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New Manager for Saltash

Toolstation Western League Premier Division club Saltash United have announced the appointment of Mackenzie Brown as manager at the club.

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He will be assisted by Lee Britchford in the Ashes dugout for the start of the 2023/24 season. A well-known and respected figure in local football, Brown spent seven years at the helm at Millbrook, guiding them from Step 7 South West Peninsula League Division One West football, to Step 5 Western League before taking the decision to step down at the beginning of May. After a short break he now takes the reigns at the Waterways Stadium and will start work on pre-season preparations at the club in the coming days. Saltash have also confirmed that former Millbrook chairman Mark Pratten will be stepping into the club as head of football operations. After taking a season away from the game, Pratten is keen to get stuck into his new role at Saltash. Brown told https://saltashunited.co.uk: “I’m absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to manage such a fantastic club. Leaving Millbrook last month was genuinely a leap of faith, we didn’t really expect anything to come up so soon, but it has and it’s an opportunity that can’t be missed for neither Lee or myself. Lee could have used it as an opportunity to find his own thing, so I’m delighted he will continue to be in the dugout with me. “There have been a few opportunities to leave Millbrook in the last 18 months or so for something new but this one feels right, don’t get me wrong I know the conditions aren’t ‘perfect’ and it’s been a bit turbulent for a couple of years, but if everything was perfect then the opportunity wouldn’t have arose in the first place and it’s not necessarily where the club is now, but where it can be and we see that as an exciting challenge. “There’s no doubt we have huge shoes to fill, Danny did an amazing job last season, he is someone I have a huge amount of respect for and I have spoken to him in the last few days, his love for the club is evident and I hope we can pick up where he has left off. The loyalty of the players here was an inspiration for my work at Millbrook. “I wanted to establish an identity there that has been here at Saltash for 10 years. When you think of Saltash you think of the same names who have been here for so long, pulling on the shirt week in, week out, season after season and they have my utmost respect for that loyalty, not to mention their success in that time. I hope they believe in the new chapter as much as we do but I’m not naive, a couple of those players have already stepped away after years of magnificent service and they’ve all proven themselves to be the best around so they will be attracting a lot of interest. But we are looking forward to meeting them all and working with them as soon as possible, and that goes for all of the players, management and volunteers in the club. "The standards have been set in 22/23 but that doesn’t faze me. Our aim is to take the club even further forward, both on and off the pitch and I’m delighted Mark has also agreed to come on board to help achieve that, it’s a great coup for the club. It will be difficult to surpass last season’s league performance, but success can be measured in many different ways, and we are looking forward to the long-term challenge here at Saltash United".

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