the Kent League title and with it promotion to the Isthmian South, where they finished a respectable eighth-place in their debut season.

 

Porter also won the Kent Senior Cup by winning at Dartford, after causing upsets against Ebbsfleet United and Dover Athletic en-route to winning the showpiece final at Princes Park.

 

Hythe finished in the play-off zone by finishing in fourth-place in 2013 and secured a top eight finish in his last season in charge of the club in 2014.

 

Porter followed this achievement by taking over the reins at Whitstable Town in 2016, where he again won promotion to the Isthmian League South and also won the Kent Senior Cup and Kent League Cup.

 

More recently he moved to the director of football role but wanted to test himself once again in the dug-out.

 

Welford (pictured) and Porter were together at Hythe and Whitstable, with the veteran 39-year-old striker also having had spells with Dover Athletic, Ramsgate, Margate, Maidstone United, Ashford United and Corinthian.

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Ambitious Moves by Hawkinge
Ambitious Moves by Hawkinge
Thursday 14 November 19 I 13:13:36
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Porter brings a wealth of managerial experience with him, having managed at Hythe Town for five years, where he took the club from the Kent League to the BetVictor Isthmian League South, as well as achieving an incredible journey in the FA Cup First Round proper in 2010, where they played then-League side Hereford United – becoming the first Kent League club to reach that stage of the competition for 53 years.

 

Following that cup run, Hythe sealed the Kent League title and with it promotion to the Isthmian South, where they finished a respectable eighth-place in their debut season.

 

Porter also won the Kent Senior Cup by winning at Dartford, after causing upsets against Ebbsfleet United and Dover Athletic en-route to winning the showpiece final at Princes Park.

 

Hythe finished in the play-off zone by finishing in fourth-place in 2013 and secured a top eight finish in his last season in charge of the club in 2014.

 

Porter followed this achievement by taking over the reins at Whitstable Town in 2016, where he again won promotion to the Isthmian League South and also won the Kent Senior Cup and Kent League Cup.

 

More recently he moved to the director of football role but wanted to test himself once again in the dug-out.

 

Welford (pictured) and Porter were together at Hythe and Whitstable, with the veteran 39-year-old striker also having had spells with Dover Athletic, Ramsgate, Margate, Maidstone United, Ashford United and Corinthian.

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