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New Management Team for Baldock
New Management Team for Baldock
Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division club Baldock Town have announced the appointment of Rob Bates as their new manager.
Saturday 27 June 20 I 17:31:29 I Photo by

Bates will be a familiar face to the Baldock faithful as he came on board mid-November last year as assistant manager and played an important role in the change in fortunes on the pitch - his coaching experience and network of players were a pivotal to the turnaround.

 

A former professional footballer with Colchester United, Bates is a UEFA qualified coach who is well known to the Spartan South Midland League having previously managed both Langford and Stotfold.

 

He has a proven track record of developing young talent and progressing them into the first team which he did successfully at Stotfold with his under-18 side before taking the first team manager’s job shortly afterwards and promoting their young talent.

 

Bates’ history of youth progression and creating opportunity will bode well for Baldock following the April announcement of the new EJA sides from under-13 through to under-18.

 

Bates has wasted no time in securing his backroom team for the 2020/21 season.

 

He has retained the services of goalkeeper coach Stuart Howard and physio India Bunnage, who completed the 2019/20 season at Baldock Town.

 

Ercan Mehmet returns to the club as assistant manager.


He was goalkeeper coach last season before leaving to join Southern League Division One Central side Welwyn Garden City in December 2019.

 

He is an outfield and goalkeeper coach with experience playing and coaching in Malta, Gibraltar and more locally at Hadley.

 

Another returnee is Danny Hutchins as first team coach.

 

Hutchins started last season as first team coach before leaving to take a role at Southern League Premier Division South outfit Hayes & Yeading United in November 2019.

 

He is former professional footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and Yeovil Town who now divides his time between coaching and working for Crystal Palace as an academy scout.

 

 

 

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New Management Team for Baldock
New Management Team for Baldock
Saturday 27 June 20 I 17:31:29
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Bates will be a familiar face to the Baldock faithful as he came on board mid-November last year as assistant manager and played an important role in the change in fortunes on the pitch - his coaching experience and network of players were a pivotal to the turnaround.

 

A former professional footballer with Colchester United, Bates is a UEFA qualified coach who is well known to the Spartan South Midland League having previously managed both Langford and Stotfold.

 

He has a proven track record of developing young talent and progressing them into the first team which he did successfully at Stotfold with his under-18 side before taking the first team manager’s job shortly afterwards and promoting their young talent.

 

Bates’ history of youth progression and creating opportunity will bode well for Baldock following the April announcement of the new EJA sides from under-13 through to under-18.

 

Bates has wasted no time in securing his backroom team for the 2020/21 season.

 

He has retained the services of goalkeeper coach Stuart Howard and physio India Bunnage, who completed the 2019/20 season at Baldock Town.

 

Ercan Mehmet returns to the club as assistant manager.


He was goalkeeper coach last season before leaving to join Southern League Division One Central side Welwyn Garden City in December 2019.

 

He is an outfield and goalkeeper coach with experience playing and coaching in Malta, Gibraltar and more locally at Hadley.

 

Another returnee is Danny Hutchins as first team coach.

 

Hutchins started last season as first team coach before leaving to take a role at Southern League Premier Division South outfit Hayes & Yeading United in November 2019.

 

He is former professional footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and Yeovil Town who now divides his time between coaching and working for Crystal Palace as an academy scout.

 

 

 

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