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STEVE CLARIDGE

You’ve been Salisbury manager since 2015. A lifetime for any boss…

Well, I’m not just the manager! I was one of five who bought Salisbury after it had been liquidated – for not much money, I hasten to add. The club had lost an absolute fortune under the old owners. I sometimes drive the minibus and am here on Sunday mornings after games, putting the pitch back together – it’s all hands on deck. In my time as manager, we’ve won two promotions and reached the play-offs twice, and had COVID to deal with on top of that. The target now is to be competitive in the Southern Premier.

When you arrived, there weren’t any players on

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