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Post by yellowperil on Dec 30, 2009 17:00:40 GMT
The club have acted quickly to find Adys successor ,please see below ,welcome to the club Danny Bloor . Happy New Year I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our visitors to the Saffrons and hope that all the supporters, players,coaching staff and committee members enjoy our facilities As you all will be very aware we have very recently parted company by mutual agreement with our manager, Ady Colwell. He has provided a feast of football over the last few seasons, taking us out of the County League and allowing us all the enjoyment of watching Rymans football once more at the Saffrons. Ady was a manager who planned every last detail working tirelessly to ensure thay every match would provide the supporters with an attacking and passing game of our much loved sport. He believed in Eastbourne Town Football Club and understood our position in the current game equally as he understood our past. As manager and chairman we of course had our differences of opinions but as we shared the same common goal these never got in the way. So it came as no surprise that when results and situations were going against us and we tried unsucessfully to make things change that Ady came and offered his resignation. The committee recognise the importance of the managers role and coupled with our desire to remain a permanant fixture in the Rymans set up, we have set about as quickly as possible to settle the players and existing coaching staff. I am therefore pleased to formally announce the appointment of Danny Bloor as our new manager. Danny brings with him a wealth of experience at this level and we believe we can only benefit from the appointment. He steered Burgess Hill out of the County League before accepting a prestigious appointment at Worthing, and with a mix of experienced and young players challanged not once but twice in end of season play offs and it is of little surprise to see Worthing again challanging at the top end of the table again this season. Since leaving Worthing he has been advising such clubs as Eastbourne Borough on the talents of local players. Danny has a young family and is highly competetive in all aspects of his life. He is looking forward to getting to know us all but most importantly is completely focussed on using his experience to steer us out of the relegation zone. Please extend a warm welcome to him and I and the committee hope that all of you will support him in anyway that you can. Rupert
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Post by yellowperil on Dec 31, 2009 17:18:23 GMT
Bloor knows size of the task (from the EVENING ARGUS )
By Howard Griggs »
Danny Bloor believes keeping Eastbourne Town in the Ryman League would match any of achievements in football.
The 39-year-old one-time Albion reserve has been unveiled as the new manager at the Saffrons.
Bloor replaces Ady Colwell who resigned in the wake of the 9-0 Boxing Day humiliation at Horsham YMCA which left Town second from bottom in Ryman division one south.
During a management career which began at Burgess Hill, Bloor has enjoyed plenty of success.
He won the County League with the Hillians with a record number of points, was assistant manager at Worthing when they were promoted from Ryman division one and then stepped up to become joint manager alongside Alan Pook, twice helping the Rebels reach the play-offs as well as appearing in two Senior Cup finals.
Bloor has been out of football since being ousted at Worthing in the summer and is relishing the challenge of saving Eastbourne Town from relegation.
He said: “I have missed it. Management is a big part of my life.
“I have had quite a few offers but until now there hasn’t been one that is right for me. This job is good for me and it is certainly a challenge.
“I have to keep them in this division. They are second from bottom, have 21 games left and 63 points to play for. We need to find 25 points from somewhere.
“If I keep them in this division that will be right up there with any achievements I have had.
“You measure success by different levels and I think this would be a good achievement.”
He was due to meet the players for the first time at last night’s game against his former club Burgess Hill but that was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
Instead Bloor will meet the players later this week before taking charge for the first time in the return fixture against Horsham YMCA on Saturday.
Town have one of the smaller budgets in Ryman division one south but Bloor is not concerned about that and is confident he can add some new faces to the squad.
He said: “At any level of football you would like to have a big budget but I am happy. Over the last few months I have been helping various managers with things and now I will be calling in a few favours.
“It doesn’t need wholesale changes but I will certainly bring in two or three players who have played for me before.
“I have looked at the existing squad and when you have players of the calibre of Danny Simmonds I think the squad is under-achieving.
“Apart from Chris Dicker and Danny I don’t know any of the players but I am looking forward to working with them.
“I need to put smiles back on people’s faces. After the disappointment of the game with Horsham YMCA on Boxing Day we can only go one way.”
The future of Colwell’s backroom team of assistant Jon Purdey and coach Micky French remains in the balance. Bloor plans to talk to both to see what they intend to do.
He said: “I have played against Micky French and have known him for a long time. He is one of the most respected figures in Sussex football and I would like him to remain.
“I don’t know Jon and he doesn’t know me. He might not like me but we will see how it goes.”
Having been sacked at Burgess Hill after winning the County League and then losing his job at Worthing last summer after reaching the play-offs, it would be easy for Bloor to feel bitter but that is not the case.
He added: “I have learnt a lot. I am not going to go on about what has gone on in the past at Burgess Hill and Worthing. I wish those clubs the best but it is all about the future for me now.”
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Post by tislarkin on Jan 18, 2010 23:50:25 GMT
I have a feeling DB may well succeed in keeping Town in this Division
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