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