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Millington is New Clipstone Boss

9th June, 2014

Chris Millington has been unveiled as the new first team manager of Clipstone and he will be assisted by Steve Whitehead and Chris Bullock.

Millington was captain of Dronfield Town for eight years and led them through the lower leagues winning the Derbyshire Cup in the process. He had spells with Hallam in between this and captained the Under 19s team that finished runners up in the Regional Midland League but he had to retire from the game aged 26 due to an achilles injury.

He was appointed assistant manager at Dronfield where they won the Central Midlands League Cup in 2011/12 and then the North Division the following year before finishing a solid fourteenth in their first season in the NCEL.

Chairman Brett Marshall said: "The process of finding the right person was always going to be difficult after a wonderful season on and off the field with the club gaining nineteen more points than the previous season along with the complete transformation of the ground & facilities.

"We did not want to make a knee-jerk reaction with the decision on the management position for the football club so a lot of thought about the process was done doing plenty of groundwork to set up a shortlist of candidates.

"I spoke to several managers but kept the situation low key, in-house and completely confidential so the candidate selection process ran quietly but seamless. I knew if we had advertised the position we would have been inundated with lots of managers looking for an opening back in which wasn't what we wanted as stability is the strap line for the football club.

"Unfortunately, I heard the same things from 90% of the managers I interviewed but when I spoke to Chris Millington we knew after fifteen minutes he was the one.

"At just 31, along with his lack of managerial experience as a number one, didn't phase me at all as if the person is right they deserve to be given a chance as I was by Colin Abbott at Southwell City a decade ago.

"Chris was chomping at the bit to be given an opportunity to become a number one and now he has been rewarded with it. His enthusiasm was infectious, his drive organisation skills and the most important being a nice guy made it unanimous for myself and the football club.

"Chris will have Stephen Whitehead and Chris 'Ginner' Bullock as his assistants for the 2014-2015 season ahead. As a football club we want to take small realistic steps forward year-on-year, hopefully to become a fixed NCEL team competing consistently at the right end of the table playing attractive football with that work ethic as the underbelly on and off the field."

Millington said: "I was attracted to the club for many reasons, one of them being that Brett and the committee have worked hard over the last twelve months to lay down solid foundations that ensure the club's stability. This, in turn, has provided the club with an excellent platform to move forward with a long term sustainable structure both on and off the pitch.

"At this club, there is a huge emphasis on putting the players first which is something that is not done enough at this level and is also something that I am looking forward to contributing to. From a personal point of view, this is a great opportunity to manage a forward thinking football club with real non league values. For that I would like to thank Brett and the committee for giving me their full support and I can't wait to get started."

(Story Source: Clipstone)

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NCEL Premier Division P Pts +/-
P 1 Brighouse Town 44 101 88
2 Barton Town Old Boys 44 93 72
3 Tadcaster Albion (-4) 44 93 68
4 Worksop Parramore 44 92 52
5 Basford United 44 84 40
6 Albion Sports 44 80 32
7 Pickering Town 44 79 48
8 Heanor Town 44 77 32
9 Retford United 44 76 43
10 Athersley Rec 44 76 30
11 Long Eaton United 44 72 13
12 Bridlington Town 44 71 18
13 Thackley 44 70 9
14 Garforth Town 44 64 15
15 Maltby Main (-12) 44 48 1
16 Glasshoughton Welf 44 48 -39
17 Staveley MW (-1) 44 44 -19
18 Armthorpe Welfare 44 40 -38
19 Parkgate 44 39 -29
20 Liversedge 44 36 -57
21 Nostell MW 44 22 -88
R 22 Winterton Rangers 44 21 -104
R 23 Lincoln Moorlands 44 8 -187
NCEL Division One P Pts +/-
P 1 Cleethorpes Town 42 91 54
P 2 Shaw Lane 42 87 80
3 Bottesford Town 42 84 58
4 Eccleshill United 42 81 43
5 Shirebrook Town 42 76 44
6 Knaresborough 42 76 40
7 Clipstone 42 76 25
8 AFC Emley 42 74 20
9 Pontefract Collieries 42 73 38
10 Worsbrough Bridge 42 73 32
11 Hall Road Rangers 42 58 5
12 Selby Town (-3) 42 57 -9
13 Rossington Main 42 57 -24
14 Dronfield Town 42 51 -14
15 Teversal 42 50 -15
16 Grimsby Borough (-3) 42 46 -25
17 Hemsworth MW 42 45 -18
R 18 Dinnington Town 42 40 -52
19 Yorkshire Amateur 42 38 -40
20 Hallam 42 29 -41
21 Louth Town 42 20 -87
R 22 Appleby Frodingham 42 13 -114

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