Thumwood
has been involved in non-League football since the age of 15 and was one of the
stars of Paul Miles's Division One title-winning side of 2012 and was also part
of the Badshot Lea promotion winning side in 2017/18.
Whilst
injured, he was influential off the pitch during Frimley Green`s recent 2018/19
promotion and cup winning campaign which is where he showed his passion for
football on the sidelines.
Thumgood
is very well thought of through the club and he has gained a lot of respect
from his fellow team-mates, supporters and managers, and the club has no doubts
his winning mentality and desire to succeed will continue to take this club
forward.
Nimmo
is stepping into management for the first time after a long playing career,
where he started off his men’s career in football at Aldershot Town.
He
has been playing in the Combined Counties League for the last seven or eight
years, spending most of his years captaining Badshot Lea and helping them gain
promotion to the CCL Premier Division back in 2018, as well as playing for
Frimley Green towards the end of his career.
Unfortunately,
this led to a career-ending injury. However, Nimmo continued to be a regular
visitor to the ground and after speaking to him, it is clear that he has great
aspirations to bring his experience and passion into the next step of his
football career and is looking forward to the new challenges ahead of him in
management.
If
Thumgood and Nimmo are as successful off the pitch as they were on the pitch
together, then the club is in for a great future.
They
will be supported by Ian Savage as first team coach.
Savage
had a fantastic playing career for a range of highly regarded non-League clubs,
and moved from playing into coaching including the likes of Godalming Town and
Farnborough in the Southern League.
Chairman
Matthew Flude said: “I am delighted to welcome Nick and Callum to the club as
first team managers. I have no doubts their commitment to succeed and their
experience and knowledge obtained through their years of playing will bring
them their rewards with Frimley. I am delighted to give the two of them the
platform and the clubs trust to take their football careers to the next level
and I look forward to working with them.
“I
've always felt if the time came to be looking for a new management team, I
wanted a connection between the managers, the club, the players and the
supporters and an understanding of where the club is and where it is going and
this is something I feel comes naturally with Nick and Callum”. |