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New Management Team for Wingate & Finchley
New Management Team for Wingate & Finchley
Pitching In Isthmian League Premier Division club Wingate & Finchley, who parted company with manager Spencer Knight at the end of April, have announced his replacement.
Wednesday 05 May 21 I 10:57:44 I Photo by

Knight came on board in the autumn of 2018/19 and was unfortunate to have been at the helm for the two incomplete seasons which were then expunged by the FA.

 

Marc Weatherstone has been appointed as manager and Ahmet Rifat as director of football.

 

The two spent over a decade playing together for the club and will now work closely together to guide Wingate into its new future.

 

Rifat, Wingate & Finchley’s record appearance holder, is “incredibly proud and very excited to take up my new role at the club.”

 

He told http://www.wingatefinchley.com: “Anyone that knows me knows how much I love being around the club. I'm especially looking forward to working alongside Marc again, but this time it’ll be off the pitch! We endeavour to work hard to ensure we bring success and consistency to the club.”

 

Chairman Aron Sharpe’s involvement in football has always been about development and progression pathways for young players and coaches.

 

The appointments of Weatherstone and Rifat allow the club to return to that ethos.

 

He said: “I hope that this brings each and every person at the club great pleasure and is fully supported within the club.

 

“We have had success on the lowest of budgets at our level. During my time as chairman we have had our successes: winning the London Senior cup, promotion to the Isthmian Premier League and the Isthmian League cup `treble` season. Three seasons ago we reached the play-offs with a mix of youth and experience.

 

“I have felt that in the last few years we have drifted as a club and more importantly diluted our identity.

 

“We have recently invested heavily in a training facility and refurbishing our historic stadium, although establishing a good infrastructure and facilities hasn’t necessarily reflected on the pitch at first team level.

 

“In order to achieve what the club desires, cohesion from top to bottom is the primary importance and by appointing two players - who have nearly 1000 first team appearances between them - we hope to go some way towards finding that success once again.

 

“I have no doubt the addition of both Ahmet and Marc to our first team set-up will bring only positives.”

 

The club are also confirmed that Lee Protheroe will continue as first-team coach.

 

Protheroe is well respected by the players and has stamped his mark on the talent below first team level by guiding the development team to a dramatic Herts Senior League Cup success yesterday.

 

Long-serving goalkeeper coach Gavin King together with Franco Piazza and the medical team will all remain in the new set up.

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New Management Team for Wingate & Finchley
New Management Team for Wingate & Finchley
Wednesday 05 May 21 I 10:57:44
Photo by

Knight came on board in the autumn of 2018/19 and was unfortunate to have been at the helm for the two incomplete seasons which were then expunged by the FA.

 

Marc Weatherstone has been appointed as manager and Ahmet Rifat as director of football.

 

The two spent over a decade playing together for the club and will now work closely together to guide Wingate into its new future.

 

Rifat, Wingate & Finchley’s record appearance holder, is “incredibly proud and very excited to take up my new role at the club.”

 

He told http://www.wingatefinchley.com: “Anyone that knows me knows how much I love being around the club. I'm especially looking forward to working alongside Marc again, but this time it’ll be off the pitch! We endeavour to work hard to ensure we bring success and consistency to the club.”

 

Chairman Aron Sharpe’s involvement in football has always been about development and progression pathways for young players and coaches.

 

The appointments of Weatherstone and Rifat allow the club to return to that ethos.

 

He said: “I hope that this brings each and every person at the club great pleasure and is fully supported within the club.

 

“We have had success on the lowest of budgets at our level. During my time as chairman we have had our successes: winning the London Senior cup, promotion to the Isthmian Premier League and the Isthmian League cup `treble` season. Three seasons ago we reached the play-offs with a mix of youth and experience.

 

“I have felt that in the last few years we have drifted as a club and more importantly diluted our identity.

 

“We have recently invested heavily in a training facility and refurbishing our historic stadium, although establishing a good infrastructure and facilities hasn’t necessarily reflected on the pitch at first team level.

 

“In order to achieve what the club desires, cohesion from top to bottom is the primary importance and by appointing two players - who have nearly 1000 first team appearances between them - we hope to go some way towards finding that success once again.

 

“I have no doubt the addition of both Ahmet and Marc to our first team set-up will bring only positives.”

 

The club are also confirmed that Lee Protheroe will continue as first-team coach.

 

Protheroe is well respected by the players and has stamped his mark on the talent below first team level by guiding the development team to a dramatic Herts Senior League Cup success yesterday.

 

Long-serving goalkeeper coach Gavin King together with Franco Piazza and the medical team will all remain in the new set up.

Copyright Non League Today. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to the Non League Today website as the source and a link back to the Non League Today website.
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